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Jerilyn Dufresne is a licensed clinical social worker and provides therapy at a mental health center. Her past work has been with crises and disasters. She’s also been a stand-up comic. Reach her at jerilynexaminer@ameritech.net.

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Fort Hood Texas Army Base mass shooting: Allahu akbar--the cry of a mentally ill man or a terrorist?

Friday, November 6th, 2009 · 1 comment

Witnesses described the mass shooter as yelling, "Allahu akbar" as he fired. Was that the cry of a mentally ill individual or the cry of a...
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Fort Hood Texas Army Base mass shooting: What made Major Malik Nadal Hasan shoot?

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 · 2 comments

Twelve people are dead, but the alleged gunman Major Nadal Hasan is alive, after a mass shooting at the Fort Hood Texas Army Base. Thirty one are...
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Is technology messing up our memories?

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

CNN asks, Do digital diaries mess up your brain? An interesting question. In the past folks had to rely on their memories, fading photographs, or...
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Balloon boy controversy: Would you ask your kids to lie?

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(AP Photo/KMGH-TV ) If the "balloon boy" controversy turns out to be true--that the whole thing was a...
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Was six-year-old boy in a balloon at 7,000 feet?

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As this was being written, many computers and televisions were tuned to news stations, watching in horror as a six-year-old boy was thought to be in a...
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Women dish on their guys

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What do women really think about their man? CNN.com asked a bunch of women what pet peeves they had about their...
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Mental Health 101: Five communication recommendations

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"All she does is nag." "He never talks to me." "When she rolls her eyes, it makes me...
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A hearty laugh can make your day

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Want to lower your blood pressure? Want to improve your mental health? Want to just feel better? Laughter can do all those things. Dr. Martin...
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Domestic violence: Guerline stayed with husband and now she and her five children are dead

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There was a gruesome scene awaiting deputies in Naples, Florida on Saturday. Guerline Damas and her five children were found dead in their family...
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Workplace violence: Was strangled Yale student, Annie Le, a victim of it?

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Was Annie Le, the Yale student strangled to death, a victim of workplace violence? View photos of Raymond Clark III and the Annie Le...
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