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Special Issue on Mental Health : Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

The National Alliance on Mental Health reports that 20.6% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2019 (51.5 million people) . This represents 1 in 5 adults. Established in 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month is observed every May to raise...

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The Painted Poem
Measuring only 5 ½ x 9 7/16 inches, Giovanni Boldini’s 1879 painting Return of the Fishing Boats, Étretat , has long been one of my favorites at The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. Indeed, there are far greater paintings by Monet, Renoir,...
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Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrated every year in May, is a time to recognize the historical and cultural contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans. In recognition of the lasting and rich...
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The Eye Book
In an age where you can search for anything on the Internet, you may wonder why you need The Eye Book . Why would I even bother taking the time to update the first edition published over twenty years ago? Well, twenty years ago when the Johns...
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Behind the Mirror – The Story of Autism Treatment Pioneer Jeanne Simons
I met Jeanne Simons, the founder of the Linwood Children's Center for Autistic Children in Ellicott City in 1983, when I was entrusted with the job to help tease out and describe the different elements of the methods she had developed to...
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The Benefits of “Searching for Health”
Over the span of just two weeks, there were three troubling health symptoms that caught people in my close circle completely off guard. The first friend started suffering from severe headaches every afternoon and evening, seemingly out of the blue...
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