KIXS FM 108 » mental health http://kixs.com The Country Leader Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Families of Military Suicide Victims Will Now Receive Presidential Condolences http://kixs.com/families-of-military-suicide-victims-will-now-receive-presidential-condolences/ http://kixs.com/families-of-military-suicide-victims-will-now-receive-presidential-condolences/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:30:44 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kixs.com/?p=6740 Overturning a policy that has been in place for many years, the Obama administration announced Wednesday it will now send condolence letters to the families of service members who commit suicide.

"This issue is emotional, painful, and complicated," President Barack Obama said in a statement. "But these Americans served our nation bravely ... They didn't die because they were weak. And the fact that they didn't get the help they needed must change."

]]> http://kixs.com/families-of-military-suicide-victims-will-now-receive-presidential-condolences/feed/ 0 Win McNamee, Getty Images Can Living in a City Make You Crazy? http://kixs.com/can-living-in-a-city-make-you-an-emotional-powder-keg/ http://kixs.com/can-living-in-a-city-make-you-an-emotional-powder-keg/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:06 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=19477 While it has been long assumed that the more time you spend in a rural setting the better your mental health, a new study has shed light on why this is.

A team of scientists based in Germany scanned the brains of 32 volunteers from rural and urban areas while they tried to complete puzzles with time limits.

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