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  • NCDEU 2010: New Research Approaches for Mental Health Interventions

    National Institute of Mental Health
    NCDEU is a scientific meeting that focuses on the latest developments in psychopharmacologic clinical trials research and related methodology. Co-sponsored by NIMH and the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP), the meeting brings together over 1200 academic and industry investigators, research pharmacists, and clinicians and provides state-of-the-art workshops, panels, posters, and other special sessions devoted to advancing clinical research. Through its highly successful New Investigator Program, NCDEU emphasizes the development of research careers for those relatively new…

  • Parent Training Complements Medication for Treating Behavioral Problems in Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders

    National Institute of Mental Health
    Treatment that includes medication plus a structured training program for parents reduces serious behavioral problems in children with autism and related conditions, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study, which was part of the NIMH Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism Network, was published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

  • Long-term Depression Treatment Leads to Sustained Recovery for Most Teens

    National Institute of Mental Health
    Long-term treatment of adolescents with major depression is associated with continuous and persistent improvement of depression symptoms in most cases, according to the most recent analysis of follow-up data from the NIMH-funded Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). The report, along with a commentary compiling the take-home messages of the study, was published in the October 2009 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

  • NIH Encourages Depressed Moms to Seek Treatment for Themselves

    National Institute of Mental Health
    Numerous studies have suggested that depression runs in families. Children of depressed parents are 2–3 times as likely to develop depression as compared to children who do not have a family history of the disorder. Other studies have shown that remission of depression in mothers is associated with improvements in psychiatric symptoms in their children. Despite all signs encouraging mothers to prioritize their own mental health, many suffer from untreated depression while managing treatment for their children’s emotional or behavioral problems.

  • Recovery Act Grant Aims to Teach Kids with Autism How to Better Express Themselves

    National Institute of Mental Health
    Most children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) seem to have trouble engaging in everyday social interactions. They may seem to have no reaction to other people or may respond atypically when others show anger or affection. Their own facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language may not match what they are saying, making it difficult for others to respond appropriately. Such barriers to communication can isolate children with ASD from their peers.
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  • Mental health agency buffeted by cuts - Tulsa World

    22 Nov 2009 | 6:33 am
    Mental health agency buffeted by cutsTulsa WorldBut on a Friday the 13th, the grim task fell to the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services' board. Local mental health agencies look for ways to do more with lessLancaster Eagle Gazetteall 2 news articles »

  • Holiday Campaign: Mental Health Center of Denver Gifts of Joy - Examiner.com

    22 Nov 2009 | 6:28 am
    Examiner.comHoliday Campaign: Mental Health Center of Denver Gifts of JoyExaminer.comGifts of Joy is the annual holiday drive for the Mental Health Center of Denver. Every year, we provide a gift to the poorest children, families and adults

  • Escalating military suicide crisis prompts US task force - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    The Star-Ledger - NJ.comEscalating military suicide crisis prompts US task forceThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comIn its simplest terms, the military's strategy is to reshape the warrior ethos, instilling in service members the idea that mental health is as vital as Help for hard times: Suicide statistics startlingThe ColoradoanIt's time to take suicide prevention to new levelThe Coloradoanall 3 news articles »

  • Fort Hood: A Harbinger Of Things To Come? - OpEdNews

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:48 am
    New Zealand HeraldFort Hood: A Harbinger Of Things To Come?OpEdNewsUnless there is a dramatic change in the military's use of mental health expertise there will be more Fort Hoods as our troops return from Iraq and Fort Hood: Therapy was neededDrexel University The Triangle OnlinePentagon launches new probe of Fort Hood shootingsMiamiHerald.comHasan's pre-trial hearing today Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 21 2009 02:35 AMKilleen Daily HeraldNewsHour -Fort Leavenworth Lamp -FrontPage Magazineall 2,525 news articles »

  • How to Find Mental Health Care When Money Is Tight - Ocala

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:33 am
    How to Find Mental Health Care When Money Is TightOcalaLifeNet in New York answers thousands of calls every month, offering support and referrals for mental health services. IMAGINE this situation.
 
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  • Innovative Therapy That Offers New Hope For Borderline Personality Disorder

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Patients coping with the chaos and misery of Borderline Personality Disorder now have reason for strong confidence in making major life changes through a new treatment, Schema Therapy. For the first time, three major outcome studies have shown that many patients with Borderline Personality Disorder can achieve full recovery across the complete range of symptoms.

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd Withdraws Its Application For An Extension Of Indication For Abilify (aripiprazole), Europe

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The European Medicines Agency has been formally notified by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd of its decision to withdraw its application for an extension of indication for the centrally authorised medicine Abilify (aripiprazole) tablets, orodispersible tablets and oral solution. Abilify was expected to be used in the treatment of major depressive episodes, as adjunctive therapy, in patients who have had an inadequate response to previous treatment with antidepressants.

  • Mental Health America Endorses Nomination Of Chai Feldblum As EEOC Commissioner

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    "Mental Health America is pleased to endorse the nomination of Chai Feldblum to serve as a commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

  • Government's Social Care Green Paper Overlooks Mental Health, UK

    17 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    On the day that the consultation period for the Government's Green Paper on adult social care closes, mental health charity Mind has expressed its concerns that the Paper does not address the needs of adults with mental health problems, instead skewing the debate towards older people.

  • Results Of 2009 Pfizer Index Show Unemployed Claim To Have Four Times Higher Rate Of Depression

    16 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    The results of the 2009 Pfizer Health Index announced at the Royal College of Physicians Ireland reveal that the recently unemployed are four times more likely to claim to have depression than the general population. There is also evidence that the recession is leading to anxiety over money, is bad for self-esteem and is leading to relationship tension. The greatest impact of the recession is apparent among those between the ages of 25 and 50, who are parents and who live in urban areas.
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    msnbc.com: Mental health

  • Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:07 am
    Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. Military - Posttraumatic stress disorder - United States - Mojave Desert - History

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  • Army suicides to top 2008, but progress seen

    17 Nov 2009 | 3:32 pm
    Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's, but a recent decline in the pace of such deaths could mean the Army is making progress in stemming them, officials say. United States - Military - Army - Government - United States Army

  • Army helps vets with ‘invisible wounds’ get jobs

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:59 pm
    The Army's Wounded Warrior Program, which helps veterans adjust to civilian life, has been reaching out to employers to encourage them to hire former soldiers. Army - Military - United States - Government - Society and Culture

  • Suicides raise worries about recession’s real cost

    9 Nov 2009 | 11:54 am
    Coroner John White is presiding over a sad tally in this northern Indiana county, tracking rising numbers of suicides he believes are linked to the lingering recession. Elkhart may be a harbinger of deadly increases in other hard-hit areas.
 
 
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    MentalHealthNotes

  • 10 Tips for Reducing Cancer Risk

    Marijke Durning, RN
    21 Nov 2009 | 7:12 am
    While we can’t always prevent cancer, we can do things to help reduce the risk of developing it. Of course, we always hear: eat healthy foods, exercise, don’t smoke. But the message doesn’t seem to be getting through because people still eat junk or high fat foods, still don’t exercise and still smoke. The Mayo Clinic published 10 tips to reduce cancer risk in their most recent issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource. Here are the tips and below there’s more explanation: Stop smoking Limit alcohol intake – some alcohol is okay, too much is not…

  • More on National Diabetes Month – Tips

    Marijke Durning, RN
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:33 am
    Living with diabetes is more than taking insulin or medication. Those who have diabetes or know someone who does knows that living with diabetes is a lifestyle. Insulin or medications, like metformin or glucophage are not a cures for diabetes, although that is a common belief. Insulin and medications merely manage the disease, allowing the person with diabetes to continue living as normally as possible. Unfortunately, the disease still can cause significant damage to the body, as the sugar levels fluctuate. People with diabetes who manage to keep their blood glucose (sugar) under strict…

  • Exercising Your Knee When it Hurts

    Marijke Durning, RN
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:55 pm
    It may seem to go against your instincts, but in some cases, supervised exercise when you have knee pain could be just what you need. A study in the Netherlands of 131 people with patellofemoral pain syndrome found that patients who had followed a specially designed exercise program had better outcomes after one year of treatment than those who followed the standard care. Patellofemoral pain syndrome results in pain at the front of the knee, most often starting in adolescence, particularly among teens who are active in sports. It affects women more than men. The patients who followed the…

  • P&G Recall of Some of Vicks Products

    Marijke Durning, RN
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:57 pm
    P&G Voluntarily Recalls Specific Lots of Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom Press Release CINCINNATI, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced today it is voluntarily recalling three lots of its Vicks Sinex nasal spray in three countries: the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/pg/41327/ The company said it is taking this precautionary step after finding the bacteria B. cepacia in a small amount of product…

  • Asthma May Lead to H1N1 Complications

    Marijke Durning, RN
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:37 pm
    Children who have asthma are at higher risk of developing problems if they contract the H1N1 flu, more so than if they have the seasonal flu, say researchers. Researchers in Toronto, Canada, investigated the differences between 58 children with H1N1 who were admitted to the Hospital for the Hospital for Sick Kids, in Toronto, and 200 who had been admitted to the same hospital with complications from the seasonal flu, between 2004 and 2008. The researchers found that 22% of the children who were admitted because of H1N1 had asthma, while only 6% of those with seasonal influenza were asthmatic.
 
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    World of Psychology

  • Talk Therapy: How Honest Are You?

