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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…

  • NIH Awards More than 50 Grants to Boost Search for Causes, Improve Treatments for Autism

    National Institute of Mental Health
    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded more than 50 autism research grants, totaling more than $65 million, which will be supported with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds. These grants are the result of the largest funding opportunity for research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to date, announced in March 2009.

  • Kids’ Brain Development Charted as They Grow Up

    National Institute of Mental Health
    A landmark, multisite NIH-funded neuroimaging study of brain development in healthy, normally-developing children has posted its third release of data. This is the first release from the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study to include data from very young children – birth to 4 years old – and snapshots of brain chemistry at key developmental milestones. The data is accessible to qualified researchers via the NIH Pediatric MRI Data Repository website.

  • Clinical Tests Begin on Medication to Correct Fragile X Defect

    National Institute of Mental Health
    NIH-supported scientists at Seaside Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass., are beginning a clinical trial of a potential medication designed to correct a central neurochemical defect underlying Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability. There has to date been no medication that could alter the disorder’s neurologic abnormalities. The study will evaluate safety, tolerability, and optimal dosage in healthy volunteers.

  • Significant Weight Gain, Metabolic Changes Associated with Antipsychotic Use in Children

    National Institute of Mental Health
    Many children and adolescents who receive antipsychotic medications gain a significant amount of weight and experience metabolic changes, according to NIMH-funded research published October 28, 2009, in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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  • Army will look for mental illness in accused shooter - Louisville Courier-Journal

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:11 am
    Telegraph.co.ukArmy will look for mental illness in accused shooterLouisville Courier-JournalBut Walker — now a University of Louisville faculty physician and medical director of Mental Health & Behavioral Science Services at the Louisville Veterans Fort Hood shooting sheds light on mental health issues in armed forcesFree Speech Radio NewsBehavioral health center opens at Fort KnoxWAVEMental Health and the MilitaryGovExec.comRichmond Times Dispatch -Examiner.com -The Columbianall 15,368 news articles »

  • At Walter Reed, a palpable strain on mental-health system - Washington Post

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:38 pm
    Washington PostAt Walter Reed, a palpable strain on mental-health systemWashington PostMore than two years after the nation's political and military leaders pledged to improve mental-health care, their promises have fallen short at military and more »

  • Mental health workers also may feel traumatized - Newsday

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:29 pm
    Mental health workers also may feel traumatizedNewsdayMany experts now believe psychiatrists and other mental health professionals who are told about extreme trauma begin to feel traumatized themselves.

  • Crisis Clinic, Kitsap Mental Health Hope to Open New Building in February - Kitsap Sun

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:03 pm
    Crisis Clinic, Kitsap Mental Health Hope to Open New Building in FebruaryKitsap SunBut Lucy Konizeski, 89, and Marge Thorne, 81, donned hard hats Friday for a soggy VIP tour of Kitsap Mental Health Service's Keller House, and more »

  • A meeting was going on about mental health issues - Examiner.com

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    MyFox MaineA meeting was going on about mental health issuesExaminer.comPresident Obama was holding meeting about the mental health issues in the military when the tragic slaughter was taking place at Fort Hood. New Mental Health Policy Came Days Before Fort Hood ShootingU.S. News & World ReportMental Health America Grieves Over Loss of Life at Fort HoodPR Newswire (press release)Fort Hood: Shrinks Are Not Crazier, But Less TreatedPsychology Today (blog)Dallas Morning News -MyFox Illinoisall 48 news articles »
 
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  • States Struggle With Immigrants' Care And Funding Mental Hospitals

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    News outlets report on a variety of health issues at the state level including immigrants' challenges when trying to access new care in Massachusetts and a proposal by employees to cut some services but keep open a mental hospital in Maryland. The Boston Globe reports: Gov.

  • Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Can Reduce Violence And Promote Safer Schools

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    In the wake of several recent highly-publicized stories about violence among school-aged children, a new report shows that school districts participating in the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative substantially improved the safety of their students.

  • Mental Health America Praises House Health Reform Bill

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Mental Health America today praised the House health reform bill (the Affordable Health Care for Americans Act, H.R. 3962) for taking ground-breaking steps to expand coverage and significantly improving access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment services.

  • UK Puts Mental Health Of Refugees And Asylum Seekers At Risk

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Mind has found evidence that the UK's complex asylum seeker process, detention centres and aspects of UK life are actively worsening the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers. In two new reports, the charity shows how a lack of support and resources for refugees and asylum seekers is both exacerbating pre-existing mental health conditions and triggering them in the first place. In the

  • Workplace Stress - Examine The Causes Says UNISON, UK

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, has accused employers of "burying their heads in the sand," instead of tackling stress, anxiety and depression in the workplace. The latest statistics from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence show that 13.7 million working days are lost each year as a result of work-related illness, costing employers a massive £28.3bn a year.
 
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    ScienceDaily: Mental Health News

  • New Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic Offers Noninvasive Treatment For Major Depression

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment. TMS therapy is the first FDA-approved, non-invasive antidepressant device-based treatment clinically proven for treatment of depression. Psychiatrists at Rush University Medical Center were among the first to test the technique and Dr. Philip Janicak, professor of psychiatry and lead investigator at Rush for the clinical trials of TMS, helped to develop this therapy.

  • Hunting For The Prozac Gene

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Scientists are working to find a genetic marker to determine the effectiveness of Prozac and other SSRIs before they are prescribed.

  • Psychiatric Impact Of Torture Could Be Amplified By Head Injury

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a new study. The researchers found structural changes in the brains of former South Vietnamese political detainees who had suffered head injuries and clearly linked those changes to psychiatric symptoms often seen in survivors of torture.

  • Use Of Cannabinoids Could Help Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Patients

    4 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients, according to a new study.

  • Discrimination Takes Its Toll On Black Women

    3 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Racial discrimination is a major threat to African American women's mental health. It undermines their view of themselves as masters of their own life circumstances and makes them less psychologically resilient and more prone to depression, according to new findings.
 
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  • Remove Aspergers as a Diagnosis?

