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NEWS ABOUT: nervous breakdowns

nervous breakdowns stories: 6 news summaries

 Barton: 
 Tooth Surgery 
 Led to Breakdown 

Mischa talks The Beautiful Life and rumors of drug abuse—sort of

Aug 28, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mischa Barton is speaking out for the first time about last month’s “involuntary psychiatric hold,” and the troubled actress pins much of the blame on wisdom tooth surgery. “It was a nightmare," she tells Time Out New York. "I’ve never had surgery... More »

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entertainment • drugs • celebrity • psychiatric treatment center • nervous breakdowns • actress • Mischa Barton

 Neurotic People 
 Die Earlier 

Increased likelihood of smoking increases mortality risk of nervous nellies

Aug 19, 09 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neurotics are more likely to die prematurely than their mellower peers, LiveScience reports. A new study that followed nearly 1,800 men for 30 years found that those who fit self-descriptive criteria for neuroticism—constantly worried or anxious—were more likely to die early, in large part because they were... More »

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alcohol • mental health • smoking • drinking • neuroticism • nervous breakdowns

(Newser) - Susan Boyle has checked out of a mental health hospital where she was treated for nervous exhaustion and is "much happier," her brother tells the Telegraph. "She seems a lot more like herself. Things are becoming clearer for her now," he said. "She's now... More »

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entertainment • London • mental health • Simon Cowell • singing • song • Britain • exhaustion • nervous breakdowns • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 Boyle Rushed to 
 Mental Health Clinic 

Singing star hospitalized for exhaustion

Jun 1, 09 1:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - An emotionally drained Susan Boyle has been rushed to a celebrity mental health hospital in London, the Sun reports. The 48-year-old singing sensation was acting “spaced out” and strange at her hotel following her second-place finish in the show’s finals on Saturday, according to the staff of Britain’... More »

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mental health • exhaustion • nervous breakdowns • mental hospital • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 J.Lo Battled Blues, 
 'Breakdown' 

Jennifer Lopez may send her twins to Scientology school

Oct 7, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez admits to having had a “nervous breakdown” in 2002 and a weepy “hormone thing” 10 days after the birth of her twins in a previously unpublished interview excerpted at the Daily Beast. "I couldn’t get up fast enough to feed the babies," says... More »

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Scientology • New York • breast feeding • Jennifer Lopez • nervous breakdowns • celebrity interview • celebrity baby

Don't Expect a 20th Nervous Breakdown

Term goes the way
of smelling salts as experts seek accuracy

Apr 15, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Nervous breakdown” has long been a catchall for psychological conditions as varied as depression and schizophrenia. But as psychiatric patients emerge from stigmatized isolation—and as the DSM fattens—scientists are chucking the antiquated term in favor of a more descriptive and accurate taxonomy. “I haven’t heard... More »

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depression • psychiatry • schizophrenia • mental illness • bipolar disorder • psychiatric disorders • nervous breakdowns

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