    Therese J. Borchard
    22 Nov 2009 | 6:52 am
    I pay my therapist $120 every other week. I should, theoretically, feel like I can tell her anything. But I don’t. Because I want her to like me. It’s part of being a stage-four people-pleaser. I didn’t realize the extent to which I was holding back until, the other day, when I mentioned to my therapist something that I had told Dr. Smith–the psychiatrist that I see every four to six weeks–about positive thinking just not cutting it when you plummet to such a low depression. My therapist asked me to back up and tell her more about that. Because either I…

  • Getting Therapy When There’s No Money

    John M Grohol PsyD
    21 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am
    I can’t help but mention this article in The New York Times about how to get mental health care when you have no insurance or for some reason your have minimal coverage for mental health concerns with your current health insurance (which should change come January 1, 2010 when the federal mental health parity law kicks in). In the article, Lesley Alderman “offer[s] advice for those without insurance, or with only minimal coverage, on how to find low-cost mental health care.” The solutions should be familiar to our regular readers — self-help techniques (most of which…

  • Surviving the Suicide of Someone You Love

    Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D.
    21 Nov 2009 | 6:19 am
    My brother’s childhood best friend committed suicide. I was 16 years old at the time, Mark (not his real name) was 21. Mark’s parents were close friends of my parents; we played together as little kids, he was my first crush. We drifted apart as we grew up. Mark was a Kennedy-esque figure to me, handsome and smart. Everyone expected great things when he went off to an Ivy League law school. Then he was dead. I have a vivid memory of walking around the neighborhood with Mark’s brother at night. The adults were sitting shiva and he had to get away. Suddenly he grabbed a fallen…

  • Woman Loses Sick-Leave Benefits for Depression Thanks to Facebook Pics

    Summer Beretsky
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:17 pm
    Quebec woman Nathalie Blanchard poses on the beach in a Facebook photograph that convinced her insurance company that she was no longer depressed.Can you really determine someone’s mental state by looking at a photograph? Manulife, a Canadian-based financial services company, apparently thinks so. Nathalie Blanchard, a 29-year-old IBM employee from Quebec, took a long-term sick leave from her job after being diagnosed with major depression. Her doctor told her to try & have fun, and to take a sunny vacation to get away from her problems. She did just that while she received monthly…

  • 2009 Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy Recommendations

    John M Grohol PsyD
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:05 am
    Earlier this month, I was honored to attend the 25th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy in Atlanta, Georgia. The focus of this symposium every year is to tackle a particular issue in mental health policy, population or care. This year focused, fittingly enough, on health care reform and how mental health and substance abuse programs need to be an integrated part of that effort: Currently health care in this country is focused on illness rather than health, on procedures and face-to-face interventions rather than on coordination and prevention, and on fragmented,…
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    Mental Health Blog

  • Paraskevidekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th

    meg
    13 Nov 2009 | 10:26 am
    “It’s called paraskevidekatriaphobia: a morbid or irrational fear of Friday the 13th. It's believed that as many as 25 million Americans will change their behavior today because of superstition: They’ll stay away from shopping malls and won't set foot on airplanes. The cost of all this fear comes close to $800 million per day in lost business, according to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in North Carolina.”The word is derived from three Greek words: paraskevi meaning Friday, dekatrels meaning thirteen and phobia, which means fear. From a mental health perspective, a…

  • Military in Dire Need of Mental Health Professionals

    meg
    7 Nov 2009 | 1:22 pm
    The recent tragedy in Fort Hood illustrates the dire need for mental health professionals in the military. “More than two years after the nation's political and military leaders pledged to improve mental-health care, their promises have fallen short at military hospitals around the country, according to mental-health professionals, Army officials, and wounded soldiers and their families.”This deficiency in staffing escalates all the way the very top where Ellen Embrey can be found temporarily fulfilling the position of assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. Many of her…

  • The Brain Can Distinguish Religion From Fact

    meg
    11 Oct 2009 | 9:16 am
    Lead author, Sam Harris, professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Staglin Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and co-lead author, Jonas Kaplan, research assistant professor at the USC's Brain and Creativity Institute, performed the first neuroimaging study to systematically compare religious faith with ordinary cognition.The study has demonstrated that our brains respond differently to religious and nonreligious statements, however the information seems to get processed in the same brain regions. In other words, our judgement on the truthfulness of religious statements occurs within the same brain…

  • GUEST POST: ADHD: Recognizing it, Controversy

    meg
    21 Sep 2009 | 2:15 pm
    ADHD is an extremely common disorder that is characterized by difficulty paying attention, distractibility and hyperactivity. And some say it's even more common than previously thought. For one, it's now believed to be common in adults - not just children - and that a diagnosis of ADHD doesn't always have all the symptoms commonly associated with it.That means you don't have to be hyperactive to have ADHD, though what you have would then be characterized by ADD, or Attention Deficit Disorder, not Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder.It turns out there are several types of ADHD each with its…

  • Sensitivity to Physical Pain Linked To Social Rejection

    meg
    23 Aug 2009 | 5:54 pm
    Psychologists at UCLA have concluded, in the August 14th online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that there is a genetic link between sensitivity to physical pain and social rejection. A gene that regulates the mu-opioid receptors in the brain that alleviates physical pain also kills the pain of social rejection.“Their study indicates that variation in the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1), often associated with physical pain, is related to how much social pain a person feels in response to social rejection. People with a rare form of the gene are more sensitive to…
 
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    ScienceDaily: Depression News

  • Bypassing the blues: Telephone treatment for depression post-bypass surgery improves quality of life

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Coronary artery bypass graft patients who were screened for depression after surgery and then cared for by a nurse-led team of health care specialists via telephone reported improved quality of life and physical function compared to those who received their doctors' usual care, according to a new study.

  • Mother's depression a risk factor in childhood asthma symptoms, study suggests

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Maternal depression can worsen asthma symptoms in their children, according to new research.

  • Depression as deadly as smoking, study finds

    17 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    A new study has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking. The study also shows that patients with depression face an overall increased risk of mortality, while a combination of depression and anxiety in patients lowers mortality compared with depression alone.

  • Motivational 'women-only' cardiac rehab improves symptoms of depression

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Women who participated in a motivational cardiac rehab program designed for women experienced less symptoms of depression. The positive impact of the women-centered program remained six months after the 12-week study ended. Other research shows that positive emotions in men and women may protect from heart disease.

  • Ethnic pride may boost African-American teens' mental health

    15 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    A study of more than 250 African-American youths from urban, low-income families examined the unique effects of racial identity and self esteem on mental health. Findings reveal that when young people's feelings of ethnic pride rose between 7th and 8th grades, their mental health also improved over that period, regardless of their self-esteem. The researchers also found that racial identity was a stronger buffer against symptoms of depression for boys than for girls.
 
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  • Critics' fury over controversial plans to give couples who hit 'rocky patch ... - Daily Mail

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:32 am
    Daily MailCritics' fury over controversial plans to give couples who hit 'rocky patch Daily MailThe controversial plans are part of a £270million programme to tackle depression. But critics say they are 'horrified' that a Health Service which says it Relationships at risk from depression to get free counsellingIndependentDivorcing couples to be offered counselling on the NHSguardian.co.ukNHS to offer 'marriage counselling'The Press AssociationNOTW Blogs -Telegraph.co.ukall 65 news articles »

  • Struggles now pale to Great Depression - Palladium-Item

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:07 am
    Struggles now pale to Great DepressionPalladium-ItemLillian Hampton Mikesell remembers the Great Depression as a very hot and dry time, and more »

  • Black Tuesday, and Wednesday, and ... - Times Herald-Record

    21 Nov 2009 | 11:08 pm
    ABC NewsBlack Tuesday, and Wednesday, and ...Times Herald-RecordTwo years into the biggest recession since the Great Depression and coming up on the holiday shopping season, retailers have been Syracuse shoppers gear up for a very different Black Friday this year. It The Post-Standard - Syracuse.comall 770 news articles »

  • Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo - The Associated Press

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:03 pm
    PC WorldCanadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photoThe Associated PressBROMONT, Quebec — A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on A Facebook follyKipp ReportWoman loses benefits over Facebook photosmsnbc.comWoman Loses Sick-Leave Benefits for Depression Thanks to Facebook PicsPsychCentral.comCrabbyGolightly.com (blog) -ABC Onlineall 327 news articles »

  • Father learned value of family and a dollar during Depression - Fort Worth Star Telegram

    21 Nov 2009 | 8:52 pm
    Father learned value of family and a dollar during DepressionFort Worth Star TelegramWEATHERFORD — Growing up poor in Bowie during the Great Depression, Charles William Hopper learned about values: financial values and family
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    USNews: Depression

  • Single-Sex Cardiac Rehab Helps Depressed Women

    TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A motivational women-only cardiac rehabilitation program helped reduce symptoms of depression in women with coronary heart disease, a U.S. study has found.Depression, which is more common in female heart disease patients than in males, can interfere with adoption of lifestyle changes meant to improve health and willingness to attend cardiac rehabilitation.

  • Health Buzz: CDC Says Progress on Smoking Has Stalled and Other Health News

    CDC Says Numbers of Smoking Americans No Longer on the Decline According to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the proportion of Americans who smoke rose slightly between 2007 and 2008, from 19.8 percent to 20.6 percent, Health Day reports. For years, smoking rates had been falling steadily; between 1998 and 2008, the proportion of Americans who smoke decreased from 24.1 percent to 20.6 percent, Health Day reports. But looking at just the past five years, the numbers have not budged. CDC researchers say that many states are not adequately funding programs…

  • What Science Is Discovering About Exercise and Depression

    It's always on the to-do list for disease prevention and overall good health, but regular physical activity appears to have antidepressant qualities, too. While questions remain, the picture on exercise and depression is becoming clearer: Getting up and moving seems to help people get on top of a bout of depression or keep a recurrence at bay. Here's the skinny so far:

  • Health Tip: Symptoms of Postpartum Depression

    (HealthDay News) -- Welcoming a new baby is a happy and exciting time, but it's also full of stress. Postpartum depression affects many new moms, and it's important to recognize the signs and seek treatment.

  • Brain Stimulation May Ease Treatment-Resistant Depression

    MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Electrical stimulation of a certain area of the brain may prove an effective treatment for severe depression, say German researchers.They implanted electrodes in the nucleus accumbens area of the brains of 10 people. This area of the brain is part of the reward system that ensures that people remember good experiences and puts them in a state of pleasant anticipation.
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    MedicalNewsToday: Anxiety

  • People With Type D Personalities Experience More Health Problems

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    People who experience a lot of negative emotions and do not express these experience more health problems, says Dutch researcher Aline Pelle. She discovered that heart failure patients with a negative outlook reported their complaints to a physician or nurse far less often. The personality of the partner can also exert a considerable influence on these patients. Aline Pelle investigated patients with a so-called type D personality.

  • Easing Needle Anxiety

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Needle! For some people, the word-almost as much as the sight of one sliding into skin-is enough for people to cringe, cry, even swoon if they're standing in line waiting for one. Experts believe fear of needles may be preventing people from rolling up their sleeves for the H1N1 vaccination.

