Fighting for kids’ playtime Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment NEW YORK — In one classroom, a group of preschool teachers squatted on the floor, pretending to be cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers. Next door, another group ended a musical game by placing...

Study suggests worship services decrease risk of death Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment JERUSALEM — Regularly attending religious services may significantly reduce the risk of death, according to a comprehensive study by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school,...

Oklahoma names prisons’ chief for women Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Add a comment An administrator who has worked with Oklahoma’s female offenders for eight years has been named Oklahoma’s first deputy director of female offender operations. Laura J. Pitman, 49, who...

What price, happiness? Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Add a comment SAN DIEGO — I just want my kids to be happy. This has become "a kind of sacred star in the galaxy of parenting wisdom,” says child psychologist Aaron Cooper. It is a default dream,...

Kids’ social skills come out of shell Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Should preschool be more about ABCs or learning to play with others? With the help of Twiggle the Turtle, scientists found out that youngsters do better if they do both. To prove...

Building permit numbers are a reminder of 2002 Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment Oklahoma City-area home builders are building like it’s 2002. The 3,428 single-family building permits issued through October in Oklahoma City, Edmond, Midwest City, Moore and Norman did...

Are you a workaholic? Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment Do you avoid vacations, or when you take one, do you get irritable and worry that something at work will go awry because you’re not there? Do miss important family events, like birthdays or...

Loss doesn’t get Florida St. down Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Add a comment TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It would have been a "masterpiece,” Bobby Bowden said, "a classic.” Trailing at one point by two touchdowns, losing by 11 entering the fourth...

Attacked church focuses on healing children Mon, Jul 28, 2008 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- As they started their production of "Annie," a musical about an orphan's unwavering hope, the children of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church...

Shopping Thu, Oct 2, 2008 | Add a comment People laugh about shopping till they drop and being a shopaholic, but compulsive shopping disorder is no joke. According to a 2006 study by the Stanford University School of Medicine...

12-step Recovery Program Thu, Oct 2, 2008 | Add a comment For any 12-step program to succeed, the person trying to recover from an addiction or a compulsion must be motivated to stop. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) first published a 12-step program in...

Surgeries and mental health Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Add a comment After four cardiac-arrest episodes in 2007 and this year’s implant of a device to help her heart rhythms, Oklahoma City minister Loyce Newton-Edwards hit a “mental slump” that made getting up...

Stress and mental health Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Add a comment Most of us don't run across many predators or rockslides these days, but the natural reaction we developed to help survive them is still with us. The stress response. In fact, we still use it a...

Psychiatrists and psychologists Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Add a comment Psychiatrists and psychologists treat patients with mental illness, but their roles are quite different. Many people confuse the two. One major difference is that psychiatrists are medical...

The mind-body connection Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Add a comment What is the mind-body connection in mental health? Some suggest that Decartes’ famous statement “I think therefore I am” could be the beginning of a philosophical view of our bodies as...

Medications and mental health Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Add a comment The burden of mental illness on health and productivity in the United States and the world is greatly underestimated. Nearly two-thirds of people with diagnosable mental disorders don’t seek...

Robin Gurwitch, psychologist Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Add a comment Name: Robin Gurwitch Practice: OU Children’s Physicians psychologist and National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement program coordinator Qualifications: Doctorate in clinical/medical...

Education conference planned Sun, Jul 16, 2006 Members of the Oklahoma State School Boards Association and the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration will hold their annual conference and exposition Aug. 25-27 at the Cox...

Castiglione honored Thu, May 18, 2006 University of Oklahoma Athletic Director Joe Castiglione is being honored by the Mental Health Association of Oklahoma County for his efforts in addressing the mental health needs of OU...

Former teacher to discuss Hollywood experiences Thu, May 18, 2006 NORMAN - Madelaine Culp will share her personal experiences on scriptwriting, how she withstood Hollywood sharks and her research into how things work in the Tinseltown system during the Norman...