    Marijke Durning, RN
    3 Nov 2009 | 11:12 pm
    In 1944, an Austrian pediatrician, Hans Asperger, wrote about some characteristics he was seeing in some people, such as clumsiness, repetitive routines or rituals, different speech patterns (monotone, overly formal), inappropriate social behavior, and difficulties with non-verbal communication. Over the years, not much notice was taken until the 1980s when a doctor in the United Kingdom, Lorna Wing, noticed children with similar characteristics and she named what she saw as Aspergers syndrome. Since then,  the disorder was studied more, and in 1994, Asperger syndrome was labeled as an…

  • H1N1, Vaccines, and Mercury

    Marijke Durning, RN
    3 Nov 2009 | 12:05 am
    Yes, there is thimerosol in the H1N1 injectable vaccine. Yes, you are being encouraged to have the H1N1 vaccine to prevent the spread of influenza. Yes, there is a very tiny amount of mercury in thimerosol. NO, this does not cause autism. Several years ago, some doctors made a claim that the vaccines given to children caused autism. As some parents of children with autism wanted to be able to identify a specific cause for their children’s disability, they latched on to the theory that there was a connection between the vaccines and autism. The problem is, the very doctor who made this…

  • November 2: World Pneumonia Day

    Marijke Durning, RN
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:34 am
    Did you know that pneumonia is still a major cause of death among seniors? Did you know that pneumonia can strike down people of any age? Did you know that today is World Pneumonia Day? There is more than one type of pneumonia – it can be caused by viruses or bacteria, the most common causes, but also by other means. For example, someone who develops aspiration pneumonia got it by getting  vomit, food or drink into their lungs instead of their stomach. It’s not always obvious if you have pneumonia. You may just not be feeling well. But signs and symptoms of pneumonia include:…

  • COPD Awareness Month: November

    Marijke Durning, RN
    1 Nov 2009 | 11:14 pm
    Do you know what COPD stands for? Do you know what it is? COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It’s a respiratory disease that could be virtually eliminated from the world if we would stop smoking altogether. Imagine that. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis fall under the COPD umbrella. According to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, COPD is now the 4th leading cause of death in the United States and also causes long-term disability. The number of people who have COPD is on the rise — more than 12 million are currently diagnosed with it. And it is estimated…

  • November Is Diabetes Month

    Marijke Durning, RN
    1 Nov 2009 | 1:12 am
    Not too long ago, many of us didn’t know anyone who had diabetes. Now, it’s almost impossible not to know someone who has it. Diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes, has exploded and continues to do so in the western world. A disease once rarely seen in children, type 2 diabetes is now affecting them in large numbers, grossly affecting their health as adults. According to the American Diabetes Association: 24 million children and adults in the United States live with diabetes 57 million Americans are at risk for type 2 diabetes 1 out of every 3 children born today will face a…
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    World of Psychology

  • 5 Clues You Should Be Letting Go of Something

    Therese J. Borchard
    7 Nov 2009 | 2:41 am
    Awhile back I discussed Eileen Flanagan’s book, The Wisdom to Know the Difference. If you’d like to learn more about her, visit her website at www.EileenFlanagan.com. Therese: What are five clues you should be letting go of something? Eileen: 1. You find yourself repeating the same complaint to different people. We all get frustrated from time to time, but it’s not good for our mental or spiritual health to wallow in frustration. I remember once I got irritated with another mother at my kid’s nursery school after she did something that inconvenienced me. I complained…

  • Best of Our Blogs: November 6, 2009

    John M Grohol PsyD
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:06 am
    I’m attending the 25th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy today, and I’ll write more about the inspirational work this organization has been doing for 25 years shortly (not just in Georgia, but throughout the entire country). The people who are attending this symposium — as well as the Carter Center itself — have done much to improve mental health care in the U.S., but it’s not something you hear enough about. It’s heartening so many great minds coming together to share best practices and ideas for improvement (especially at this…

  • How Do You Treat Empty-Nest Depression?

    Therese J. Borchard
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:27 am
    Several mom friends of mine have lately come down with a bad case of “empty-nest depression” — moms who just dropped off their youngest offspring to college, or moms having difficulty keeping busy now that the youngest is in kindergarten all day. I googled the term “empty-nest depression” to see what I could find on this topic. I was surprised to see the Beyond Blue post I wrote in 2007 at the top of the search results. But, after reading it, I can see why it was so popular. I merely asked a question, and all of you answered it. On the comment box of that post…

  • Bye Bye Asperger’s Syndrome?

    John M Grohol PsyD
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:29 am
    Is the diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome — a mild form of autism mostly diagnosed in boys — heading the way of the dodo bird? A new article in the New York Times suggests that the new revision of the diagnostic manual — the DSM-V — is likely to do away with the diagnosis. How can you just delete an entire diagnosis and do away with a diagnostic label that hundreds of thousands of clinicians use everyday and millions identify with? If you’re the American Psychiatric Association, the folks behind the latest DSM revision, you can pretty much do anything you…

  • Group Therapy for Binge Eating

    John M Grohol PsyD
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:30 am
    Binge eating disorder is characterized by a person having frequent episodes of eating what others would consider an abnormally large amount of food, while at the same time feeling out of control — the personal feels like they are unable to control what or how much is being eaten. According to government statistics, people with binge eating disorder are considered clinically obese, but plenty of people can engage in binge eating while maintaining an average or less-than-obese weight. Binge eating disorder probably affects 2 to 3 percent of all adults. People with a binge eating problem…
 
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    Mental Health Blog

  • 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…

  • Airfare Resolves Homelessness in New York City

    meg
    4 Aug 2009 | 6:55 pm
    “Since 2007, the city has quietly arranged airfare or bus tickets – one-way – for 550 homeless families. They have been sent as far away as India, Russia and Peru, although the bulk have been dispatched southward, to Florida and Puerto Rico. Recipients must demonstrate they have a family somewhere that is willing to take them in, and they are free to choose whether they want to participate in the program”. This “Greyhound Therapy” is not new and it is clearly being utilized in many other parts of the world on a smaller scale, but regardless, I simply cannot perceive that the…

  • GUEST POST: Get Fit, Both Body and Mind – The Link between Physical and Mental Health

    meg
    12 Jul 2009 | 5:10 pm
    There was a time in my life when nothing seemed to interest me anymore, when life just did not seem worthwhile. I had just broken up with my boyfriend of three years, and the pain of the separation made it hard to even get out of bed every morning. That is, until a friend forced me into getting up and jogging with her one morning. I was not at all enthusiastic at first, and went along just to avoid hurting her feelings. But, boy oh boy, a few laps around the park, and I could feel my energy levels soaring and felt as if I had wings and could fly. Exercise does that to you; it has been proven…
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    MedicalNewsToday: Depression

  • New TMS Clinic At Rush University Medical Center Offers Non-Invasive Treatment For Major Depression

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment. TMS therapy is the first FDA-approved, non-invasive antidepressant device-based treatment clinically proven for treatment of depression. Psychiatrists at Rush University Medical Center were among the first to test the technique and Dr.

  • New Therapy Gives Hope For Very Severe Depression

    3 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    Thanks to a new method there is a reason for hope for patients with very severe depression. Physicians at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne have treated ten patients with deep brain stimulation. This involved implanting electrodes in the patients' nucleus accumbens. This centre has a key role as the brains reward system, whose function may be impaired in depressive people. Subsequent to this treatment, the patients' depression improved significantly in half of the patients.

  • Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Gets Positive Results

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    A study of an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme has found it had significant clinical results for depression and anxiety sufferers. The results are published today, 2nd November 2009, in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology.

  • Researchers Say Healthy Diet Protects Against Depression In Middle Age

    2 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    A new study led by researchers in the UK found that an overall healthy "whole food" diet comprising a high proportion of fruits, vegetables and fish, protected middle aged people against depression compared to a processed food diet containing a high proportion of high fat dairy food, processed meat, fried food, refined grains and sugar-laden desserts.

  • Link Between Stress-Induced Changes In Brain Circuitry And Cocaine Relapse

    2 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking, based on mouse studies published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "The impetus for this research was our interest in how stress alters the brain's cell receptors and protein signals in ways that lead to mood changes, depression, anxiety, and drug seeking," said Dr.
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    ScienceDaily: Depression News

  • New Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic Offers Noninvasive Treatment For Major Depression

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment. TMS therapy is the first FDA-approved, non-invasive antidepressant device-based treatment clinically proven for treatment of depression. Psychiatrists at Rush University Medical Center were among the first to test the technique and Dr. Philip Janicak, professor of psychiatry and lead investigator at Rush for the clinical trials of TMS, helped to develop this therapy.

  • Hunting For The Prozac Gene

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Scientists are working to find a genetic marker to determine the effectiveness of Prozac and other SSRIs before they are prescribed.

  • Psychiatric Impact Of Torture Could Be Amplified By Head Injury

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a new study. The researchers found structural changes in the brains of former South Vietnamese political detainees who had suffered head injuries and clearly linked those changes to psychiatric symptoms often seen in survivors of torture.

  • Discrimination Takes Its Toll On Black Women

    3 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Racial discrimination is a major threat to African American women's mental health. It undermines their view of themselves as masters of their own life circumstances and makes them less psychologically resilient and more prone to depression, according to new findings.

  • Deep Brain Stimulation Gives Hope For Very Severe Depression

    3 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    Thanks to a new method, there is a reason for hope for patients with very severe depression. Physicians in Germany have treated ten patients with deep brain stimulation. Subsequent to this treatment, the patients' depression improved significantly in half of the patients. All patients had suffered from very severe depression for many years and did not respond to any other therapies.
 
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    Google News: Depression

  • Seniors share memories of the Great Depression - Zanesville Times Recorder

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:39 am
    Seniors share memories of the Great DepressionZanesville Times RecorderThose storytellers are senior citizen contributors to the Ohio Department of Aging's Great Depression Story Project, and the relevance of their experiences and more »

  • Tropical depression moves toward US; slim chance of growing - Water World

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:50 pm
    Washington PostTropical depression moves toward US; slim chance of growingWater WorldMIAMI _ Tropical Depression Ida emerged into the steamy waters of the Northwest Caribbean on Friday, where it was expected to quickly regain strength and Tropical Depression Ida Gaining StrengthWSAV-TVTropical Depression Ida Moving Back Over Warm Waters!ABC Action NewsIda poised to intensify in CaribbeanExaminer.comChannel 7 Daily News -Press-Register - al.com -Andalusia Star-Newsall 1,402 news articles »

  • Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5% - New York Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:11 pm
    The Associated PressBroader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5%New York TimesIf statistics went back so far, the measure would almost certainly be at its highest level since the Great Depression. In all, more than one out of every Unemployment Rate Jumps: Who's Worried?MainStreetAP Top News at 11:12 am ESTThe Associated PressGILLIBRAND STATEMENT ON OCTOBER UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERWBGHLew Rockwell -Tribble Ad Agency (satire) -National Review Online (blog)all 367 news articles »

  • New Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic Offers Noninvasive ... - Science Daily (press release)

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:21 pm
    New Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic Offers Noninvasive Science Daily (press release)7, 2009) — Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a

  • The Man Who Predicted the Depression - Wall Street Journal

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:36 pm
    The Man Who Predicted the DepressionWall Street JournalLudwig von Mises explained how government-induced credit expansions led to imbalances in the economy. By MARK SPITZNAGEL Ludwig von Mises was snubbed by
 
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    USNews: Depression

  • Chronically Depressed? What to Do When Antidepressants Don't Work

    Last winter, confined to bed by intense sadness, exhaustion, and headaches, the University of Kansas student found herself considering suicide. Desperate after a years-long struggle with depression, she sought a treatment she had once viewed as extreme: electroconvulsive therapy. After a few sessions, "I literally went from almost unable to function—feeling suicidal—to a 180-degree change," she says.

  • Depression May Blur Memory of Aches and Pains

    TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Depressed people tend to report more physical symptoms than they actually experience, a new study finds.The study involved 109 women who completed questionnaires designed to assess their levels of neuroticism and depression. For the next three weeks, they kept daily records of whether they felt any of 15 common physical symptoms, including aches and pains, gastrointestinal problems and upper-respiratory issues.

  • Psychotherapy Beats Light Treatment for SAD

    By Amanda GardnerHealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- As daylight hours dwindle, people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can often feel the onset of wintertime depression, but a new study suggests one type of remedy may work better than another at banishing the SAD blues.

  • Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise

    TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- An intensive telephone counseling program for people with depression offers substantial benefits at moderate cost, U.S. researchers say.They studied 600 people who were randomly assigned to one of three types of care for their depression. One group received telephone care management, which included five outreach calls for monitoring, support, feedback and care coordination. Another group received telephone care management plus psychotherapy, which added eight sessions of structured cognitive behavioral therapy over the phone with up to four additional…

  • Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms

    TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- More than 65 percent of U.S. mothers with depression don't receive adequate treatment, a new study has found.Black, Hispanic and other minority mothers are least likely to receive adequate treatment. Mothers with health insurance are three times more likely to receive adequate treatment than those without insurance, wrote the researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
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    MedicalNewsToday: Anxiety

  • Pressure On To Tackle Stress As Business Loses Out, UK

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is supporting National Stress Awareness Day as statistics reveal more than 11 million working days were lost to work related stress last year. This startling figure translates as a £4 billion cost to society and HSE wants companies to be made aware of the real cost, not only to people but also to business.

  • Workplace Stress - Examine The Causes Says UNISON, UK

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, has accused employers of "burying their heads in the sand," instead of tackling stress, anxiety and depression in the workplace. The latest statistics from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence show that 13.7 million working days are lost each year as a result of work-related illness, costing employers a massive £28.3bn a year.

  • Use Of Cannabinoids (Marijuana) Could Help Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Patients

    5 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients. This is exposed in a recent study carried out at the Learning and Memory Lab in the University of Haifa's Department of Psychology. The study, carried out by research student Eti Ganon-Elazar under the supervision of Dr. Irit Akirav, was published in the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience.