  • Depression As Deadly As Smoking, But Anxiety May Be Good For You

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.

  • University Of Montreal Study Reveals Danger To Fetus Of Certain Drugs

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    More than six percent of expectant mothers in Quebec consume prescription drugs that are known to be harmful to their fetuses, according to a Université de Montréal investigation published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Half these women will voluntarily terminate their pregnancy fearing congenital malformations, which means the abortion rate among these women is 11 percent higher than in the rest of the population.

  • At-Risk College Students Reduce HBP, Anxiety, Depression Through Transcendental Meditation

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009.
 
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    USNews: Anxiety

  • Can a Bad Boss Make You Sick?

    By Randy DotingaHealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- If an inept or abrasive boss is ruining your workday, you may be taking that stress to heart, literally.New research links having a poor supervisor to a higher risk of heart attack, and that's not all: people who don't like their managers also take more sick leave.

  • Health Fears Are Nothing to Sneeze At

    By Serena GordonHealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- It may sound hard to believe, but just one sneeze is enough to increase your fear not just of contracting flu, but also of dying from a heart attack at an early age, dying from an accident or being the victim of a fatal crime, new research shows.

  • After Age 55, Workplace Stress Seems to Decline

    THURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Feeling stressed at work? If you're younger than 50, it might get worse -- at least for a while. Researchers from the University of Nottingham in England report that stress levels peak when people reach their early 50s but start to dip as they move toward old age.

  • Exposure to Holocaust May Have Raised Cancer Risks

    MONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Among Jewish survivors of World War II, those who were potentially exposed to the Holocaust have an increased risk of cancer, likely due to physical and mental stress, an Israeli study has found.

  • World Trade Center Workers Have More Cases of Acid Reflux

    By Jennifer ThomasHealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- World Trade Center rescue workers can add another illness to the list of health problems that may have resulted from exposure to Ground Zero toxins and the ensuing mental anguish of the tragedy -- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
 
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  • Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon The People's Pharmacy - Chicago Tribune

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:34 am
    Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon The People's PharmacyChicago TribuneA reader asked for natural alternatives for anxiety and stress without side effects. I was disappointed that you didn't mention exercise. and more »

  • Critics' fury over controversial plans to give couples who hit 'rocky patch ... - Daily Mail

    22 Nov 2009 | 4:32 am
    Daily MailCritics' fury over controversial plans to give couples who hit 'rocky patch Daily MailLaunching the scheme on Thursday, Mr Burnham will say: 'Trouble at home can lead to depression and anxiety. Sometimes even children can be caught up in the Divorcing couples to be offered counselling on the NHSguardian.co.ukRelationships at risk from depression to get free counsellingIndependentNHS to offer 'marriage counselling'The Press AssociationTelegraph.co.ukall 65 news articles »

  • Children go into hiding as albino killings cause fear and anxiety - East African

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:09 am
    Children go into hiding as albino killings cause fear and anxietyEast AfricanBy KIBIWOTT KOROS (email the author) The bizarre killings of albinos in Burundi and Tanzania has evoked deep fear and anxiety in the two countries, and more »

  • Head Strong: The true cost of freedom from anxiety - Philadelphia Inquirer

    22 Nov 2009 | 12:03 am
    ABC NewsHead Strong: The true cost of freedom from anxietyPhiladelphia InquirerGive me anxiety or give me death. If Patrick Henry were watching last week's new wrinkle in the debate over national health Women in their 40s say mammograms worth the anxietyDallas Morning NewsNew breast screening report met with dismayLas Vegas Review - JournalSurvival stories sharpen debate on mammogramsCharlotteObserver.comMetroWest Daily News -Huffington Post (blog) -Glens Falls Post-Starall 507 news articles »

  • Op-Ed Contributor Avoidance by the Numbers - New York Times

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:04 pm
    Op-Ed Contributor Avoidance by the NumbersNew York TimesA 2005 study by Lloyds Trustee Savings Bank of Britain showed that accounting anxiety has led to “balance denial syndrome,” in which bank customers so fear and more »
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  • Mixed Parental Anxiety Over Internet Predators

    Rick Nauert PhD
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:45 am
    A new report on parental concerns about the safety of their children’s lives online reveals a wide range of opinion, although some common themes do emerge. According to the researchers, of those parents with kids online, nearly two-thirds are concerned (32 percent very concerned) about online sexual predators. Similarly, about two-thirds of parents are concerned about loss of privacy (22 percent very concerned) and about one-half (21 percent are very concerned) about their children viewing pornographic material. In contrast, smaller proportions of parents are concerned about their online…

  • Medication for Premature Ejaculation on Track for Approval

    Rick Nauert PhD
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    Researchers have announced a second positive trial of an aerosol spray medication, termed PSD502, used to treat premature ejaculation (PE). PE is defined as a male sexual dysfunction characterized by ejaculation which always or nearly always occurs prior to or within about one minute of vaginal penetration. Premature ejaculation has a host of negative personal consequences for both partners ranging from distress to frustration or the avoidance of sexual intimacy. Results of the double-blind treatment phase of the study showed that men who were treated with the drug five minutes before…

  • Stop Smoking While Losing Weight

    Rick Nauert PhD
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:16 am
    A new summary analysis discovers an individual can improve two health behaviors concurrently — rebuffing the contention that embarking on a smoking cessation program will ruin a woman’s effort to lose weight. Many women believe nicotine suppresses the appetite and boosts metabolism and would rather take the health risks associated with smoking rather than being overweight. But a new meta-analysis (results of several studies) shows that women who quit smoking while receiving treatment for weight control are better able to control their weight gain and are more successful at…

  • Chemicals Found in Plastics Linked to ADHD

    Rick Nauert PhD
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:15 am
    A new study warns that phthalates, a family of chemical substances used primarily to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) soft and flexible, may be associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Phthalates have been used for more than 50 years and are important components of many consumer products, including toys, cleaning materials, plastics, and personal care items. Phtalates have been widely studied with some linking exposure to hormone disruptions, birth defects, asthma, and reproductive problems, while others have found no significant association between exposure and adverse effects.

  • Infections Linked to Schizophrenia

    Rick Nauert PhD
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:14 am
    Swedish researchers have developed a technique that analyzes inflammatory substances in cerebrospinal fluid — the liquid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Using this method they discovered patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Although the cause of schizophrenia is unknown, this new finding may give support to the theory that infections early in life might increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. Furthermore, the discovery improves the potential to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune…
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    MedicalNewsToday: Bipolar Disorder

  • New Certified Reference Materials Offer Greater Certainty In Monitoring 3 Therapeutic Medications

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    To help bring greater certainty to the measurement of medication levels in a patient's bloodstream for three drugs with narrow therapeutic ranges, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is releasing new certified reference materials (CRMs).

  • Mood Dysfunction Improved In Gene Knockout Mice

    14 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knockout animals, concluding that the deleted gene may have an important role in mood regulation.

  • Faulty Body Clock May Make Kids Bipolar

    12 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Malfunctioning circadian clock genes may be responsible for bipolar disorder in children. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry found four versions of the regulatory gene RORB that were associated with pediatric bipolar disorder.

  • Mental Health America Applauds Bipartisan Legislation To Help Treat Depression And Bipolar Disorders

    29 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    Mental Health America is applauding legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators to establish national centers of excellence for the treatment of depression and bipolar disorders. The centers will create a national network to help diagnose people in need and improve access to evidence-based, quality care. The bill, called the "ENHANCED Act" was introduced by U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.

  • Break-through Preventative Care Program For People Living With Bipolar Disorder

    28 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am
    A major breakthrough in mental health has been developed, a cooperative venture between the National Bipolar Foundation and the MedicAlert Foundation; a preventative care program called "Safe 'til Stable." It provides vital medical information to emergency responders in time of need through our live 24-hour emergency response service. In a medical emergency, this can help reduce the trauma experienced by individuals impacted with bipolar disorder.
 
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    ScienceDaily: Bipolar Disorder News

  • Gene knockout may cheer up mice

    14 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    A gene in the brain that was not previously linked to mood disorders could have a role in biopolar, depression, and schizophrenic conditions.

  • Faulty body clock may make kids bipolar

    13 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    Malfunctioning circadian clock genes may be responsible for bipolar disorder in children. Researchers found four versions of the regulatory gene RORB that were associated with pediatric bipolar disorder.

  • Young Adults May Outgrow Bipolar Disorder

    29 Sep 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Bipolar disorder, or manic-depression, causes severe and unusual shifts in mood and energy, affecting a person's ability to perform everyday tasks. With symptoms often starting in early adulthood, bipolar disorder has been thought of traditionally as a lifelong disorder. Now, researchers have found evidence that nearly half of those diagnosed between the ages of 18 and 25 may outgrow the disorder by the time they reach 30.

  • If Bipolar Disorder Is Over-diagnosed, What Are The Actual Diagnoses?

    29 Jul 2009 | 2:00 pm
    A year ago, researchers reported that fewer than half the patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder received an actual diagnosis of bipolar disorder after using a comprehensive, psychiatric diagnostic interview tool -- the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. In this follow-up study, the researchers have determined the actual diagnoses of those patients.

  • Irritability Should Be Considered When Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder In Children

    25 Jun 2009 | 2:00 am
    Diagnosing children with bipolar disorder is challenging and controversial. Some children with bipolar disorder are diagnosed based on irritable mood alone. Findings support current diagnostic criteria.
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  • Senators Introduce Legislation to Fight Depression Nationwide

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:39 pm
    The University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry, at both its Lindner Center of HOPE and Clifton campuses, is a nationally recognized center for the research and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder that could benefit from the bipartisan ENHANCED Act to establish national centers of excellence for the treatment of these conditions.

  • Pfizer's Geodon gets expanded FDA approval

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:34 pm
    Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combinationmaintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults.

  • Bipolar Disorder

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pm
    Bipolar disorder, sometimes called manic depression , is a mental illness that is described as a fluctuation in mood extremes.

  • Gene Knockout May Cheer Up Mice

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:35 am
    Pharmacy scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore have identified antidepressant and anti-anxiety behaviors in tests of mice lacking the gene.

