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In the book, Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health, the authors write, “Unforgiveness has been positively associated with psychological disorders including depression, anxiety, and PTSD.” In other words, not forgiving others hurts your mental health.…

In Ministering to Problem People in Your Church: What to Do With Well-Intentioned Dragons, Marshall Shelley writes, “According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 25 percent of Americans ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.” --Jim L. Wilson Ministering…

When Ben Moser’s was in the fourth grade, his friend Mary Lapkowicz had Down syndrome. He watched over her, trying to include her in the games fourth graders play. He wanted her to feel included, even though she was different than the other children. He even promised to take Mary to their high school…

A study conducted by Kansas University’s gerontology center found that after age 50, people become less likely to sell or donate things they no longer need. The researchers found that among people over 70 years of age, about 30 percent said they had done nothing over the past year to give away belongings.…

Dan Janssen lives on a daily diet of cheese pizza, and has for the past 25 years. Janssen, now 38, ate your average meat and potatoes diet until he was 14 when he became a vegetarian, alas, he found out he didn’t like vegetables. That’s when he stumbled across the cheese pizza diet, and he’s been eating…

Researchers from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and Duke University have found that young adults who are heavy users of the Internet may also exhibit signs of addiction. The study tracked the Internet usage of 69 students over a two month period, and found a correlation between some…

The latest diagnosis in the mental health industry is called the “Truman Show Disorder,” and it is defined as the pervasive belief that every aspect of your life is being filmed without your knowledge to be used on a reality television program. Canadian psychiatrists Joel and Ian Gold say the growth…

The Centers for Disease Control recently released startling new information about depression in America. The CDC says roughly one in ten Americans suffers from some degree of the affliction. Though the standard of living has continued to go up, the rate of depression have also risen over the past several…

A new study has found that people are often angry with God when they face difficult circumstances in life. The study also found that being angry with God was often associated with poor mental health. The two year study focused on university students and found that two out of every three respondents reported…

Research shows that “anxiety, depression, and other mental-health issues are far more prevalent among youth today than during the Great Depression.” The increase is dramatic. “On average, five times as many students in 2007 reported signs of mental illness than did those in 1938.” The reasons given for…

But in February 2007, Lisa Nowak got into her car – which was loaded with a knife, latex gloves, a raft of emails between two fellow astronauts, and a BB gun – and drive nine hundred miles from Houston to Orlando, wearing as adult diaper, allegedly to assault a woman she perceived was trying to steal…

DECEPTION At the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago, thousands of scientists gathered to watch magicians perform and then chat about attention, memory, and perception. They were studying the way in which our minds are deceived. Learning this, they hope to better understand, diagnose,…

I have read of a woman who went to a psychiatrist wearing a strip of bacon over each ear and a fried egg on top of her head. She said to him, “I’ve come to see you about my brother.” I have heard people pray who were conscious of other people’s faults but not of their own. Pepper ‘n Salt, Vance Havner,…

HOPELESSNESS What do you do when life totally falls in on you? With no money, no car, no place to live, and no way to care for her little boy, Tiffany Toribio chose the dark path. She placed her hand over her 3-year-old son’s mouth and suffocated him, twice. The first time she performed CPR to restore…

MEANING/PURPOSE A new survey presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association suggests that faith can affect a person's mental well-being. Researchers discovered people who regularly attend church are less likely to suffer from depression and other psychiatric illnesses. Results…

SIN IS THE BEST NEWS THERE IS...Because with sin, there’s a way out...You can’t repent of confusion or psychological flaws inflected by your parents – you’re stuck with them. But you can repent of sin. Sin and repentance are the only grounds for hope and joy, the grounds for reconciled, joyful relationships.…