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08/02/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Experts blast growing trend of “coercive psychiatry” where people are pharmacologically imprisoned without evidence or trial

Psychiatry is an ancient phenomenon with an invasive and brutal history. In the past, the mentally ill were strapped to their beds and doctors performed lobotomies and electroconvulsive therapy in the hope to improve a patient’s mental state. As asylums closed in the 1970s and 1980s, old brutal practices and the use of coercion in […]

06/10/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

MONKEY MARKETING: Indonesian monkeys STEAL objects from tourists, then BARTER them to other people for food

If you are planning a trip to Indonesia, better watch out for the monkey mafia roaming around the Uluwatu Temple in Bali. These cheeky little monkeys are among the world’s best pickpockets. They grab glasses, cameras, and cash from tourists which they then try to “sell” for some food to other people. Pretty genius and […]

04/22/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Patients found to recover more quickly once they remove hospital gowns

A British campaign called the PJ Paralysis Initiative has been launched by staff members of the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) National Health System (NHS) Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom. Its goal is to encourage patients in hospitals to dress in their own clothes as soon as they feel able to move around. This simple, […]

03/14/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

How to quickly release stress in less than five minutes

Our lives certainly aren’t getting any less stressful, and more and more people are stepping away from health damaging, addictive drugs like Xanax to calm their nerves, and are instead healing themselves through natural remedies. Reflexology or “zone therapy” is a natural treatment that has successfully been used since ancient times to fight pain, relieve stress […]

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