  • Genes And Environment May Interact To Influence Risk For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    4 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Individuals who experience both childhood adversity and traumatic events in adulthood appear more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder than those exposed to only one of these types of incidents, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, the risk was further increased in individuals with a certain genetic mutation.

  • Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Gets Positive Results

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    A study of an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme has found it had significant clinical results for depression and anxiety sufferers. The results are published today, 2nd November 2009, in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology.
 
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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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  • Mass shootings can raise fear and anxiety - Kansas City Star

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:56 pm
    Mass shootings can raise fear and anxietyKansas City StarWhat it does create is a backwash of fear, anxiety and hand-wringing. More stress-related disorders will appear. “People haven't had enough time to process

  • Green River Valley: Anxiety ebbs over flooding potential - Water World

    6 Nov 2009 | 6:44 pm
    Green River Valley: Anxiety ebbs over flooding potentialWater WorldBut that relief was often followed by barely contained frustration that months of high anxiety have come at great psychic and financial expense -- and that and more »

  • College Students Fears & Anxiety about H1N1 - WIBW

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:32 pm
    College Students Fears & Anxiety about H1N1WIBWCindy Turk is a psychology professor and helps run Washburn's Anxiety Clinic. She said students shouldn't let a fear of getting sick, or actually being sick

  • Virgin Atlantic iphone App Helps People With Flying Anxiety - Coolest Gadget Reviews

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:42 pm
    Telegraph.co.ukVirgin Atlantic iphone App Helps People With Flying AnxietyCoolest Gadget Reviewsby Zack on November 6, 2009 If you have both an iPhone and a fear of flying, Virgin Atlantic has come up with something that could help make air travel Virgin Atlantic's Flying Without Fear iphone App: Do you suffer anxiety?Phones ReviewVirgin Atlantic releases iphone app for fear of flyingExaminer.comVirgin Atlantic Launches "Flying Without Fear" Application for iphonesCheapflights.comCheapflights.co.uk -Reuters -Cult of Mac (blog)all 147 news articles »

  • Treating another flu symptom: anxiety - NYSUT.org

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    Treating another flu symptom: anxietyNYSUT.orgThe spread of H1N1 virus, and the proliferation of news about the illness, has created anxiety among
 
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  • Social Networking 3.0

    Rick Nauert PhD
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:11 am
    The information and cultural transformation spawned by social networking may soon upgrade to a new level of sophistication. According to authorities, new technology will allow automatic uploads of status updates and a variety of social and geographic information. European researchers are working to merge information pulled by ambient intelligence systems that use sensors and smart objects to create awareness of users’ whereabouts and activities to networking and messaging platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. Combined, the two technologies promise to provide an omnipresent or pervasive…

  • TMS as Drug-Free Depression Treatment

    Rick Nauert PhD
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:11 am
    Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a FDA-approved, non-invasive antidepressant device-based treatment clinically proven for treatment of depression. Rush University Medical Center has opened a clinic that uses the TMS therapy system to deliver highly focused magnetic field pulses to a specific portion of the brain, the left prefrontal cortex, in order to stimulate the areas of the brain linked to depression. The repeated short bursts of magnetic energy introduced through the scalp excite neurons in the brain. Depression affects at least 14 million American adults each year.

  • How to Web Enable Seniors

    Rick Nauert PhD
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:10 am
    The information age has arrived. Cell phones and word processors rule. However, for an important population segment, the ability to use new technology is obscure. The digital divide is problematic as a central tenet of health reform is the use of information technology to improve access, drive quality, and reduce costs. A new paper by Florida State University scientists outlines the barriers older adults experience and provides solutions for resolving the disconnect. In Current Directions in Psychological Science, Neil Charness and Walter R. Boot claim the key to including the aging…

  • Helicopter Parenting Wrong for All Cultures

    Rick Nauert PhD
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:09 am
    Parenting is an incredibly rewarding albeit frequently challenging experience. Unfortunately issues from ‘over-parenting’ — where parents dominate their children’s life with the meddling often extending into adolescence and continuing until college entry — transcend geographic boundaries. Parents exert this control over their offspring for numerous reasons. And, to be fair, the behavior can be beneficial at times if the attention is some sort of parental guidance or rule-based boundary establishment. However, studies in Western countries have determined that obtrusive…

  • Southpaws Have a Different View

    Rick Nauert PhD
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:56 am
    For centuries scientists have tried to explain why only 10 percent of the population is left-handed. Lefties have been the subject of jokes, ridicule and admiration and have been cast as wacky, offbeat, and out-of-the box personality types. New research suggests there may be some truth regarding the unique orientation of southpaws. According to scientists, there are areas in the brain devoted to our arms, legs, and various parts of our bodies. The distribution of these sites within our brain is known as “body maps” and there are some significant differences in these maps between left- and…
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    MedicalNewsToday: 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.

  • Funding Supports ADA Technologies' Development Of Home Monitor For Bipolar Disorder

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am
    ADA Technologies, Inc. (ADA) received a $189,886 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a home lithiummonitor for use by patients with bipolar disorder. The testing tool would allow reliable, routine at-home monitoring of blood lithium concentrations, enabling individuals with bipolar disorder to conveniently and effectively manage their care. Effective treatment of bipolar disorder, an inherited disease that affects 5.

  • UNC Study Pinpoints Gene Controlling Number Of Brain Cells

    6 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am
    The finding suggests that a single gene, called GSK-3, controls the signals that determine how many neurons actually end up composing the brain. This has important implications for patients with neuropsychiatric illness, as links have recently been drawn between GSK-3 and schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder.

  • Young Adults May Outgrow Bipolar Disorder

    30 Sep 2009 | 5:00 am
    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, University of Missouri 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.
 
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    MedicalNewsToday: Schizophrenia

  • Molecular Imaging Pinpoints Inflammation In The Brains Of Schizophrenics And Migraine Sufferers

    2 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Inflammatory response of brain cells - as indicated by a molecular imaging technique - could tell researchers more about why certain neurologic disorders, such as migraine headaches and psychosis in schizophrenic patients, occur and provide insight into how to best treat them, according to two studies published in the November issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

  • Forest Laboratories, Inc. And Gedeon Richter Announce Positive Results From A Phase IIb Study Of Cariprazine For The Treatment Of Schizophrenia

    29 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) and Gedeon Richter Plc announced positive top-line results from a Phase IIb clinical trial of the novel, investigational antipsychotic agent cariprazine for the treatment of acute exacerbation of schizophrenia.

