http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the Mental Health collection en-us Put your rational hat on, if you will, and consider these questions: Thu Aug 21 23:03:51 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1883083/psyblog_superstitious_why_even_rational_people_hate_to_tempt_fate thingy_1883083 calinazaret http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/08/superstitious-why-even-rational-people.php Lots of people trusted Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. At least two women married him - though they each knew him by a different name. The members of elite social clubs in San Marino, Calif.; Greenwich, Conn.; and here in Boston embraced him and vouched fo Thu Aug 21 20:37:01 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1882141/lots_of_people_trusted_christian_karl_gerhartsreiter thingy_1882141 VioletPlanet http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/17/confidence_game/?page=full The main predictor of suicide attempts among Asian Americans may be family conflict. Asian Americans are less likely to self-disclose their personal problems and also less likely than other groups to use mental health services in cases where it may help. Thu Aug 21 15:24:39 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1880241/a_family_suicide_risk_in_us_asians thingy_1880241 s_lockyer http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1833971,00.html?iid=336x280_health1 Andrew Feldmár: New research into the benefits of hallucinogens alongside psychotherapy is welcome: in my experience they change lives Thu Aug 21 20:41:18 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1882179/andrew_feldm_r_psychedelic_drugs_could_heal_thousands thingy_1882179 VioletPlanet http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/19/psychology.drugs Texas is scheduled Thursday to execute a mentally ill man for conspiracy to murder in a case that death penalty opponents say illustrates why the practice is deeply flawed. Thu Aug 21 15:05:53 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1879975/texas_to_execute_mentally_ill_man_in_controversial_case thingy_1879975 katharinec http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080821094303.qxp3xxvb&show_article=1 Heroin abuse among white youth and young suburban adults is increasing in Ohio, according to a new report released today. Thu Aug 21 14:55:46 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1879846/ohio_com_youths_heroin_use_rises thingy_1879846 katharinec http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/26936709.html In which a sex columnist interviews two sex columnists! Thu Aug 21 14:51:38 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1879790/american_sexuality_magazine_sex_columnist_to_sex_columnist thingy_1879790 katharinec http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/MagArticle.cfm?Article=942&ReturnURL=1 One example is the naked man who knocked on a door early Wednesday and fled using a lounge chair cushion for cover. Police say he had apparently stripped off his clothes in a back yard, defecated and left, leaving behind a wallet with his identification. Thu Aug 21 14:50:06 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1879685/tainted_batch_of_drugs_causing_mentally_ill_behavior thingy_1879685 GroupAdmin http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_NAKED_PROWLER_WAOL-?SITE=NEYOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT You read blogs, and many of you write them, too. But what sort of person writes a blog? Are there certain personalities that are more likely to blog? Thu Aug 21 09:06:04 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1877135/the_blogging_personality thingy_1877135 VioletPlanet http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/08/the_blogging_personality.php#more New research challenges a growing trend toward holding kids out of kindergarten until they're older, arguing that academic advantages are short-lived and come at the expense of delaying entry into the workforce and other costs. Thu Aug 21 03:07:11 UTC 2008 http://mentalhealth.mixx.com/stories/1875012/study_starting_kindergarten_later_gives_students_only_a_fleeting_edge thingy_1875012 katharinec http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/uoia-ssk081808.php