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Why Addiction Is A Choice

See also: Addiction and choice: theory and new data Why it's wrong to call addiction a disease We are all 'wired' for addiction, says researcher By Ken Niemann Addiction was ruled a disease by the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1976 and in 1997 the National Institute on Drug Abuse…

Posted on November 24, 2019September 28, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

Exercise and Depression

By Ken Niemann Summary Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) presents a considerable challenge to public health in the United States. Estimates of lifetime prevalence are 22.9% in females and 15.1% in males and the condition is likely increasing among younger cohorts. Successful treatment does not seem to increase with rising costs…

Posted on September 24, 2019September 14, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

The Toxicology of Oxycontin

By Ken Niemann Oxycodone is a synthetic opiate derivative classified as a Schedule II Controlled Substance and about 59 tons of the drug were consumed in the United States in 2010. Each year, a growing number of deaths occur from semi-synthetic opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine. This essay will…

Posted on September 24, 2019July 16, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

History

On the Philosophy of Recovery: Reason, Meaning, & Logotherapy

By Ken Niemann Nihilism is the logical ends of a universe devoid of an objective, transcendent, immaterial Good that placed a value on human beings. Viennese Psychiatrist and Holocaust Survivor Viktor Frankl brilliantly understood the necessity of meaning and value in one’s life for mental health but was largely confused…

Posted on September 23, 2019April 3, 2022 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Note Bene: Why Neuroscience Points to a Soul

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqHrpBPdtSI[/embed] Why Neuroscience Points to a SoulThis is fascinating stuff that flies in the face of the viewpoint treasured and defended by prestige academia and the mainstream media. Continue Reading Programming without a Programmer?If DNA is a code, who programmed it? Author Stephen Meyer explores the answer in this…

Posted on September 22, 2019July 4, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Logocentrism and Mental Health

By Ken Niemann Logocentrism & Mental Heath

Posted on September 6, 2019October 10, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

On the Philosophy of Recovery Part II: The Logos

By Ken Niemann Step Three: “We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we Understood Him.” Understood by many as the Queen of the Sciences, Philosophy has a rich tradition of influencing the field of Psychology. Ryan and Deci, for…

Posted on August 31, 2019August 8, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Culture

Weimar Ideal Defines Mental Health

Allow me to share extended quotes from two talented Wiki authors. The first is with regards to an entry for Friedrich Schiller who penned the lyrics to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy (originally, Ode to Freedom). “He elaborated Christoph Martin Wieland's concept of die schöne Seele (the beautiful soul), a human…

Posted on August 16, 2019August 3, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Rothbard: What is the Proper Way to Study Man?

The key to scientism is its denial of the existence of individual consciousness and will Murray N. Rothbard | Mises.org - June 6, 2016 Image Credits: Leonardo Da Vinci. In our proper condemnation of scientism in the study of man, we should not make the mistake of dismissing science as…

Posted on June 6, 2019August 8, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Negativland – a home for all findings in psychology

Abstract Psychology has been historically plagued by the under-reporting of both replications and null findings. The avoidance of these core ingredients of scientific practice means that the psychology literature is unquestionably distorted. The bias in psychology is pervasive and systemic, afflicting researchers, reviewers, editors and journals, all of whom are…

Posted on June 4, 2019August 23, 2021 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

A Salute To Peele on Genetic Freedom in Addiction Theory

Stanton Peele Writing for The Raw Story Adam Cohen’s book, Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck, chronicles the horrors of the eugenics movement. It focuses on the 1927 Supreme Court decision in Buck v. Bell, in which an 8-1 majority upheld forced sterilization. Oliver Wendell Holmes…

Posted on May 14, 2019September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Mental Health

BPS: Is Mindfulness A Panacea Or Overhyped And Potentially Problematic?

Repost from BPS: This is Episode 15 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology. Download here. Click here for audio: Episode 15 Mindfulness is everywhere these days, but is it really as beneficial as it’s often made out to be? Our presenter Ginny Smith hears…

Posted on May 9, 2019September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

“Nutrition Interventions Amidst an Opioid Crisis” David Wiss MS RDN

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtI6vwBsYKA[/embed] [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbVcseHCqaY[/embed] A Biopsychosocial Overview of the Opioid Crisis The Role of Nutrition in Addiction

Posted on January 31, 2019September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Want My Sex Back: Transgender people who regretted changing sex

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxxBQm114k[/embed] See also: 76 Students In One School Came Out As Transgender… Is That News? Why the Transgender Movement Can’t Sustain Itself Transgender patients who regret changing gender are being BASHED as TRANSPHOBIC Hundreds Of Young Trans People Seek Help To Reverse Artificial, Damaging Changes Of Hormone Blockers FDA: Over…

Posted on October 25, 2018October 7, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Globalists Attempt To Conquer With PNAS Oxytocin Neurobunk

The latest scam by the democratglobalistsfascists is to deliver Oxytocin to us in order to warm us up to the idea of being taken over and embracing ideologies such as Cultural Marxism and sharia law. ... It would be fun to repeat the experiment to determine if Oxytocin + social pressure makes subjects more likely to…

Posted on October 23, 2018September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Mental Health

On the Philosophy of Recovery: Reason, Meaning, & Logotherapy

By Ken Niemann Viennese Psychiatrist and Holocaust Survivor Viktor Frankl brilliantly understood the necessity of meaning and value in one’s life for mental health but was largely confused over how that might be grounded. He states: “Under the influence of a world which no longer recognized the value of human…