  • Penn Researchers Reverse The Cognitive Impairment Caused By Sleep Deprivation

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am
    A research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment due to sleep deprivation. Just as important, the team believes that the cognitive deficits caused by sleep deprivation, such as an inability to focus, learn or memorize, may be reversible by reducing the concentration of a specific enzyme that builds up in the hippocampus of the brain.

  • Onset Of Schizophrenia Triggered By Faulty 'Wiring' In The Brain

    27 Oct 2009 | 6:00 am
    A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College London has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia. The study, led by Professor Phillip McGuire and Dr Sophia Frangou, has been published in this month's edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry. The white matter of the brain consists of nerve fibres that connect parts of the brain and help regulate behaviour.

  • New "Schizophrenia Gene" Prompts Researchers To Test Potential Drug Target

    27 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am
    Johns Hopkins scientists report having used a commercially available drug to successfully "rescue" animal brain cells that they had intentionally damaged by manipulating a newly discovered gene that links susceptibility genes for schizophrenia and autism. The rescue, described as "surprisingly complete" by the researchers, was accomplished with rapamycin, a drug known to act on a protein called mTOR whose role involves the production of other proteins.
 
 
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  • 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

  • Have A Stigma Free Halloween

    24 Oct 2009 | 6:08 pm
    Halloween is one of the oldest recorded calendar events.The tradition started over two thousand years ago with The Celts, who believed that the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred on October 31st. So, on that "Hallow's Eve" they built bonfires and wore ghostly costumes to drive the evil spirits away, and carried a potato or turnip candle lantern to intimidate the demons around them.The National Alliance For Mental Illness reminds us that not only is it the season for ghosts and goblins, but also stigma. Costumes and seasonal attractions that feature psychos,…

  • October 20th is US National Call-In Day For Health Care Reform

    18 Oct 2009 | 9:15 am
    October 20 is National Call-In Day for Health Reform. If you'd like to contact your local Senator and Representative, you can follow these simple instructions. And you don't need to call on the 20th. I left my message already!Call: 877-264-4226Once connected:Press 1 to be connected to your SenatorsPress 2 to be connected to your Representative.Then you will be asked for your 5 digit zip code.In the case of the Senators, you will pick which one you want to be connected to.Leave your message: "Health Care Can't Wait.We need action on the health care reform NOW."

  • Ralph, I Love You, But You're Kidding, Right?

    10 Oct 2009 | 5:26 pm
    I love Ralph Lauren's designs. They are classic, urban and pure Americana. But I think the Ralph Lauren company went overboard with reshaping model Fillipa Hamilton’s figure via photoshop for their recent marketing campaign.Take a look and see the impossible body proportions.I understand that designers think clothes looks better framed on thin figures, but promoting such unrealistic body images does great harm.What do you think?Update From Ralph Lauren Company :"For over 42 years we have built a brand based on quality and integrity. After further investigation, we have learned that we are…
 
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    Mental Health Blog

  • Suicide: The Inability of Family to See Past they Own Agenda

    4 Nov 2009 | 3:01 pm
    I once lived next door to a man who committed suicide. He was a lovely guy, with a wife and young child. But he was desperately ill and he was not getting the help he needed.

  • Architectural Housing Design Reflects Increasing Social Isolation

    27 Oct 2009 | 3:50 pm
    Most people over the age of 35 have some awareness of the changing atmosphere of suburban life over the last couple of decades. Leaving aside high rise inner city apartment blocks, most people a mere 20 years ago knew the names of most of their neighbors.

  • Antidepressants for Dogs: Canines Inadvertently Subjected to Myth

    22 Oct 2009 | 4:16 pm
    Regular readers of my articles will know that I have strong views on the use of antidepressants. These drugs are marvelous lifesavers for extremely depressed people but were never intended to be used long-term.

  • Hormonal Swings and Depression

    19 Oct 2009 | 3:49 pm
    While the symptoms of PMS are very familiar to many women, those who have a history of anxiety and depression or who currently suffer from anxiety and depression may notice that the changing hormonal levels during the month bring about increased emotional problems.

  • Prenatal Stress and Schizophrenia

    10 Oct 2009 | 2:57 am
    Researchers have now uncovered a conclusive link between extreme stress during the early stages of pregnancy and the development of schizophrenia in the children of those mothers in later life.
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    Anxiety Insights

  • [Video] Guide to cognitive behavioural therapy

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pm
    Authoritative information from the British Medical Journal on CBT, a psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety, panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • [UK] Tackle work stress, bosses told

    Anxiety Insights
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:39 pm
    By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC NewsEmployers need to pay more attention to the levels of stress and anxiety in the workplace, key NHS advisers say. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence said the cost of work related mental illness was £28bn - a quarter of the UK's total sick bill. More... BBC © MMIX

  • Abstract: Association study between GABA receptor genes and anxiety spectrum disorders

    Anxiety Insights
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:35 pm
    Depress Anxiety. 2009 Oct 19;26(11):998-1003Association study between GABA receptor genes and anxiety spectrum disorders Pham X, Sun C, Chen X, van den Oord EJ, Neale MC, Kendler KS, Hettema JM. Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; Department of Human Genetics, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; Department of Pharmacy, Center for Biomarker Research and Personalized Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University,…

  • Synthetic cannabinoids may help PTSD patients

    Anxiety Insights
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:58 pm
    Rachel Feldman - University of Haifa Use of cannabinoids, the active chemicals in cannabis (marijuana), could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients according to a recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience. In most cases, the result of experiencing a traumatic event - a car accident or terror attack - is the appearance of medical and psychological symptoms that affect various functions, but which pass. However, some 10%-30% of people who experience a traumatic event develop post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition in which the patient continues to…

  • Keeping depressed elderly in family loop eases symptoms

    Anxiety Insights
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:43 pm
    Jared Wadley - University of Michigan The elderly are less likely to feel depressed if their relatives keep them updated about important family matters, according to a new study in the journal Research on Aging. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Kyungpook National University looked at how stress and depression affected elders over age 85. Changes in positive life events-such as a new baby in the family, a personal achievement by a relative, or improvement in a family member's health-were significantly associated with changes in depression. "It is important to examine the issues of…
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    Beyond Meds

  • Vintage drug ads: before ADHD, there was MBD

    giannakali
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:37 am
    An email sent out by the venerable Dr. Bonkers: The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research announces two exciting new additions to our Marvelous Mental Medicine Show online gallery of psychiatric drug advertising. One is a 7-page ad for Ritalin; the other is a 9-page ad for Cylert. Both advertisements sell the idea that Minimal Brain Dysfunction [...]

  • Meditation and brain neuroplasticity

    giannakali
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:54 am
    Continuing with what is becoming a series on brain neuroplasticity and what it means for those of us who have been told we can never recover. I suggest that proclamation is hogwash! Taken from the Dalai Lama’s website for educational purposes: (Sharon Begley, Wall Street Journal) Dalai Lama helps scientists show the power of the mind to [...]

