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Archive for January, 2008

Army Suicides Up 20%

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Two stories out this week suggest that you have a lot more to worry about than just getting shot at by the enemy in today's Army. Today, the Army reported that suicides for 2007 jumped 20% ...

Is Having Depression or Bipolar an Advantage?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Philip over at Furious Seasons has a great interview with author Tom Wootton about his two books, The Depression Advantage (2007) and The Bipolar Advantage (2005). These are two self-help books that ...

Oops, They Did It Again to Britney Spears

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
For the second time in a month, Britney Spears has been hospitalized for her mental health concerns. And not exactly in a quiet or private way. The Los Angeles Times reported this morning that Britney Spears’ ...

Is Autism Caused by a Vaccine Additive? No

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Tonight, ABC will air the first episode of a new legal drama called Eli Stone. And what better way to make a drama riveting than to suggest that a debunked theory about the cause ...

Burned-Out on Your Marriage or Relationship?

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Last week, I wrote an article about job burn-out, and some tips to help cope with it. This week I was going to write an article about ...

A Love Letter to ECT

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
We have a lot of respect for James Potash, a well-known researcher from Johns Hopkins who has made his career by studying the genetic basis of mood disorders and schizophrenia and possible overlaps. So we ...

Nine Reasons to Get Psychotherapy

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
When is it time to consider psychotherapy? is a great article written by Karen Rogers, MFCC. Sometimes people don't seek professional help because of stigma and stereotypes, like that a belief it's only ...

Your Mental Illness May Be Caused by Head Trauma

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Undiagnosed head trauma may be the underlying cause of many of the learning disabilities and other mental illnesses that are characterized by thinking problems (what professionals often refer to as "cognitive deficits"). So says a ...

The Pretty, Compelling Pictures of fMRI

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And there's a good reason we humans find an image so compelling -- most of the information we gather about the world around is done visually, ...

Sermo, One Post at a Time

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Sermo prides itself on offering a secure and private platform for its physician members. We previously discussed how weak their authentication model was, making it easy for anyone to grab an account and crash ...

Questions About ADHD Treatment’s Effectiveness

Monday, January 28th, 2008
A longitudinal study was published last month looking at attention deficit disorder (ADHD). Surprisingly, there are actually very few studies on ADHD that follow a set of people diagnosed with the concern over a ...

Dalai Lama inspires depression prevention technique

Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Today while looking at cnn.com, I came across interesting new alternative technique for the prevention of depression called “Compassion Meditation”. The method was inspired by Tibetan Buddhists, specifically the Dalai Lama, who ...

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