  • Building a name-brand health care system, not a low-cost generic alternative

    17 Nov 2009 | 8:27 am
    Much as credit card companies have charged exorbitant interest rates in the period leading up to the passage and enactment of reform, so too have prescription drug companies added more cost to their already prohibitively expensive products.
 
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    MedicalNewsToday: Schizophrenia

  • Schizophrenia Gene's Role May Be Broader, More Potent, Than Thought

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    UCSF scientists studying nerve cells in fruit flies have uncovered a new function for a gene whose human equivalent may play a critical role in schizophrenia. Scientists have known that the mutated form of the human gene - one of three consistently associated with schizophrenia - mildly disrupts the transmission of chemical signals between nerve cells in the brain.

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd Withdraws Its Application For An Extension Of Indication For Abilify (aripiprazole), Europe

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The European Medicines Agency has been formally notified by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Europe Ltd of its decision to withdraw its application for an extension of indication for the centrally authorised medicine Abilify (aripiprazole) tablets, orodispersible tablets and oral solution. Abilify was expected to be used in the treatment of major depressive episodes, as adjunctive therapy, in patients who have had an inadequate response to previous treatment with antidepressants.

  • Metabolic Effects Significantly Lower With INVEGA(R) Compared To Olanzapine

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    New data from a 6-month open label randomised controlled trial show INVEGA® (paliperidone ER) is associated with significantly less metabolic effects compared to oral olanzapine in people with schizophrenia, while demonstrating comparable efficacy.1 The results were presented at the 15th Biennial Winter Workshop in Psychoses in Barcelona, Spain.

  • Immune System Activated In Schizophrenia

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of being able to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune system. The causes of schizophrenia are largely unknown, and this hinders the development of effective treatments.

  • Major Schizophrenia Study Finds Striking Similarities Across 37 Countries In Six Regions

    16 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    An international study of more than 17,000 people with schizophrenia has found striking similarities in symptoms, medication, employment and sexual problems, despite the fact that it covered a diverse range of patients and healthcare systems in 37 different countries.
 
 
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    Dr. Deb

  • Suicide Survivors Awareness Day

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am
    Every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention sponsors National Survivors of Suicide Day - reaching out to thousands of people who have lost a loved one to suicide. This Saturday, November 21, 2009, is their 11th year of raising awareness and providing support.Over 230 simultaneous conferences for survivors of suicide loss will take place throughout the U.S. and across the world. An amazing network of healing conferences is available for those who have survived the tragedy of suicide loss. Connecting on this day allows survivors to know that…

  • Optimism and Your Heart

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:14 pm
    Two recent issues of the journal Circulation include studies showing that positive thinking and health are interconnected.In this study over 90,000 American women were followed for eight years, tracking their levels of optimism and heart attack rate. The results showed that the least optimistic subjects had higher incidences of heart attacks. The other study evaluated optimism and Coronary Heart Disease in over 2,000 Canadian men and women - and found that positive thinking resulted in a lower risk for CHD.Positive Psychology is the study of positive thinking, thriving and resiliency and…

  • Give An Hour

    11 Nov 2009 | 8:25 am
    Over 1.9 million troops have been deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Persian Gulf since September 11, 2001. Many who return home are finding a shortage of mental health therapists.Give an Hour is a pro bono program that recruits mental health professionals to aid in this treatment gap. Give an Hour is endorsed by six major mental health associations in the United States--the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Association of Social Workers, the American Association for Marriage and…

  • Seasonal Affective Disorder

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:04 am
    Question: What is seasonal affective disorder?Answer: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a pattern of significant depressive symptoms that occur and then disappear with the changing of the seasons. SAD has also been called "Winter Depression" or "Winter Blues". The reason for these names is that SAD occurs when days get shorter around November and lasting until Spring.Question: What's the difference between seasonal affective disorder and other forms of depression?Answer: SAD is similar to other major depressions in its severity and symptoms; however, it occurs seasonally usually starting…

  • New Medications From Psychology Today

    1 Nov 2009 | 3:59 am
 
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    Anxiety Insights

  • Maternal depression may worsen children's asthma symptoms

    Anxiety Insights
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:44 pm
    Results may be tied to fatigue and forgetfulness in managing children's disease Ekaterina Pesheva Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Maternal depression can worsen asthma symptoms in their children, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Analyzing data from interviews with 262 mothers of African-American children with asthma - a population disproportionately affected by this inflammatory airway disorder - the Hopkins investigators found that children whose mothers had more depressive symptoms had more frequent asthma…

  • Abstract: Effects of the GABA-reuptake inhibitor Tiagabine on panic and anxiety in patients with panic disorder

    Anxiety Insights
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:33 pm
    Pharmacopsychiatry 2009; 42: 266-269 Effects of the GABA-reuptake Inhibitor Tiagabine on Panic and Anxiety in Patients with Panic Disorder Zwanzger P, Eser D, Nothdurfter C, Baghai TC, Möller HJ, Padberg F, Rupprecht R. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Munster, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, University of Munich, Germany Introduction: There is evidence that a decreased GABAergic tone plays a role in the pathophysiology of panic disorder (PD). Selective GABAergic treatment has been suggested as a new therapeutic strategy in PD. In this pilot-study anxiolytic…

  • Long-term depression treatment provides sustained recovery for teens

    Anxiety Insights
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:08 pm
    Colleen Labbe - NIMH Long-term treatment of adolescents with major depression is associated with continuous and persistent improvement of depression symptoms in most cases, according to the most recent analysis of follow-up data from The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). The report, along with a commentary compiling the take-home messages of the study, was published in the October 2009 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. The TADS team randomly assigned 439 adolescents aged 12 to 17 to one of four treatment…

  • At-risk college students reduce BP, anxiety, depression through Transcendental Meditation

    Anxiety Insights
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:05 pm
    Ken Chawkin Maharishi University of Management The Transcendental Meditation® technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension. "The Transcendental Meditation Program, a widely-used standardized program to reduce stress, showed significant decreases in blood pressure and improved mental health in young adults at risk for hypertension," said David Haaga, PhD, co-author of the study and professor of psychology at American University in…

  • Abstract: Change in cognitive functioning following acute antidepressant treatment in late-life depression

    Anxiety Insights
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:01 pm
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;17(10):881-8. Change in Cognitive Functioning Following Acute Antidepressant Treatment in Late-Life Depression Culang ME, Sneed JR, Keilp JG, Rutherford BR, Pelton GH, Devanand DP, Roose SP. Department of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA. Objective: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed medications for geriatric depression. The association of late-life depression and cognitive impairment has been well documented. However, there have been few placebo-controlled trials…
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    Beyond Meds

  • My Views on Psychiatry and Mental Illness — John Breeding, PhD

    giannakali
    21 Nov 2009 | 8:09 pm
    Printed with permission from John Breeding. See his website here. My purpose in this short essay is twofold. The first is to describe my understanding of the nature of psychological distress and emotional healing. The second is to expose the truth about our modern mental health system, call it Psychiatry, which diagnoses citizens as “mentally ill” [...]

  • Lotus Sutra

    giannakali
    21 Nov 2009 | 9:14 am
    I found this outrageously soothing. Give it a chance if you’ve never heard anything like it before. Posted in spirituality, youtube

  • On pain

    giannakali
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:15 pm
    It seems some people think that pain is special to them. Their pain is worse than anyone else’s. We all fall victim to that kind of thinking sometime, don’t we? But the truth is that pain belongs to all of us equally and it always passes just like joy. It is a teacher as is [...]

  • Quotes of the week

    giannakali
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:10 am
    You can’t be free in any way if you are holding the hand of fear.– Ram Dass Have compassion for everyone you meet,even if they don’t want it.What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicismis always a sign of things no ears have heard,no eyes have seen.You do not know what wars are going on [...]

  • Links of the week

    giannakali
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:33 pm
    Metabolic Effects Significantly Lower With INVEGA(R) Compared To Olanzapine — This is NON NEWS we already know that Risperdal has less weight gain/metabolic problems than Zyprexa. This does not mean it’s safe. INVEGA is Risperdal’s patent extender so this is just to pump up business on their new EXPENSIVE still dangerous drug. If you’re gonna [...]
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    caught in my bipolar burble

  • Kitties Are On Their Way

    8 Nov 2009 | 10:41 am
    It looks like my cats are headed home. I am so thankful. I tell myself that when they get here I will feel better, but I suspect it isn't true. I suspect I will be as fucked up as ever.But at least their furry little heartbeats will be on my chest. I am so thankful for this piece of home.<!--Session data-->

  • But it seems, not

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:40 pm
    So I had this job at the Empire. It was a good job, an impressive job, and a job that looked good on my resume. I didn't particularly like it, but I was going to put in five years or so to see if it got better. Either that, or it would give my resume enough credit to move on. And I was good at the job. I'm always, good, at the job.But then I was laid off. Happens to people all the time, I know.

  • Antidepressants for Bipolars?

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:14 pm
    If you're bipolar you hopefully already know this, but there is a big controversy as to whether antidepressants should be prescribed to bipolars at all. Some say that antidepressants will destabilize bipolars and thus hurt more than they will help.My advice? If you can get better on mood stabilizers alone, a) you're lucky and b) you'll probably be more stable than those of us who can't.Please see

  • Everywhere Is Anywhere

    4 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pm
    So I've survived this long, after being kicked out of my country, and being separated from my my cats. Yes, I'm surprised too.But I have to say, I'm hugely down on myself. I can't stop beating myself up for being so stupid as to get turned away in the first place. And beating myself up for not having a job. And beating myself up for being depressed. And beating myself up for being in my mother's

  • They Liked Me, Again!

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:59 pm
    The kind people at PsychCentral have voted me one of the top ten bipolar blogs again this year. I'm honored. Thanks. Here's what they have to say:Caught in my Bipolar Burble.She’s been blogging since 2003 and is consistently brilliant. Intimate and raw, very descriptive and at times hard to read. She’s been through a lot and her treatment-resistant disorder is still not responding to treatments,
 
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    The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive

  • Out to Lunch

    Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
    12 Nov 2009 | 8:09 pm
    (Redux- my first version of this disappeared for no reason!) Right, I deleted my grumpy posts about losing my passport and having to waste money because I couldn’t get my flights and to shell money I don’t have on now getting an 11 hour journey home by ferry. Grr. I had been planning this [...]