  • Interesting links of the week

    giannakali
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:54 pm
    Controversial psychiatrist to head UM medical school department - Breaking News – MiamiHerald.com Drug makers find whistle-blowing a bitter pill to swallow | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star “Overmedicating our kids” by Wanderings and Musings of a Stubborn Woman Mindfulness Meditation + Neuroscience = Healthier Relationships | Psychology Today At Top Schools, More Than Half the Profs Have Industry [...]

  • Awareness, mindfulness

    giannakali
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:52 am
    Jon Kabat-Zinn, the wonderful scientist, who has made meditation and mindfulness household terms gives a lecture here on this youtube video that takes place at Google. In it he covers lots of scientific studies of the healing nature of meditation. There is no mysterious religious dogma here—what he presents has been studied clinically. A couple of notes [...]

  • Starry starry night

    giannakali
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:06 am
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    caught in my bipolar burble

  • 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,

  • Calcium Channel Blockers (Verapamil) and Bipolar

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:43 pm
    For anyone who is wondering, I am currently trying a calcium channel blocker to control my mood. This is a last-line treatment really as there are conflicting reports as to whether it works at all, but when you're me, last-line treatments are really all you have left. However, some studies say that calcium channel blockers DO work and the upside is that woman can even take them during pregnancy

  • A Girl With No Home

    27 Oct 2009 | 12:52 pm
    My life usually sucks. I have bipolar, I'm depressed most of the time, I harm myself, I don't really have a lot of friends, I don't have a significant other, I got laid off, and so on, and so forth. It's kind of a clusterfuck.But I don't really consider it that bad. I live in a nice place, I have two adorable little cats, I have (or, you know, had) money, and I know some great people. Basically,
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    The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive

  • Thank you

    Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
    2 Nov 2009 | 5:59 pm
    Hey chaps, thanks very much for your comments on my previous post.  I feel pretty toss mentally at the moment so if I bugger off that’s why. Posted in Bipolar Disorder

  • 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 [...]

  • Thank you Psych Central! and therapy things

    Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
    28 Oct 2009 | 6:15 pm
    Hello, this entry is sponsored by parenthesis (signifying an aside so you don’t have to).  And tiredness. I’m in Robert’s new digs in South London, where he was born and grew up.  He is currently in pyjama bottoms exercising with a giant pumpkin. Edit: Thanks Robert! First of all,  THANK YOU! to Psych Central for giving this blog first [...]

  • Hooray

    Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive
    26 Oct 2009 | 6:38 pm
    I’m going to apply for this. Addaction SmartScheme Good idea? Posted in Bipolar Disorder
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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

  • 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…

  • I’m Not Really Into Happiness, But…

    james
    12 Aug 2009 | 7:26 pm
    I’ve been taking part in an interesting study about the causes of happiness. Happiness isn’t the end-goal of life for me, but I decided to sign up out of interest, and for insights I could gain into how to improve my health. There are 50 mini-surveys in all, but they are quick to fill in. I chose to complete 5 a day, and the link is sent by email. SMS is an alternative. I’m now half-way through, so it’s a good spot to share some pretty charts. If there is a real weakness in this, it’s that at the individual level the results are close to being meaningless. I can…

  • Top of the World to You

    james
    6 Aug 2009 | 12:08 am
    I’ve used affirmations in the past, as a form of self-help, but I don’t think they worked. I’ve read self-help books – some classics, others more questionable – and I’ve repeated a thousand times that everyday in every way I am getting better and better. But I admit I lacked belief, and belief is core to an affirmation being effective. Many people view affirmations favorably, including some readers of this blog. There are others who take the opposite view. I’ve read one or two articles recently that say they are detrimental, to the extent that falling…
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  • Mother in Postpartum Psychosis Case Returns to Jail After Plea Deal

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:47 am
    The Des Moines Register reports that Heidi Anfinson, who drowned her 2-week-old child in 1998 while allegedly suffering from postpartum psychosis, is now headed back to jail.  Anfinson had been granted a new trial after being imprisoned for nine years of her original sentence of 50 years for second-degree murder.  She had been out for jail for about a year.  "The [Iowa] Supreme Court threw out her conviction at a second trial, held in 2000, because her attorney at the time, Bill Kutmus, failed to raise compelling evidence of severe postpartum depression, or psychosis. Anfinson,…

  • Do You Read One of the Top 100 Health Blogs?

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:38 am
    Thanks to those of you who visited Organized Wisdom and nominated Postpartum Progress as a top resource for information on postpartum depression.  We now have 14 nominations and are leading the pack.  You can still nominate Postpartum Progress or any other site you feel is a great resource on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders!  I nominated PSI and the MGH Center for Women's Mental Health. Also, remember last week when I said this? Just found out Postpartum Progress is listed at #55 of the top 100 Family Blogs on Technorati.  Technorati tracks millions of blogs all around the…

  • Postpartum Progress Blogroll for Moms with Postpartum Depression

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:37 am
    I've been busy redoing the Postpartum Progress Blogroll this week.  I've taken off blogs that no longer exist or that haven't been updated in quite a while, and tried to add a few more.  Since I've added some that weren't on the blogroll before, you should definitely check it out.  You'll mainly see blogs written by mommas who are currently going through (or are survivors of) postpartum depression or related illnesses.  They include (but are not limited to): Unexpected Blessing Dooce:  this is linked to her posts on depression and postpartum depression…

  • Psych Central's Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2009

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    5 Nov 2009 | 6:32 am
    Psych Central has released its list of the top 10 bipolar blogs for 2009, as written by Sandra Kiume.  Go check them out!

  • Depression Hurts: Overcoming Depression With Dooce, Finslippy, the Mommyblog & DadGoneMad

    Katherine Stone/Postpartum Progress
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:21 am
    I finally had a chance to mosey on over to Momversation to see their new video and discussion on overcoming depression.  The 6-minute video features bloggers Heather Armstrong of Dooce, Alice Bradley of Finslippy, Mindy Roberts of TheMommyBlog.net and Danny Evans of DadGoneMad.  They share their feelings on what it's like to suffer from depression.  The video is fantastic.  I love it.  Wish there was more of it.  I was moved by all of the speakers, particularly by Mindy Roberts, who has been through postpartum depression 4 times.  FOUR TIMES!!!!!!  Great Caesar's Ghost! as…
 
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  • Putting a Spotlight on Seasonal Affective Disorder

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:53 am
    Almost exactly one year ago I made a discovery: I suffered from Winter Depression, otherwise known as Seasonal Affective Disorder. As I detailed in “I Wondered What Was Happening”, I had been on the lookout for a change in my behavior once Autumn rolled in. Then I forgot about it. (Ah, blessed ADHD)When Daylight Savings Time began I had a rocky week. Most of us do. The shift in our sleep schedule is like experiencing jet lag without all the exotic scenery. At first. I thought I was just having a hard time adjusting as usual, but by the end of the first week I remembered what I was…

  • ’Musing Monday - Doorways

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:53 am
    Here is a creepy photo I took with my iPhone. I love how menacing a common school hallway became with a bit of a tiltshift effect and toy camera coloring. Continuing the creative writing practice I started two weeks ago, I invite you to play along. The photo practically begs you to ask the question: What danger is awaiting at the end of this hallway?I'll start:Stewart gripped his Glock tightly as he slipped up the stairwell to the fifth floor. Today he was going to end it. He'd take back his life and put an end to the people who tormented him. He had it all worked out. He'd burst through the…

  • Don't Let Hardship Be a Pain in the Butt. Get Out and Live.

