PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A groundbreaking psychotherapist known as the father of cognitive therapy has died at age 100. The Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy confirms that Dr. Aaron Beck died peacefully in his sleep at his Philadelphia home on Monday. Cognitive therapy helps patients to identify and dismiss irrational negative thoughts about themselves. Beck developed the treatment in the 1960s at the University of Pennsylvania. It soon revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of depression and other emotional disorders. Read More...
ROMAN FOREST, Texas (TND) — A mother accused of abandoning two children, months ago, is on the loose and apparently entertaining thousands of followers on social media.
Police near Houston said Raven Yates left her 12-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son in deplorable conditions with very little food.
There was no food in the house," Roman Forest Police Chief Stephen Carlisle said. "Everything was empty. There was some dry beans and some spices. Read More...
Effective Wednesday, Jan. 1, Moose Club International went tobacco free.
"The thought behind making this was the health of our members and their families and our future members,” said Lodge No. 349 administrator Carol Lesko.
Back in July at their international convention, Moose Club members voted to ditch chewing tobacco, vaping and cigarettes at their clubs because they say children's welfare is central to the organization's mission.
“What it is all about is the children, Mooseheart and Moosehaven,” said Sid Walker Jr. Read More...