  • Blogs, forums and resources on ECT

    Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
    9 Nov 2009 | 3:57 pm
    Hello!   Do any of you know of write/moderate/recommend good blogs, forums or resources on Electroconvulsive Therapy?  I’d really like to compile a list and since my computer fried up last week (woe, had to reinstall the operating system), I have lost every single bookmark (fecking loads),  documents et al that I had concerning it.  Or [...]

  • On or around the 2nd of December 2009

    Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
    8 Nov 2009 | 2:24 pm
    I might have been a mum by now. I think about it every day.  And on some of those days, I really regret it. The past six months have been quite lonely.  Ah well, onwards… Posted in 2009

  • Feck

    Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
    30 Oct 2009 | 11:05 pm
    I am embarrassed to be writing this but I need to talk. (Talk of imaginary spiders and ranting, cut for boringness and embarrassment) Rough night.  I haven’t been to sleep, which is okay, because I slept in today after taking medication and not sleeping the day before.  I’m not tired so it’s also okay for that reason.  [...]

  • Hypocrite

    Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
    29 Oct 2009 | 4:25 am
    I know the vast majority of people with mental illnesses- like the vast majority of people without- aren’t going to stab me.  So I am feeling quite guilty that this morning, while in the reception area of my local CMHT, I seriously thought I was going to get knifed by someone sitting opposite me. They [...]
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    The Trouble With Spikol

  • Omega-3 Is Not the Bullet

    liz
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:09 am
    A new study of heart patients suffering from depression is in itself depressing — at least if you were excited about the potential of omega-3 fatty acids to life your spirits. From the New York Times: The patients were randomly assigned to a combination of sertraline, an anti-depressant, and either omega-3s or a corn oil placebo. After 10 weeks, there was “absolutely no difference” in depression remission rates between the 59 patients taking omega-3s and the 56 patients taking the placebo, said Robert M. Carney, lead author of the study, which appeared in the Oct. 21 issue of the…

  • My New Hero: Glenn Close

    liz
    27 Oct 2009 | 7:34 am
    Not because she’s a phenomenal actor, which she is, but because she’s just initiated a new project to banish stigma. The project is highly personal, as she explains on Huffington Post: As I’ve written and spoken about before, my sister suffers from a bipolar disorder and my nephew from schizoaffective disorder. There has, in fact, been a lot of depression and alcoholism in my family and, traditionally, no one ever spoke about it. It just wasn’t done. The stigma is toxic. And, like millions of others who live with mental illness in their families, I’ve seen what…

  • Guess What Today Is?

    liz
    20 Oct 2009 | 8:34 am
    First of all, the day I finally return to doing my blog. Second, it’s the day you should do something important. What follows was sent around by Joseph Rogers of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, where I now work. Take 5 Minutes: Call Your Senators and Rep Now! Tell them You are Counting on Them to Deliver All five Congressional committees of jurisdiction have passed a healthcare reform bill. Several provisions of interest to community mental health and addiction providers have been included thus far but now, it’s crunch time: negotiations are in progress…

  • Maia Campbell: Setting the Record Straight

    liz
    1 Oct 2009 | 12:58 pm
    There have been technical difficulties with this blog of late, so I haven’t been able to write about poor Maia Campbell, daughter of influential writer and mental health advocate Bebe Moore Campbell, who passed away a few years ago. I paid tribute to her here. The deal with Maia is that, after years of erratic behavior, a new video of such behavior went viral in the beginning of September. And despite her mother’s work on mental health issues because of Maia’s illness, and despite former reports of Maia’s being in the hospital for the illness, the gossip media lay the…

  • Latest Video: Going Off Seroquel

    liz
    24 Sep 2009 | 12:24 pm
    The great irony of this video? Shortly after filming it, I had to resume my 100 mg dose again, which is what I’m taking now. Things got really frayed after this, but not in a depressed way, exactly — more like a psychotic way. I’m lucky in that I get to experience both and sometimes separately. Delightful! So now I’m sleeping a lot, which is good to recharge the batteries, come off the mild psychosis and deal with a pesky cold that has me producing mucus at an alarming rate. Strangely, my chihuahua is afraid of the tissue box, so every time I go for a tissue —…
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    Finding Optimism

  • Health Monitoring and a Flawed Body

    james
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:19 am
    The things you can figure out by monitoring your health! I recently discovered that I get really bad night sweats if I drink a lot of milk before bed. By a lot of milk I mean half a liter (about a pint for the rest of you). I don’t usually drink a pint of milk before bed, so this wasn’t easy to pick. But today I Googled it, and sure enough there is a little bit of anecdotal evidence. It’s not common, but I have company. And apparently it’s not all milk, just pasteurized milk. So I have some more testing to do. I’m a great believer in self-tracking, which is why I…

  • Depression Busters for Caregivers

    james
    15 Nov 2009 | 8:02 pm
    The majority of visitors to this blog don’t come in the front door. They bypass all of my content and go straight to the 5% or so that my wife Anna wrote. Her content receives more than half of all traffic. Why? She would say my writing is lousy. I think it’s because she writes from the perspective of a carer. Some of her posts have struck a chord with other carers, of which there are an awful lot, and gone viral. Well, mini-viral. Looking after yourself as a carer is a big, often unacknowledged issue. Depending on the source, somewhere between 1/5 and 1/3 of carers for people…

  • Minimalism and Tyranny of the Urgent

    james
    29 Oct 2009 | 4:25 am
    I’ve been MIA for a while, but back now and straight onto my hobby-horses. Minimizing and prioritizing. There is a book from way back called “Tyranny of the Urgent”. I haven’t read it myself, but about 20 years ago I read a series of companion studies. The lessons have stuck with me. I am constantly sizing up the urgent and comparing with the important. This year I’ve enjoyed throwing out, culling and recycling, in the first major purge of my life. I’m amazed at how much I appreciate the things that I’ve kept, now that I can see them. An interesting…

  • The Fake Pharmacopeia

    james
    16 Sep 2009 | 10:28 pm
    Yes! If you don’t mind a laugh at the expense of Big Pharma, then a post by Vaughan at Mind Hacks is worth a look. Havitol has my vote. “The first and only treatment for Dysphoric Social Attention Consumption Deficit Anxiety Disorder. When more is not enough.” As for any blockbuster drug, Havitol has it’s own website, complete with online store and merchandise. On another site a very satisfied customer gives her testimony. Read more at Mind Hacks.

  • Should You Trust Health Advice on the Web?

    james
    27 Aug 2009 | 1:35 am
    “Wikipedia articles appear in the top 10 results for more than 70 per cent of medical queries in four different search engines… …Even more disconcerting is that 50 percent of doctors turn to the user-generated Wikipedia for health info.” Read the full article at New Scientist. I wrote a post 18 months ago about using search engines, more specifically Google, to search for health information. Nothing much has changed. The distinction between content and advertising is blurred, and it’s all too easy to end up on a dodgy website. So who can you trust for reliable…
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    Postpartum Progress

  • Maine Tackles Postpartum Depression

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:53 am
    The Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians (MAPP) has developed a Postpartum Depression Project in recognition of the fact that postpartum depression is under-diagnosed and under-treated and can have long-term adverse effects on women and children.  MAPP received a grant from the American Psychiatric Association to provide training programs and easy access to educational materials about postpartum depression throughout the state of Maine.  They now have psychiatrists who provide educational presentations in the form of grand rounds and visits to OB/GYN and other practices.  They…

  • Did Brooke Shields Have A Chemical Imbalance?

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:48 am
    Brooke Shields recently received an advocacy award from the Hope for Depression Research Foundation in Manhattan.  At the event, she spoke about her experience with postpartum depression and about the stigma of mental illness. People magazine covered the event here.  Of interest to me was this bit about her treatment for depression: "Shields was prescribed medication, though she stopping taking it one point, thinking she didn't need them. 'That was the week I almost did not resist driving my car straight into a wall on the side of the freeway,' she told the crowd.

  • New Features on Postpartum Progress: Favorite & Retweet

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:03 am
    I heard from several readers this week that my post "The Symptoms of Postpartum Depression & Anxiety (In Plain Mama English)" was one of your all-time favorites.  Thanks for that -- it really made my week!  You have no idea how much it inspires me when I hear that! Interestingly enough, Typepad, the hosting service for my blog, has just launched a feature called "Favorites".  At the bottom of every one of my posts from now on you'll see a little button that says Favorite.  ("Post" is just the blog word for article, FYI.)  If you read a post on…

  • NJ Symposium on Sensitive Perinatal Bereavement Care

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:52 pm
    The Englewood Hospital Medical Center and Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortium will host "Providing Compassionate Care for Perinatal Loss and Grief" on December 2 from 8am to 3:45pm in Englewood, NJ.  To learn more or to register for the event, click here.

  • Fight for Preemies: How Treated & Untreated Depression During Pregnancy Can Lead to Preterm Birth

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    17 Nov 2009 | 7:05 am
    Today is Fight For Preemies Day, hosted by the March of Dimes.  More than 400 bloggers across the country are writing about prematurity, and how important it is for babies to make it full term before they are born.   Why is preterm birth a problem?  Because it can lead to lifelong health problems and sometimes death. Postpartum Progress is joining in the fight today for good reason.  Prematurity is a relevant subject for people in the perinatal mood and anxiety community, as depression and anxiety during pregnancy can lead to preterm birth, as can antidepressants taken during…
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  • Aspergers and Depression

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:38 am
    I’m not sure what set me off in this direction in my thinking but here I am, wondering if I have Aspergers.First, an update on life as I know it. Things have been going poorly. The economy hit me hard and one of my two sources of income crumbled away. My other source, writing, is actually doing very well. I signed a book deal – my first – in October and other gigs continue to come in even without my seeking them out. I’m making less than I was, which wasn’t much, but I’m happier in this work. So, I should be happy overall but we are talking about depression, right?My social world…

  • Robert Enke Suicide

    11 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am
    Clearly, depression can get anyone, anywhere.

  • UK Counselor Directory - www.counselling-directory.org.uk

    11 Aug 2009 | 4:46 am
    Hi everyone. Not a lot is happening with me. Thanks once again for the kind words that you send me.I'm just dropping in to share a website that was emailed to me. Rather than give you my take I'll be lazy and just paste the email:I work for a website called Counselling Directory (www.counselling-directory.org.uk) which is an online web directory listing counsellors and psychotherapists all over the UK. Each counsellor has a profile stating what areas they specialise in, a bit about their background, and their qualifications. All the counsellors registered with us will have a relevant…

  • Pretentious?