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:52 am
    Congratulations, Icy. You’ve won an autographed copy of “Heck Superhero” by Martine Leavitt. Send me your mailing address via email and I’ll wrap the book up and send it to you.With one last Halloween hurrah I'll share some photos with you. I'll be changing the colors here back to their normal greens and blues later today, and Halloween 2009 will be officially over for me. I must say that I was disappointed. I posted all those photos and a writing excerpt and you people were off gallivanting around in costume instead of sitting around reading my blog. You have some nerve. Don't worry,…

  • Happy Hallow's Eve

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:51 am
    Here is a discarded prologue from my novel in progress. It reveals too much about the beast too early in the story and wastes all that emotional involvement from the reader on a secondary character. I will most likely rewrite this part to feature my main character, Meridee, and place it later in the novel. However, I thought it set a perfect mood for tonight's festivities even if the fog here is white instead of smokey black…A black, smokey fog roiled at Laurana Brady’s feet as she scrambled through the brush. The fog rushed along the forest floor as if searching for the twelve-year-old,…

  • In Which Douglas Thought of Haunted Asylums & Giving Away a Free Book

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:51 am
    Spectre by Meredith Farmer. I had meant to post this on Monday, but it feels better rising here from the crypt on a Friday pre-Halloweeny eve. The week was busy, but whose wasn’t? I did manage to write. Yes, it’s true. And I may possibly finish my rough draft by tomorrow if I can foil my family in their dastardly & nefarious schemes. Then I’ll finish up the Seasonal Affective Disorder article I plan on posting this Tuesday. I think you’ll like it.Before I move on to the weekly contest, I wanted to share this li’l gem with you.Clinton ‘Asylum Of Terror’ Haunted House Angers N.J.
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    Storied Mind

  • 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…

  • Brief Dreams of Recovery – 2

    john
    22 Oct 2009 | 9:11 pm
    Some Rights Reserved by dean_forbes at Flickr In this dream, I heard myself saying: I am waking up out of the earth. I wasn’t at all sure what that meant. Was it supposed to be some mythic arising, or was it just another way of seeing myself as so much dirt? Then I realized I’d been sleeping outside – in the ground. I couldn’t tell how deeply I had been buried, but it seemed quite natural to be sleeping there. I had no trouble getting out of that dark bed. Standing up, I brushed off my clothes but felt terribly dirty, inside and out. Looking around for water to wash off the…
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    Dr. Neill Neill's Practical Psychology for Capable People

  • 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.

  • Looking Younger or Accepting Life Experiences that come with Age?

    Dr. Neill Neill
    26 Jun 2009 | 6:57 am
    Every year each one of us grows older. Is it more important to look younger or accept the wisdom that comes with age?
 
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    Fighting the Darkness: My Secret Battle with Depression

  • 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.

  • Don't know why

    30 Jun 2009 | 4:33 pm
    I'm feeling so blue and so down lately. I would give anything to just sleep every day away, but that's never going to happen.What's really frustrating is not knowing why. Why do I want to just cry? Why do I feel overwhelmed by nothing? Why does life seem so much more difficult for me than other people? Why have I had to resign myself to the fact that life will always be difficult and filled with
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  • 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…

  • CBS Cares Targets Osteoporosis in Baby Boomers with “Break a Leg” Strategy!

    dickens3927
    19 Oct 2009 | 4:26 am
    CBS Cares has debuted their latest Public Health Campaign in Sixty Minutes- a brilliantly impactful collaboration with the cast of the Broadway Musical Hair – to a generation of Baby Boomers whose senior memories are quickly engaged and transported to a time of healthy vibrancy when viewing the musical public service announcement on the CBS Cares website (www.cbscares.com). As Matthew Margo - who heads these campaigns for the CBS Television Network – writes in the campaign’s intro, “the generation that once reached for the acid now reaches for the antacid and has to confront…

  • PSI Hosts Annual Conference this Week

    dickens3927
    3 Aug 2009 | 9:19 am
    For those of you who are eager to learn more about emerging research, legislative initiatives like The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act, and other state initiatives, social support, complementary, and cognitive based treatments for PPD, this is the week to head to LA for PSI’s annual conference in sponsorship with Los Angeles County’s Perinatal Mental Health Task Force! This year’s conference chairs – Kimberly Wong, Esq. and Merrill Sparango, MD - both PSI board members, have outdone themselves in assembling the best available experts/information to keep you current on what is…

  • Time Magazine and The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act

    dickens3927
    16 Jul 2009 | 5:50 am
    Mainstream media is the primary news source for most Americans seeking to learn the facts and form opinions. Major networks, publications and reputable websites are powerful resources which help citizens clarify issues of social relevance. The responsibility these news organizations bear to present objective information about crucial pending legislation has long been the proud mission of respected journalists, news editors, and most recently bloggers. Some, like CBS Cares, raise the bar to ethical heights by staying out of politics and presenting unbiased, empirically based information to…

  • Update on Media/Community Activities related to The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act

    dickens3927
    29 May 2009 | 5:57 pm
    May was a very busy month for activities related to the advancement of our federal PPD Legislation and PPD Awareness. The month began with the Valley Hospital Press Conference (see previous post) in which U.S. Senator Robert Menendez again affirmed his dedicated committment to pass the legislation this year, noting its alignment with this administration’s focus on healthcare reform. As an invited speaker, my comments praised both the unfailing efforts of Senator Menendez and those of community healthcare professionals who work with new mothers and families saving lives every day through…
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    Anxiety and OCD Exposed

  • 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…

  • PTSD and Evidence Based Practice

    Laura L. Smith, Ph.D.
    18 Oct 2009 | 12:05 pm
    Like many professionals, clinical psychologists take advantage of continuing education to keep up with new advances in the profession, develop new skills, broaden their knowledge, and keep their license to practice. Frankly, after attending hundreds of hours of continuing education, I can tell you that some conferences are decidedly better than others. I can think of one conference that I sat in the back row and amused myself by counting the heads in front of me that dropped and bobbed. Last week, I attended a well orchestrated day long conference on treating people with Post Traumatic Stress…

