The media report on domestic abuse, child abuse, drug abuse and animal abuse. Sadly, the abuse of the elderly is growing problem that few people talk about or even acknowledge.
Mental Health
Article About: Emotional Health What causes anxiety disorders? Our understanding of the roots of anxiety disorders is very incomplete. Anxiety disorders constitute a class of mental health issues, and the underlying causes for each one may vary. It is not clear, for example, why a specific phobia might afflict one person but not another. It’s …
By reading this article series, we hope you will learn to listen to your friends’, neighbors’, relatives’–or maybe even your own–waspish, hurtful words.
We all worry to some extent from time to time. Some of us, though, find our lives disrupted by fear and anxiety.
Article About: Emotional Health As people live longer, and as more progress is made in preventing the leading causes of death — such as cancer and heart disease — the chronic conditions of older adulthood make a more profound impact on families and society. Of these Alzheimer’s Disease may be one of the most devastating …
For many it is simply a day of fun and good food at the cheap buffets. But for others it is a day of temptation which leads to loss and depression. The same appears to be true for compulsive bettors when it comes to an afternoon at the racetrack, a weekend in Atlantic City or …
No lasting transformation can occur in our lives without giving God complete control. And yet no discipline has been more misused by individuals, families, schools and religious leaders.
Part of the Seniors and Gambling Series Seniors and Gambling A Dollar and a Dream Why Seniors Gamble Help and Hope: Gambling Isn’t About Money After All Series About: Abuse and Addiction All aboard! This bus is bound for Las Vegas. Or grab a seat on the one heading for Reno or Atlantic City. Thousands …
Part of the Seniors and Gambling Series Seniors and Gambling A Dollar and a Dream Why Seniors Gamble Help and Hope: Gambling Isn’t About Money After All Series About: Abuse and Addiction From there thousands of retired men and women begin a slow descent into compulsive gambling, a behavior that affects the gambler, his or …
Instead of ignoring our tendencies to show anger, honestly examine your priorities, repent of it, reject it and walk away from it.