    28 Jun 2009 | 8:40 am
    Why is it pretentious to use the right word? I got called out for saying that my uvula is vestigial.

  • Darkness envelopes

    27 Jun 2009 | 1:27 pm
    There’s a part of me – a big part of me – that wants to burn all of this. I once had passion; I once had a grasp on what there is and what there isn’t. Or at least I think I did. And I think that I will get there again. But for now, there’s just what I have in front of me. And that’s not much. It never has been.
 
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    A Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey

  • Mailbag: A Prepubescent Proposal

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:35 am
    Most of my day is spent ticking or driving and sometimes ticking in between driving. I am the full time parent and so the onus of driving the clan around lies on me. This can take a lot out of me neurologically. My wife might argue that I spend more time reading news than ticking or driving, but I'm going to ignore her. I ask that you do, too. On days that I'm not ticking or driving, I can be found examining my navel. It's not necessarily a pretty one, although it's clean, but I do spend a lot of time looking at it while trying to figure out how to do things better. Actually, that whole navel…

  • Living the AD/HD Hunter Analogy—or How Castle Distracted Me

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:34 am
    Ah, do you smell it? The scent of The Hunt? Do you hear the crisp, cool clacking of the keyboard, and feel the eyes darting over the glowing screen seeking out clues… Nothing thrills my AD/HD mind more than the solving a puzzle in The Hunt. As an art geek of sorts, I love pen & ink. I write notes with an old school fountain pen. I prefer the skritch of metallic nib on paper over the tactile-less glide of stylus over pad. Maybe one day soon I'll take my art gear and go out and actually draw something again. When I came across the Dux Variable Precision Sharpener and successfully hunted…

  • In Which Douglas Pretends to Write a Short Entry About Free Books & Fertilizer

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:33 am
    Ideally, this is a short entry because I'm supposedly working as much as I can on my novel. We'll see how that goes. The spirit is willing, but the mind is weak. You may not have caught it earlier, but I was asked to review a book for ADDitude Magazine. That review is now up on their site (See Trainwreck - My Life As an Idoit). It's short & sweet and hopefully not shared here too late for Claire, who won the book a few weeks ago. Give it a read and let me know what you think of it. Speaking of winning things, I'm giving out free books here. Are you sure you want to lurk? It's not as if…

  • Embarrassing AH/HD Impulses

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:32 am
    If there is one hallmark of AD/HD, it is the lack of impulse control. Put a group of people with AD/HD in one room and their symptoms may vary, but this hallmark is one thing they all share in common. Over the years I've learned to laugh at my AD/HD fueled moments, especially the impulsive ones. I had a chance to recall one a few weeks ago when an author friend was asking readers if they had ever lost control of themselves around a celebrity. I'm usually fairly cool around celebrities and I have my AD/HD to thank. There was one time I lost it around a celebrity. Once. The experience was so…

  • Live AD/HD Feed on Twitter

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:11 am
    Here's a live Twitter search I've been experimenting with. Many people comment on AD/HD in their daily lives on Twitter. Some accept it; some deny it. Some mock it; some praise it. I've filtered the search to leave out the several million blog posts so you should be able to get a good idea of what real people think about the subject by looking over the stream. It's likely not work safe, but any attempts to filter out cuss words have them posted in bold at the top of the page when you "Join the conversation". It made me laugh out loud. So terribly NOT what I had intended. You can reply to the…
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    Storied Mind

  • Is There Comfort in Depression?

    john
    16 Nov 2009 | 10:12 am
    Some Rights Reserved by Andy Saxton at Flickr The question continues to puzzle me: How did I get over depression? That deep change began about 18 months ago, and it’s been a year since I knew for sure that something fundamental had shifted. The nemesis wasn’t after me anymore. In fact, I couldn’t find that thing anywhere near me. After so many temporary recoveries, I was cautious about saying – or even thinking – that I could finally be free of it. So I just kept on moving through each day. That was fine for a few months until I finally had to admit that…

  • Are You Still You When Your Partner Is Depressed?

    john
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:49 pm
    Some Rights Reserved by pargee at Flickr Over and over, I find online stories about the transformation of a loving partner, most often a man, into a depressed stranger. As I’ve often written here, I have been that stranger. I’ve told several stories about what happened during that time in my life and what I’ve tried to learn from my own depressed behavior. I’ve described fantasies about becoming a new me, blaming my wife and my work for the unhappiness, losing control of myself in rage – and then pulling out of it before losing everything. The story was all about me, and…

  • Looking Out for Life

    john
    28 Oct 2009 | 11:23 am
    Some Rights Reserved by macropoulos at Flickr When I was growing up, no one ever talked about depression. I didn’t know what it was, and the moods I went through didn’t get much reaction from my parents. Yet I spent a lot of time isolating myself, not feeling like playing with my friends or going anywhere, not interested in much of anything. I went through many spells of anxiety as well. That was something I did recognize because it was like fear, and there wasn’t a boy who wanted to let fear stop him from doing anything. Yet I had to walk a fine line between the fear of…
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    Dr. Neill Neill's Practical Psychology for Capable People

  • Transitions: Ex-spouses, Friendships and Blended Families

    Dr. Neill Neill
    13 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    When two people get married for the first time, they seldom anticipate ever being part of a blended family. However, blended families, and how we transition into them, are facts of modern life.

  • Burnout: Are You a Victim?

    Dr. Neill Neill
    11 Oct 2009 | 1:01 pm
    Have you ever felt burned out? Are life and work becoming just too much and you need a break? Burnout is all too common in the fast paced society we live in.

  • Is it in Our Nature to Struggle…or to Flow?

    Dr. Neill Neill
    20 Sep 2009 | 12:54 pm
    In these difficult economic times, we are constantly reminded of 'struggle:' employment struggles, company survival struggles, family budgeting struggles, health maintenance struggles, and so on. We must overcome some real difficulties, as individuals, as families and as communities. So, the question is—is it in our nature to struggle or to flow?

  • Are You in an Unhappy Marriage Just for Your Children?

    Dr. Neill Neill
    15 Aug 2009 | 10:29 am
    If you are in an unhappy marriage, is it better to stay married just for the sake of the children--or to divorce? Are the affects of divorce on children always negative? Maybe it's better to try separation before divorce. What really is best for the children?

  • How to End a Relationship

    Dr. Neill Neill
    31 Jul 2009 | 6:41 am
    There are many ways to end a relationship. But many troubled relationships can be turned around, especially if things have not been left simmering for too long.
 
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    Fighting the Darkness: My Secret Battle with Depression

  • Do you even wonder?

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:12 pm
    Sometimes when I'm driving, I think about driving my car off the road, or turning left in front of a bus, and ending it all without having it look like a suicide. Is that normal or more of a depressed thing?I'm thinking it's a depressed thing that isn't good...When I get those thoughts, I remind myself that I can't do it. I remind myself that I have a family that loves me and needs me. I remind

  • 13 Oct 2009 | 8:41 pm

    13 Oct 2009 | 8:41 pm
    On Sunday, I ran the Royal Victoria Half Marathon in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 23 seconds!To be perfectly honest, I think I hated almost every minute of the race. I pushed myself to run as fast as I could as long as I could and wanted to die before I crossed the finish line. I wanted to give up, I wanted to cry, I wanted to just go home, but I kept running.When I crossed the finish line, I felt

  • Running for my Life

    1 Oct 2009 | 9:07 am
    Daniele Seiss, a staff writer with the Washington Post, recently wrote an excellent article about how running saved her life from depression. The article really resonated with me and I wanted to share it with you.I too have found that running has saved my life. When I feel anxious, stressed, or crippled with depression, a run can change that for me.On Oct. 11, I'm going to run my first ever half

  • Change is in the air

    25 Aug 2009 | 11:20 am
    Last night as I ran with my running group, I was lost in my own thoughts, and not all of them were good. The crisp cool air reminded me that summer is coming to a close and fall is almost here. As I ran, every fibre in my being rejected the chill and the change it signified.The thought the weighed heaviest on my mind was my best friends’ impending move. At the end of next month, she’s going to

  • Expressing yourself through dance

    23 Jul 2009 | 8:11 pm
    I love watching "So You Think You Can Dance" and wish that I could express myself through dance the way they do on the show. I even went so far as to take a hip hop dance class last year, but alas, my inner dancer didn't emerge.Here are a few performances that touched me.
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    Perinatal Pro

  • Brooke Shields, Audrey Gruss and The Hope for Depression Research Foundation: A New Non-Profit Supports Scientific Inquiry

    dickens3927
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:01 am
    There will undoubtedly be news stories over the next few weeks focusing on Brooke Shield’s appearance at the Hope for Depression Research Foundation luncheon which took place in Manhattan on November 16th. Her compelling story, strong advocacy and consistent efforts to bring attention to postpartum depression are appreciated by women who have suffered, those who love them, advocacy groups and legislative leaders. Brook’s book, “Down Came the Rain” has been widely distributed to grateful mothers who have found strength and endurance in her words. Her bravery in…

  • Post Script to Veterans Day Event

    dickens3927
    12 Nov 2009 | 7:37 am
    Dear friends, visitors and bloggers: Thanks for all the good wishes received regarding yesterday’s Service Nation event. Here is a photo. It was exhilarating and humbling. The words of our servicemen and women in expressing the challenges of multiple, successive deployments, the impact of war on their lives as fathers, mothers and then civilians, the loneliness of civilian life at times, was profoundly moving and the most important part of yesterday. Despite all these challenges, their commitment to serve and risk all for this country and those they love is a uniquely staggering…

  • First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden open Service Nation Event: Postpartum Support International Among National Partners

    dickens3927
    11 Nov 2009 | 1:23 am
    This morning at George Washington University in Washington DC, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden will contribute opening remarks to the official introduction of Service Nation volunteer partnerships. Service Nation is an organization devoted to increasing volunteer efforts among civilians, non profits and other entities in communities across the United States. Here’s the link to the media alert about today’s event. Amidst other ceremonies designed to honor our nations hero veterans, the launch of today’s program is meant to stimulate additional participation from individuals…

  • S.P.A.R.K.S. Center in Brookyn, NY offers hope and concrete services to women and families struggling with Postpartum Depression

    dickens3927
    7 Nov 2009 | 6:28 am
    S.P.A.R.K.S Center, developed by a core of community leaders passionate about preventing, detecting, and treating women who develop perinatal mood disorders, is making astounding inroads and setting high standards for community based PPD programs. Founded by Esther Koenigsburg to end suffering and offer accessible affordable services, SPARKS has rapidly acquired the reputation for expedient, compassionate and stigma reducing help. S.P.A.R.K.S stands for Serving Pre and postnatal women with Awareness, Relief, Knowledge and Support. This mission is realized through a series of innovative…

  • Petition in support of The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act continues to grow!

    dickens3927
    19 Oct 2009 | 5:43 am
    Even as healthcare reform dominates the national legislative agenda, constituents all across America continue to write and send their signatures in support of The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act.  This welcome continuation and expression of approval is a direct result of the public’s growing awareness of the prolific consequences of untreated maternal depression and the lack of past response that continues suffering. Such positive and proactive awareness has been spawned by program development at the local community, state and federal level responding to maternal child health issues…
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    Anxiety and OCD Exposed

  • Psychotherapy: Art or Science?