  • Families do the best they can do

    Laura L. Smith, Ph.D.
    9 Oct 2009 | 2:01 pm
    We just returned from a trip to New York City. While there, we managed to do a little work and visit some family. Our family, like many families, stretches from the west coast to the east coast. We don’t see each other as often as we’d like. So, when we get together there are always changes. Change is the only predictable, dependable essence of our family (like most families). For us, one significant change has been our assignment to the older generation. For many baby boomers, this new status is largely unanticipated and surprising. Where did all that time go? Our transfer to…
 
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    The Official Mommy-Muse.com Blog

  • Sweeping Life Changes

    mmuse
    30 Oct 2009 | 6:41 pm
    Sweeping changes are moving through my life, and I have been unable to keep up with my much loved blogging schedule.  Please know I’ll be picking up speed again as my life comes back into order.  In the meantime, consider this interview excerpt from Martha beck on a  Steering by Starlight  interview on The Mommy-Muse Is In.  [...]

  • Fresh Serving of The Week’s Best Postpartum Mood Disorder Posts!

    mmuse
    26 Oct 2009 | 8:10 pm
    Here you go! A fresh serving of great blog posts from sister blogs around the web.  I ALWAYS appreciate the first hand accounts of postpartum depression.  They can go a long way toward helping new parents recognize and seek treatment for postpartum issues they might be struggling with. Dealing with Postpartum Depression | Dine and [...]

  • Authentic Sharing on Birthing a New Life

    mmuse
    23 Oct 2009 | 6:38 pm
    Have you ever asked for a change in one area of your life and discovered waves of change sweeping through your entire life in order to bring about that “one” thing?  Earlier in the year, I had some marvelous radio interviews with Martha Beck and Meadow DeVor.  I followed up by taking a teleclass with Meadow [...]

  • Play AND Feed a Hungry Person at FreeRice.com!

    mmuse
    21 Oct 2009 | 4:12 pm
    WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance and maybe even your parenting! I have just discovered FreeRice.com, a delightful non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program.  They offer completely free educational games, with the goal of providing free education while helping to end [...]

  • Powerful Answers FAST at LivePerson.com!

    mmuse
    18 Oct 2009 | 5:00 pm
    No tricks, ONLY treats!  Did you know there are over 30,000 experts at LivePerson.com  just waiting to help YOU?  It’s true! Thanks to LivePerson.com, I’ve gone beyond standard e-mail counseling and into the world of instant messaging counseling and coaching!  They provide a secure platform that allows instant access to a world of help.  Anytime I’m online [...]
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    Lawyers With Depression

  • 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.

  • Law and the Human Condition

    Daniel Lukasik - © Lawyers With Depression 2009
    19 Oct 2009 | 8:49 am
    The stress of lawyers isn't unique to the profession. All Americans struggle to handle life everyday. Here's some tips on how to handle it.

  • 10 Ways to Deal with Depression

    Daniel Lukasik - © Lawyers With Depression 2009
    10 Oct 2009 | 10:55 am
    Here are 10 ways for lawyers to deal with depression.
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    The Reality of Anxiety

  • I am going to be in SELF Magazine!

    Aimée
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:14 pm
    In January's Edition of Self Magazine, they are having an article on how you may think that you have insomnia, but it may actually be something else. I don't know how much of it will be contributing to anxiety, but I have been talking with editors from the magazine and they want to put my story in! They may or may not mention the blog, but I am super excited, and super nervous too! When I told my sister she said she was jealous of my 15 min. of fame and I said, "Oh yeah, I'll be famous for having a mental illness, real glamorous!" lol In the past I have posted about my experiences with…

  • Relaxation Technique 1: Abdominal Breathing

    Aimée
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:39 am
    One of the easiest and very effective things you can do to get into a deep state of relaxation quickly is to take deep breaths.   What is abdominal breathing? Abdominal breathing is a way to breathe from your stomach area (abdomen) to fill your entire lungs with air. Your lungs are like balloons that should fill up and empty all the way. Your body gets the most benefit when you use your entire lungs. Many people who are under stress breathe in short and shallow breath from the chest. This is not the best way to breathe because it only uses the upper parts of the lung. Breathing from your…

  • Monthly Challenge: November 2009- Relax!

    Aimée
    1 Nov 2009 | 7:10 pm
    Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's challenge of learning more about our brains and anxiety. I learned so much and it brought me a sense of empowerment and understanding that is ! For this month's challenge, I want to focus on learning more about how to relax. While taking a hot bath or watching TV can be relaxing, in order to really have a noticeable effect on our anxiety we need a regular daily practice of some form of relaxation that will decrease all of the things that get raised when we are in the fight or flight mode (heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, muscle…

  • Anxiety and Our Brains- Part 6: The Cortex

    Aimée
    29 Oct 2009 | 9:29 pm
    The thinking part of the brain is a thick covering called the Cortex. It deals with social information: thinking about thinking and emotions, as well as thinking about what others are thinking and feeling.The following parts of the cortex are good to know about in relation to anxiety: The anterior cingulate gyrus (ACG), the filter and amplifier of information The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), the place where working memory is held The prefrontal cortex (PFC), the CEO where all information is ultimately received, analyzed, and responded to The Anterior Cingulate Gyrus (ACG) This area of the…

  • Anxiety and Our Brains- Part 5: The Basal Ganglia

    Aimée
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:16 am
    "A ganglia is a concentrated group of neurons. The basal ganglia (BG) are several ganglia that work together to induce motivation, create energy to meet goals, and even coordinate physical movement with the emotion. The basal ganglia are located under the cortex (covering) of the brain, where you do your thinking, and cover the limbic area. One part of the BG, called nucleus accumbens, is specialized to interpret pleasure when it receives the messenger dopamine. When you do something that stimulates dopamine and it flows through to this part, you feel good. This makes you want to repeat…
 
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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

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    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…

  • Hell on Earth and Hell After Death – Salvation and Heaven

    admin
    19 Oct 2009 | 12:12 pm
    Yesterday, Saturday, October the 17th, my father died in Nova Odessa, Brazil. He was a very big sinner, hated by everyone. His death was in fact a very big relief for everyone, because he was an unbearable person. He was ungrateful, didn’t respect anyone, and didn’t care about anything else besides his own sneaky interests… A very disgusting person. Everyone that knew him well enough agrees with this definition. He was schizophrenic. This is why he lived suffering, and spreading suffering around him. However, he had a tiny human conscience still alive when I was a child, and he was a…
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