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Long term, short term effects of medicine, Covid Vaccine for children?     from Meridian Magazine, with references.   Long-Term, Short-Term By  Jacob Z. Hess  · October 21, 2021 The following first appeared  in Public Square Magazine . My professional interest in long-term treatment outcomes started when someone I loved dearly began experiencing the anguish of profound depression and anxiety. We did what many families do—encouraging her to “get help.” She subsequently started a treatment designed to provide some immediate relief from the emotional pain. It worked for a while … until it didn’t. A few good weeks or months, and she was right back in it.  Up and down, year after year … with the lows becoming measurably lower over time. What was going on?  I started asking what many families today still wonder:  Is it possible for someone grappling with difficult emotional burdens to find deeper, more sustainable healing? If so, what kind of a tre...

This is very interesting, and encouraging! Pfizer Head of Anti-Viral Has Good News on COVID-19 By  Maurine Proctor  · July 9, 2020 Richard Hutchins is not speaking officially for Pfizer nor any other organization in this article, but merely sharing the latest information about vaccine development. The more we are stuck under masks in public gatherings and stay in when we want to go out, questions multiply about COVID-19. News reports give us mixed messages, cases spike when states open up, and people talk about the “new normal” as if we will spend a lifetime looking at each other mainly as carriers. The question that haunts us most is “When will this ever end?” Or will this virus just mutate into new and more contagious forms, so we are isolated indefinitely? We took some of our questions to someone we knew could give us authoritative answers and what he told us was the most optimistic news we’ve heard yet in this fight to defeat COVID-19. Look...

As Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming, these can be difficult and lonely times for some dear people.  I have put together 2 articles about help for depression, or other forms of mental illness.   I send my love to all of you who may be experiencing these problems. The Dangerous Lie About Depression Mormons Often Tell Ourselves but Should Never Believe by Amanda Black  | Nov. 14, 2016 Makes You Think Mormon Life Comments Today, I came across a disturbing study published in  Pediatrics . The study indicated that teen girls and young adult women are especially at risk for depression, which included those 12 to 20 years old. While this is terrible, what I found most disheartening was while the rate of depression is rising, the number of those seeking treatment is not.  As someone who has struggled with depression, and as someone who has watched family members struggle with anxiety and depress...