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Participants will learn about new rules under the Americans with Disabilities Act, new rules under the Mental health Parity Act, and new definitions under the Family Medical Leave Act.

Plastic surgery is the last resort of those who have lost their nose to tumours or accidents, carrying a severe psychological and social burden.

In this photograph provided by Maj. Gen. David Blackledge, Blackledge, right, stands in front of a helicopter in Iraq in this undated photograph. Blackledge got psychiatric counseling to deal with war...

Are you suffering from feelings of shock and alienation? Or of exhaustion and abandonment? Not to worry, psychologist Gary Waters says: These are perfectly normal reactions to a presidential election...

In a case believed to be the first of its kind in Europe an Italian couple face prosecution for causing their 12-year-old child "psychological suffering" by going through an acromonious divorce in w...

By the time they reach high School, most teens have heard the lectures: Stay in school, don't drink and drive, and don't do drugs.So instead of preaching the same old sermons in an effort to persuade ...

Ruth Graham knows firsthand how life can be filled with heartache.The third of evangelist Billy Graham's five children, she has dealt with a daughter's teen pregnancies, another's bulimia and a son's ...

WASHINGTON ? Scientists have found clues in the brains of people with major depression that might help explain why so many depressed people also battle chronic pain, U.S. study published on Monda...

CLEVELAND (AP) _ A contractor who found $182,000 in Depression-era currency hidden in a bathroom wall has ended up with only a few thousand dollars, but he feels some vindication.The windfall discover...

There has been a call to make mental health a priority at this year's schoolies celebrations. The mental health carers support group, ARAFMI, says many young people are oblivious to what triggers a m...