    Laura L. Smith, Ph.D.
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:40 am
    In recent weeks, several articles have appeared previewing the work to be published in November’s Psychological Science in the Public Interest. In this article, the authors allege that the majority of psychotherapists fail to use empirically validated treatments. Furthermore they suggest that millions of people are getting therapy based on the personal theories of their therapists rather than on the substantial research studies that support specific types of therapy for specific problems. Many of the strategies that the authors refer to are based on the premises of cognitive and…

  • When Dummies Get Together

    Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D.
    9 Nov 2009 | 10:12 am
    To our regular blog readers: Forgive us for indulging in some stray musings today. We’re hanging out in the San Francisco airport waiting for our flight back home to New Mexico, reflecting on the unique conference that just wrapped up. Actually, it was an unconference, meaning that it was designed to be interactive and collaborative rather than a series of lectures. In addition, the participants were all proud to call themselves Dummies. That’s because we all have written one or more books in the For Dummies series. What an interesting collection of people! The authors came…

  • Beyond Mindfulness

    Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D.
    3 Nov 2009 | 8:53 am
    My wife, Dr. Smith, and I are big fans of mindfulness approaches to therapy and we’ve included discussions of mindfulness in most of our self help books within the For Dummies series (including Borderline Personality Disorder For Dummies). In brief, Mindfulness is typically described as involving focused attention on experiences in the present moment as well as acceptance and openness to whatever the present entails. Experiences are observed and noticed rather than evaluated and judged. A real advantage of taking a Mindful approach to experience is that relatively few present moment…

  • OCD: Feeling, Thinking, Doing

    Laura L. Smith, Ph.D.
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:09 am
    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. For the vast majority of people with OCD, the feeling of anxiety is prominent. A man with OCD might have an obsessive thought that a doorknob is contaminated and the thought of touching the doorknob causes him great distress. He takes a spray bottle of disinfectant and sprays the doorknob and his anxiety decreases. That momentary relief feels pretty good, until the next doorknob appears. The pattern repeats-an obsessive thought, an overestimation of danger or risk, increased anxiety, a compulsive action, and then…

  • Should You Stay With Someone Who Has Borderline Personality Disorder?

    Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D.
    22 Oct 2009 | 7:51 am
    People sometimes ask us if they should stay with a partner who has Borderline Personality Disorder. They tell us that their loved one can flip from wonderful to horrible in a split second. They wonder whether they should keep working on the relationship or abandon ship. We tell those asking this question that people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) indeed engage in a wide variety of behaviors and states of mind. Not surprisingly, people who care about those who have BPD often ask which of these various states represent the “real” person–the difficult states or the…
 
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    The Official Mommy-Muse.com Blog

  • Holiday Stress? This Will Help!

    mmuse
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Thanksgiving is almost here.  Are you ready?  Contrary to the picture perfect images in mass media, this is a naturally stressful time of year for almost all of us.  If you a new baby or a small child at home, you may find it takes nothing less than supernatural strength to juggle holiday tasks.  Here are [...]

  • Fresh Serving of The Week’s Best PPD Posts

    mmuse
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:38 pm
    I laughed so hard I cried when I read Amanda Rose’s post on A Day in The Life of Postpartum Depression.  It’s not that I’m not sympathetic.  Quite the contrary, even though I didn’t have the obsessive-compulsive symptoms she described,  I completely related.   Kudos to Amanda for giving us a beautiful inside look at a [...]

  • Mommy-Muse Poll: How Do YOU Feel About Navigating the Upcoming Holidays?

    mmuse
    15 Nov 2009 | 9:07 pm
    How do YOU feel about navigating the upcoming holidays?(online surveys) Related Posts Send The Mommy-Muse Your Holiday Survival Questions!      I am delighted to be hosting a pre-recorded session of The Mommy-Muse Is In: Empowering Your Journey into Motherhood internet talk radio show on VoiceAmerica.com next week with Audrey Krisbergh and Deb [...]

  • Announcing Reviews of Good Stuff!

    mmuse
    13 Nov 2009 | 1:14 pm
    Have you seen the newest addition to my blog?  Reviews of Good Stuff now has its very own home page!  I’ve been reviewing top-notch products, books and services for parents since the Mommy-Muse Blog began, but NOW you can find all of them at a glance in their own section.  This is partly to meet BlogHer’s guidelines [...]

  • In Praise of Ecostore USA

    mmuse
    12 Nov 2009 | 8:06 pm
    When EcostoreUSA.com offered to send me any two of their products to review, I jumped at the chance.  I am always on the lookout for high quality, eco-friendly household products.  Ecostore USA’s promise to deliver highly effective products for everything from bath & body, baby and pet care to household cleaners with No Nasty Chemicals™ [...]
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    Lawyers With Depression

  • Our Relationship With Our Therapist

    Daniel Lukasik - © Lawyers With Depression 2009
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:49 am
    Our relationship with a therapist when dealing with depression can be a profound one.

  • Chipping Away at The Iceberg of Depression

    Daniel Lukasik - © Lawyers With Depression 2009
    12 Nov 2009 | 1:40 pm
    Standing up to our depression is an important part of recovering from it.

  • Missing The Point

    Daniel Lukasik - © Lawyers With Depression 2009
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:21 pm
    Others don't appreciate how painful depression really is. They miss the point. We must keep going to get better and beat depression.

  • The CEO of Depression

    Daniel Lukasik - © Lawyers With Depression 2009
    30 Oct 2009 | 9:31 am
                      I’ve read lots of books and articles about depression. What’s strikes me about most of them is how redundant they are. It’s as if there is a place called “Depression Town” where a lot of these authors live and reach consensus about what should be in these books Most of the books I’ve read didn’t particularly [...]

  • The Remains of the Day

    Daniel Lukasik - © Lawyers With Depression 2009
    26 Oct 2009 | 1:30 pm
    As the days shorten, many people develop seasonal affective disorder which is a kind of depression.
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    The Reality of Anxiety

  • Being Held Accountable

    Aimée
    21 Nov 2009 | 2:31 pm
    I just wanted to report that I did my yoga today so I have accomplished my goal of doing it once a week so far. It helps to know that I am being held accountable to my goals by sharing with all of you. And the yoga felt so good but I know I am going to be sore tomorrow. Has anyone else made any goals for incorporating relaxation techniques into their life? Anyone else trying to do yoga? If so how often? If you don't want to share online, share it with someone because it helps to not do it alone. If you enjoyed this post Get the Reality of Anxiety via RSS or Email

  • Why Having An Anxiety Disorder Does Not Mean You’re Crazy

    Aimée
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:05 pm
    I'm always excited to hear and learn from members of our community. Today I am blog swapping with a fellow anxiety blogger named Paul from Anxietyguru.net and I am thrilled to feature a really great post from him. Enjoy.   Hi I’m Paul Dooley from Anxietyguru.net and today I’ll be talking to you about a subject that plagues many anxiety sufferers; the fear of going crazy. Not surprisingly this is one of the most common complaints from people living with anxiety and it’s a thought that never really seems to go away altogether.  And due to Aimee’s generosity I’ll be able to…

  • My Redeeming Moment on Facebook

    Aimée
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:59 am
    As I am sure you are aware from previous posts, alot of my anxiety deals with feelings of rejection. I worry about people rejecting me and so I try to avoid it. I think the times in my life where someone has rejected me really scarred me and left deep wounds which later manifested as panic attacks and severe anxiety. However, I had a really great experience with Facebook yesterday. Here's a little story about when I was just a girl. I have always been a bit boy crazy and when I was in elementary school, I had a huge mega crush on this one particular boy. Only problem, he wanted nothing to do…

  • Relaxation Technique 3: Yoga

    Aimée
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:41 am
    I have written about yoga enough in the past that I will simply leave a couple of links for you to brush up on if you haven't already read them. It as an important relaxation technique, so I think its worth mentioning again. The Benefits of Yoga Yoga For Workaholics Another Testimonial of the Awesomeness of Yoga I have tried to do yoga on a regular basis in the past but have found it hard to stick to it. So I have decided to try a realistic goal for me to do it once a week. Then if I can get that down, perhaps I will add another day. Don't forget to enter in the relaxation giveaway! If you…

  • November's Relaxation Giveaway!

    Aimée
    16 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    I am so excited to be able to offer a giveaway with this month's challenge of learning to relax. There are multiple ways to enter, all easy. The giveaway ends on Friday so hurry hurry before you forget. There will be THREE WINNERS!!! WHAT YOU COULD WIN: Bradon Harwood is sponsoring a free application for your iPhone or iPod, for three lucky winners: MiHeart (My Heart): For relaxation, meditation, exercise, and sleep. MiHeart was developed using ancient Buddhist principles and the latest medical studies. When you lay next to someone you love, your heart literally begins to sync with theirs.
 
