In a recent article in the Psychiatric Times, Rob Whitley, Ph.D. and Eric Jarvis, M.D. aim to teach some of their less than religious colleagues how to utilize the faith of their patients as a means for recovery. The authors observe, “Religiosity has consistently been identified as a factor that can promote healing and facilitate recovery amongst those with various physical and mental illnesses.”
British government officials are urging all low and medium security mental health units to go ‘smoke free’, effectively forcing patients off cigarettes. Clinical experts warn that making patients quit against their will is illegal, contravening the Mental Health Act and setting
A man who was twice convicted of stalking actress Mila Kunis is now the subject of a manhunt, after he escaped from a Pomona, California mental health facility over the weekend.
Temel Kotil, the CEO of Turkish Airlines, made headlines this week by recommending marriage as the best way to avoid future murder-suicide plane crashes, like the one co-pilot Andreas Lubitz carried out aboard a Germanwings airliner.