Posted on September 6, 2018 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Philosophical Problem with the Brain Disease Model of Addiction: Epiphenomenalism

The essay below so perfectly articulates my view on epiphenomenalism and its importance to psychology that I couldn't resist sharing it. (Epiphenomenalism is a self-referentially refuting concept.) Please give Steven Slate some traffic if you are interested in either Philosophy of Mind or Addiction: "Behaviorists believe that materialist determinism is…

Posted on July 24, 2018September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

Rethinking the Transtheoretical (Stages of Change) Model

West, R., Time for a change: putting the Transtheoretical (Stages of Change) Model to rest. Addiction, 2005. 100(8): p. 1036-9. West, R., The transtheoretical model of behavior change and the scientific method. Addiction, 2006. 101(6): p. 774-8. West, R., Problems with the Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change, PPT Lecture, University…

Posted on May 8, 2018October 13, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

Epigenetics And Addiction

By Ken Niemann Important controls in the switching on and off of genes include but are not limited to: timing, gravity, spatial organization, environmental cues, and epigenetic mechanisms. It is the latter that we are exploring here. Epigenetics may be defined as changes in gene expression that don’t involve changes…

Posted on February 27, 2017August 6, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness.

From Wired: Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness See also: "Saving Normal" by Allen Frances , Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker and The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health industry watchdog Every so often Al Frances says something that seems…

Posted on February 8, 2017September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Particeps Criminis: Postmodernity’s Role in Addiction, Part I

Some time ago, I attended an AA meeting where a woman was, in quotidian form, exalting the “virtue” of surrendering, pointing to Appomattox as an example to be emulated. As she was speaking, my mind’s eye took me to Gettysburg, Little Round Top more specifically, where Union soldiers victoriously…

Posted on August 24, 2016September 9, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Johns Hopkins Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Mental Disorder;’ Sex Change ‘Biologically Impossible’

See also: Study: Nearly Four-Fifths Of "Gender Minority" Students Have Mental Health Issues By Michael W. Chapman | June 2, 2015 | 1:34 PM EDT Dr. Paul R. McHugh. (Photo: Johns Hopkins Medicine) (CNSNews.com) -- Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the former psychiatrist-in-chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital and its current Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, said…

Posted on April 16, 2016September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

Mandatory Mental Illness Screening Coming Soon

Mandatory Mental Illness Screening and the Drive to Confiscate Firearms Government study says half of all Americans suffer from mental illness Kurt Nimmo | Infowars - February 8, 2016 On Sunday in his weekly column Ron Paul discussed a recommendation by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The…

Posted on February 9, 2016September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Beyond determinism and materialism, or isn’t it time we took consciousness seriously?

Locke, E. A. (1995). Beyond determinism and materialism, or isn’t it time we took consciousness seriously? Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 26(3), 265–273. BEYOND DETERMINISM AND MATERIALISM The author launches a devastating attack on materialism, behavioralism, epiphenomenalism, psychological determinism, etc. However, he does make some errors not critical to…

Posted on November 28, 2015September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

Antidepressant Exerts Epigenetic Changes

Antidepressant Exerts Epigenetic Changes Molecular markers could aid researchers’ assessment of patient response to the drug. By Anna Azvolinsky | November 25, 2015 A commonly prescribed antidepressant exerts epigenetic effects that may provide a useful biomarker of whether the drug works in patients. A team led by researchers at the Max Planck…

Posted on November 26, 2015September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Mental Health

Weimar Ideal Defines Mental Health

Allow me to share extended quotes from two talented Wiki authors. The first is with regards to an entry for Friedrich Schiller who penned the lyrics to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy (originally, Ode to Freedom). “He elaborated Christoph Martin Wieland's concept of die schöne Seele (the beautiful soul), a human…

Posted on August 31, 2015September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

How to make stress your friend

PowerPoint: The Effects of Poorly Handled Stress Stress Physiology-2 [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcGyVTAoXEU[/embed] See Also: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BXuZL1HAg[/embed]

Posted on June 13, 2015September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Health

Editors of World’s Most Prestigious Medical Journals: “Much of the Scientific Literature, Perhaps HALF, May Simply Be Untrue”…

Editors of World’s Most Prestigious Medical Journals: “Much of the Scientific Literature, Perhaps HALF, May Simply Be Untrue"... Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine are the two most prestigious medical journals in the world. It is therefore striking that their chief editors have both publicly written that corruption…

Posted on June 2, 2015September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Mental Health

Philosophical Problem with the Brain Disease Model of Addiction: Epiphenomenalism

The essay below so perfectly articulates my view on epiphenomenalism and its importance to psychology that I couldn't resist sharing it. (Epiphenomenalism is a self-referentially refuting concept.) Please give Steven Slate some traffic if you are interested in either Philosophy of Mind or Addiction: "Behaviorists believe that materialist determinism is…

Posted on May 16, 2015 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Mental Health

‘Spiritual’ people at higher risk of mental health problems

‘Spiritual’ people at higher risk of mental health problems “They are more likely to suffer from a range of mental health problems than either the conventionally religious or those who are agnostic or atheists, found researchers at University College London. They are more disposed towards anxiety disorders, phobias and…

Posted on May 14, 2015 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry’s Scam

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFhm-xhQocM[/embed] Citizens Commission on Human Rights See also: Psychiatric drugs kill 500k+ Western adults annually, few positive benefits – leading scientist

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