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The Meehl Foundations stands out more and is very broad. The Meehl Foundation operates the Meehl House, a residential treatment facility for people with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression and other serious mood disorders. The team of therapists and life coaches at the Meehl House work together with residents to achieve balance in all aspects of their lives. The program provides 24-hour access to the crisis intervention team. Interpersonal, emotional and career fulfillment are the objectives for everyone who graduates from a 90-day residency at the Meehl House (PR, Newswire). For example, the recent suicide of actor/comedian Robin Williams as a tragic result of a possible outcome for those battling severe, untreated, long-term mood disorders (PR, Newswire). Debra Meehl, founder of the Meehl Foundation believes that incorporating mind, body, and spirit is the highly proactive and effective way to give bipolar individuals more self-control of their lives and a more positive outlook on the future (PR, Newswire). For example, in regards of the recent death of Robin Williams, the Meehl Foundation believes that their residential treatment program is designed to show these individuals that health and wellbeing are realistic goals and that suicide doesn't need to be an option. They combine hypnosis, biofeedback, Dialectical Behavioral
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By using an advanced brain scanning technology the EP-MRSI (Echo-Planar Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Procedure) researchers at Boston’s McLean Hospital scanned the medicated and unmedicated brains of 30 people with bipolar disorder in order to detect possible new treatments for the more than 2 million American adults who suffer from the disease (Szegedy-Maszak). For example, a patient who had been so depressed she could barely speak became ebullient after the 45-minute brain scan” (Szegedy-Maszak). Then a second patient who seemed incapable of even a wan smile, emerged actually telling jokes” (Szegedy-Maszak). Supporters that favor medicational treatments should weigh the good and bad between therapy and drugs. Once again more than enough peoples has said that therapy has help them dealing with mental disorders. However and most likely therapy would outweigh medications. Due to the fact that medications maybe the causes of mental illness getting worse. 30% out of 18.8 million peoples suffer or grow through depression do not reply to any of the antidepressants available now
By using an advanced brain scanning technology the EP-MRSI (Echo-Planar Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Procedure) researchers at Boston’s McLean Hospital scanned the medicated and unmedicated brains of 30 people with bipolar disorder in order to detect possible new treatments for the more than 2 million American adults who suffer from the disease (Szegedy-Maszak). For example, a patient who had been so depressed she could barely speak became ebullient after the 45-minute brain scan” (Szegedy-Maszak). Then a second patient who seemed incapable of even a wan smile, emerged actually telling jokes” (Szegedy-Maszak). Supporters that favor medicational treatments should weigh the good and bad between therapy and drugs. Once again more than enough peoples has said that therapy has help them dealing with mental disorders. However and most likely therapy would outweigh medications. Due to the fact that medications maybe the causes of mental illness getting worse. 30% out of 18.8 million peoples suffer or grow through depression do not reply to any of the antidepressants available now