By: Louise Nayer As I walked down the serpentine road of City College of San Francisco, going to class, I always met students and colleagues. Some students would shyly walk past me as I smiled; others would say “Hi Professor Nayer!” and sometimes...
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An article on teenage depression appeared in the Connecticut Mirror on February 1st It talked about a sheet of only nine questions. Surprisingly the questionnaire does cause mental health problems to surface. According to pediatrician Dr. Robert...
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Antidepressants, counseling and a husband, family and circle of friends who stuck by me, sometimes just to keep me company while I did little but stare at my uneaten lunch, helped me recover. That, and learning in time to trust my parental...
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Right now we are at the beginning of a new year, pregnant with resolutions and exciting new promise. Too often, though, we grasp onto resolutions or ways of behaving because others tell us it is the right thing to do. We don’t consider the idea...
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