Dog handler guilty of cruelty (Straits Times)

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LONDON – A POLICE dog handler who left his two German Shepherds to bake to death in his car last year when he became distracted by paperwork was found guilty on Monday of animal cruelty. Police constable Mark Johnson, 39, who denied the charge, said he was suffering from depression and obsessive compulsive disorder leading him to forget his dogs, 18-month-old Jay-Jay and Jet, 7, for 7 hours on …

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Twelve Steps in Helping Yourselves

One of the greatest problems the world is facing today is the problem of addiction. It is “the” dilemma that seems to have no end. People use drugs, abuse it, then they become depended to it. They hurt their loved ones and they harm their selves. Their lives long for for the drug and become tangled to looking for means of attaining the drugs. Later on, the person then realizes that life has become worthless and meaningless and that he wants to change. He wants to turn away from drugs but the problem is that he couldn’t easily turn away and say good bye to his long time influential friend- the drug.

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Montgomery mental health advocates expanding efforts (Montgomery Advertiser)

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Jeri Ellakany’s work on the art project is almost perfect. That’s not unusual. The need for perfectionism is part of her obsessive compulsive disorder.

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NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness – Mental Health Su

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The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic and other severe anxiety disorders, and other mental illnesses t

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Philly-Trenton Amtrak Service Halted After Fire (WJXT Jacksonville)

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PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak says service between Philadelphia and Trenton, N.J., has resumed on two of four tracks while crews continue to investigate a fire that damaged an overhead wire.

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