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Archive for October, 2006

New Suicide Attempt Research

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

An AP story hit the wires today that covers new research on suicide attempt rates for African- and Carribean- Americans. Historically, suicide attempt rates for this population have been significantly lower than for white ...

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Depression May Lead to Brittle Bones

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

A new study, conducted by Israeli scientists, shows that depression may cause brittle bones, and also that some anti-depressants could be used to treat osteoporosis.

Learning How Brain Cells Communicate

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Do you take a list to the grocery store or do you remember all the items you need? It all depends on proteins in your brain called NMDA (N-methyl-d-aspartate) receptors, which allow your neurons ...

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Accurate Perceptions & Depression

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

There is a growing line of research attempting to understand factors related child and adolescent depression. Today, the LA Times covered a new study on preteens, which found that those with the most accurate ...

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Testing Teen Antidepressant Levels

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Current research could possibly explain why some teenagers taking antidepressants become aggressive or suicidal, some going as far as to kill themselves. In a recent study, researchers used hamsters to determine the link between teens, ...

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Online Therapy Benefits Depression

Monday, October 30th, 2006

According to researchers at The Australian National University in Canberra, spending time on therapeutic and educational web sites may be just as effective as regular visits to the psychotherapist.

Few Consumers Check Source of Online Health Information

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Pew Internet yesterday released a report that showed (a) most Internet users start at a search engine (not a content site, like WebMD) when looking for health information online; and (b) very few check ...

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Obsessive Shopping Disorder: The Poor Man’s Disease?

Monday, October 30th, 2006

I've been haunted by questions ever since I published my first blog entry on compulsive shopping behavior. These are questions which have become all the more pertinent after the whole schizophrenia diagnosis debate. ...

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Stroke of Insight

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

"Your body is the life force power of some fifty trillion molecular geniuses [cells]. You and you alone choose moment by moment who and how you want to be in the world. I encourage you ...

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Lost Art of Dream Interpretation

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Back in the earlier days of psychotherapy, dream interpretation was an important focus of treatment. Those visions were explored as windows into the unconscious and the symbolic content containted the secrets to a deeper understanding ...

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Jane Pauley No Dupe

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Jane Pauley, who has bipolar disorder and is a passionate mental health advocate, is suing the New York Times for using her image in an advertising supplement for drug companies rather than what she believed ...

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Physical Exercise Guidelines

Friday, October 27th, 2006

According to a news report today, in 2008, the U.S. government will publish a list of guidelines for phsyical exercise. Everyone knows that obesity is a growing problem in the country, as is a ...

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