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Sophisticated neurochemical research has linked Major Depressive Disorder to abnormalities in the pathways of neurotransmitters such as seratonin and norepinephrine; we no longer can trivialize the symptomatology of this disorder or hastily lump it in under the heading of general mental illness. Distinctions must be made in the popular mind between clinically significant depression and just having had a bad day. Suggesting that having a boyfriend or girlfriend is a viable solution to depression is insulting to the members of the Harvard-Radcliffe community who suffer from an illness that has its roots in neurochemistry. Those who must seek therapeutic...
Supporters of schools like Tranquility Bay say it's unfair to lump it with rogue institutions in which children are abused. Life at his school is not easy, Kay says, but no one is harmed. "The first days are very, very rough for the students," he concedes. "But after that they realize we are pretty good people." A 19-year-old said that after her parents sent her to Tranquility Bay, she began reversing her slide into drug use. "When I came here, I was a typical type of person that needed to be here," she says. "It was like...
Whether your Yuletide house teems with merry life or relative strife, whether you're with the brood or just brooding, whether that lump in your stocking's a Tamagachi or a rotten egg, nothing seals the season like a Christmas movie...
...Harvard comes up with a lump sum comprising scholarships, loans and grants," Ocon says. "I get whatever money is left over [from educational expenses] to apply to my living expenses...
...real fun of any movie season is encountering the unpredictable. A critical darling like The English Patient can become a crowd pleaser; a surefire hit can be just a lump of coal in a studio's stocking. For now, only Santa knows...