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    Amanda T Paul - Helping You Live a Better Life

  • Breaking Out Of The Wintertime Blues

    Amanda
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:06 am
    Yesterday I asked you to evaluate if you yourself often finds yourself succumbing to the sadness associated with the change of seasons. If you found that you are having trouble with that sadness then the next few days on this blog are for you. First things first. This conversation wouldn’t be complete without this disclaimer. If you find that you are experiencing feelings of extreme sadness and depression that you feel powerless to changing or you begin to contemplate hurting yourself or someone else I strongly urge you to seek out the assistance of a mental health professional. These…

  • Is It Really Just Wintertime Blues?

    Amanda
    1 Nov 2009 | 9:05 am
    I know it has been a few weeks but the last few for me have been filled with lots of work and activities and I am sure that yours have been as well. I know that we have been discussing organizing our homes so that we feel more in control of our lives but I wanted to take a break and focus on something really important this time of year. We are heading into that time of year where the leaves start changing, we start to break out our cold weather clothes, we make our favorite soups and stews and for some of us we get the blues. Society has long accepted that cold weather means that we have to…

  • Clearing The Clutter From Your Hallways And Bathrooms

    Amanda
    13 Oct 2009 | 3:51 am
    We have been discussing clearing out the clutter in each area of our home to ensure that we lead an organized, stress free life. Today we are focusing on your hallways and bathrooms. You need clear hallways to navigate through your home. Your clutter in your hallways prevents important connections between different areas of your home and your life. Look at your hallways and see what it says about the rest of your life. Do they contain good lighting and are they easily to navigate, or do they cause confusion and trip you up? If you are feeling a disconnect between work and family, self and…

  • Declutter Your Living And Dining Room

    Amanda
    12 Oct 2009 | 3:44 am
    We have been discussing getting rid of the clutter in your life. Recently we began to discuss decluttering each room of your house. Today we will be focusing on the living and dining room areas of your home. Living and dining rooms are special places set aside for you to socialize with your family and friends. These are the places you engage with the world while being at home. This is where we watch television, read the paper or discuss current events with friends over dinner. Clutter can turn these otherwise special and social places into dens of isolation, especially if the mess is so bad…

  • Decluttering Your Home One Room At A Time

    Amanda
    11 Oct 2009 | 9:44 am
    I know it has been a while since my last post but I would like to start where I left off discussing getting ourselves organized. Over the next few days we will be talking about decluttering your home, your sanctuary. We are going to go through each room in your house one at a time. Today we will be focusing on your kitchen. Your kitchen is supposed to be the heart of your home and for a good reason. This is the place where you are nourished and provided for. A frozen dinner zapped in the microwave counts just as much as those homemade meals lovingly presented by your Mother or Grandmother. An…
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    Scientific Dream Interpretation

  • How to Let Go of The Past and Be Happy Today

    admin
    9 Nov 2009 | 12:47 pm
    I’m going to write a quick article for you, because I know that if you are following my articles you are probably missing them. I’m in Brazil because my father died and I came here for his funeral, so I’m dealing with his lawyers, properties, etc, and having many sad days in Sao Paulo where I used to live, and also going to Nova Odessa all the time. My father lived for many years in Americana, near Sao Paulo, where he had a weaving factory. Then he moved to Nova Odessa, near Americana, after closing the factory, and opening a store for the storage of cloth for factories there. Each time…

  • My News

    admin
    29 Oct 2009 | 4:13 pm
    http://scientificdreaminterpretation2.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-news.html

  • How to Fight Depression – Permanent Depression Cure

    admin
    28 Oct 2009 | 10:27 am
    While other methods have doubtful results and don’t give you any idea about what is happening to you, the scientific method of dream interpretation gives you many explanations and clear guidance. Your own dreams are a font of health, wisdom and happiness. You only have to learn the dream language discovered by Carl Jung and simplified by me, who continued his research, in order to understand the wise messages you receive in your own dreams, and fight your depression for good. Instead of speaking with words, the unconscious mind speaks with images and scenes. Once you learn the dream…

  • Why is Education Important?

    admin
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:03 am
    Education is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. (Definition given by Dictionary.com) This means that education is much more than merely studying something in order to have a profession. You need to learn many things in your life if you want to be able to face all the challenges you’ll find on your way. You are not only studying in order to be a lawyer or a nurse, for example, but in order to prepare yourself to face dangers, solve…

  • Dream Power – Dreams’ Highest Capacity

    admin
    24 Oct 2009 | 11:46 am
    Through dream interpretation according to the scientific method you are able to use the extraordinary power of dreams because you see what really provokes the problems you face in your daily life, and how you can solve them successfully for sure. The highest capacity of dreams cannot be stipulated because it has no limits, since our dreams are created by a wise superior mind that knows a lot more than our ignorant human conscience, and can teach us everything that we ignore. The knowledge you get access to when you learn the dream language and you start having a direct communication with the…
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    The Trouble With Spikol

  • Omega-3 Is Not the Bullet

    liz
    27 Oct 2009 | 11:09 am
    A new study of heart patients suffering from depression is in itself depressing — at least if you were excited about the potential of omega-3 fatty acids to life your spirits. From the New York Times: The patients were randomly assigned to a combination of sertraline, an anti-depressant, and either omega-3s or a corn oil placebo. After 10 weeks, there was “absolutely no difference” in depression remission rates between the 59 patients taking omega-3s and the 56 patients taking the placebo, said Robert M. Carney, lead author of the study, which appeared in the Oct. 21 issue of the…

  • My New Hero: Glenn Close

    liz
    27 Oct 2009 | 7:34 am
    Not because she’s a phenomenal actor, which she is, but because she’s just initiated a new project to banish stigma. The project is highly personal, as she explains on Huffington Post: As I’ve written and spoken about before, my sister suffers from a bipolar disorder and my nephew from schizoaffective disorder. There has, in fact, been a lot of depression and alcoholism in my family and, traditionally, no one ever spoke about it. It just wasn’t done. The stigma is toxic. And, like millions of others who live with mental illness in their families, I’ve seen what…

  • Guess What Today Is?

    liz
    20 Oct 2009 | 8:34 am
    First of all, the day I finally return to doing my blog. Second, it’s the day you should do something important. What follows was sent around by Joseph Rogers of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, where I now work. Take 5 Minutes: Call Your Senators and Rep Now! Tell them You are Counting on Them to Deliver All five Congressional committees of jurisdiction have passed a healthcare reform bill. Several provisions of interest to community mental health and addiction providers have been included thus far but now, it’s crunch time: negotiations are in progress…

  • Maia Campbell: Setting the Record Straight

    liz
    1 Oct 2009 | 12:58 pm
    There have been technical difficulties with this blog of late, so I haven’t been able to write about poor Maia Campbell, daughter of influential writer and mental health advocate Bebe Moore Campbell, who passed away a few years ago. I paid tribute to her here. The deal with Maia is that, after years of erratic behavior, a new video of such behavior went viral in the beginning of September. And despite her mother’s work on mental health issues because of Maia’s illness, and despite former reports of Maia’s being in the hospital for the illness, the gossip media lay the…

  • Latest Video: Going Off Seroquel

    liz
    24 Sep 2009 | 12:24 pm
    The great irony of this video? Shortly after filming it, I had to resume my 100 mg dose again, which is what I’m taking now. Things got really frayed after this, but not in a depressed way, exactly — more like a psychotic way. I’m lucky in that I get to experience both and sometimes separately. Delightful! So now I’m sleeping a lot, which is good to recharge the batteries, come off the mild psychosis and deal with a pesky cold that has me producing mucus at an alarming rate. Strangely, my chihuahua is afraid of the tissue box, so every time I go for a tissue —…
 
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  • The 7 Kinds of Hope

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Awhile back Anthony Scioli, coauthor of "Hope in the Age of Anxiety" discussed nine forms of hopelessness and how you can overcome them. This week, I've invited Julie Neraas, author of "Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times," to tell us about the different kinds of hope. Julie is an ordained minister, spiritual director and associate professor at Hamline University, and speaks regularly about hope, where it can guide you, how it can sustain you, and what meaning it can bring to your life. For more information visit www.julieneraas.com. Here's Julie ...  Not all hopes…

  • Why Does God Allow Suffering? Part 2

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    In his post, "Why Does God Allow Suffering?" Beyond Blue reader Larry Parker sparkled a lively discussion. Among the opinions on the combox was this articulate response from Beyond Blue Mia. Thanks, Mia, for making me think!  Thanks for sharing that powerful observation that HOPE is not "optimism" -- indeed, it's much sturdier and heartier stuff, having tasted full the bitter depths of darkness and yet still trusting the eventual return of dawn. I was recently at a funeral where the Ecclesiastes passage -- the whhhoooole thing -- was slowly and deliberately read. The man was far too…

  • Demystifying Psychiatry: An Interview with Charles F. Zorumski and Eugene H. Rubin

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Today I have the honor of interviewing Eugene (Gene) and Charles (Church) Zorumski, authors of "Demystifying Psychiatry: A Resource for Patients and Families." It is a fascinating and comprehensive resource to explain one of the most misunderstood sciences of our time. Question: In your book, you chart the various trends of psychiatry. In your view what are the most substantial trends and why? Answer: Thank you for asking us about our thoughts concerning the most substantial trends in psychiatry and about why we are optimistic about the future of psychiatry. We believe that three of the most…

  • The Future of Psychiatry: 5 Reasons for Optimism

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    After reading the last chapter of "Demystifying Psychiatry," I felt so much better about where psychiatry might be when my kids are my age. Perhaps, if either is ever diagnosed with a mental illnesses, there will be more targeted treatments, and more optimism for a speedy recovery. The following excerpts of "Demystifying Psychiatry: A Resource for Patients and Families" are reprinted with permission from "Demystifying Psychiatry: A Resource for Patients and Families" by Charles F. Zorumski and Eugene H. Rubin, published by Oxford University Press, Inc. © 2010, Oxford University Press. Here…

  • The 10 Types of Female Friends

    18 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Awhile back I wrote about the four kinds of friends you need in your life to become more resilient. Now let's talk about the kind of friends you actually have! Or at least the 10 types of female friends described by author Susan Shapiro Barash in her new book, "Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships." (I promise to follow up with one for the guys, okay?).  For her book, Shapiro interviewed 200 women of assorted backgrounds and ages, and asked them all kinds of nosy questions about their friends. The result is a labyrinth of 10 types of female friendships.
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