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Archive for March, 2008

Can Depression Be Prevented? Yes

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Can psychiatric disorders like depression be prevented, instead of just treated? Well, the obvious answer is also the correct one -- yes. Just like we can all do things to help prevent the spread of ...

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How Drug Reps Work

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Have you ever wondered how drug companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars in marketing their drugs to the docs who make the prescribing decisions? To me, it always seemed a little like voodoo -- ...

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37% of Americans report being bullied on the job

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

According to research by Zogby International, 37% of the American workforce experiences bullying on the job. Further, according to the NY Times, the common workplace bully is much more subtle than “the playground” ...

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Chronic Insomnia linked to psychological problems in adolescents

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

A recent study by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston concludes that chronic sleeplessness in adolescents is linked to many health problems, including those of a psychological nature. The study involved ...

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Alaska settles for $15 million from Lilly in Zyprexa suit

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

For several weeks, the state of Alaska has been battling the maker of Zyprexa, Lilly, for Medicaid bills incurred when patients taking the drug for Schizophrenia developed diabetes. The NY Times reported on ...

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How Does the Internet and Video Games Affect Children?

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Mind Hacks has a good entry today about U.K. psychologist Tanya Byron's take on the effects of digital media -- mainly the Internet and video games -- on children (PDF). It's a 226 page ...

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Gene Mutations and Schizophrenia

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Just yesterday we were lambasting the lack of science behind the bipolar genetic test on the market. And now this hits the newswire -- genetic mutations and schizophrenia. The new research examined DNA sequences ...

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Asthma + Singulair = Suicide?

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

No, not yet. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today notified the maker of Singulair, a popular drug used to treat asthma, that it wanted more information and data about its use and ...

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Child Psychiatry Videos

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Keeping Kids Healthy is an award winning, long running public television program about pediatrics and parenting. Their archives feature lots of half-hour productions about mental illnesses and behavioural issues in children. ...

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Facing Us Multimedia

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Facing Us is an online clubhouse created by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) that hosts some nice multimedia. Remember their video contest last fall? Winners are posted on the site now. ...

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Genetic Tests are Largely Scams

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

The first wave of companies is coming on the scene to peddle genetic tests that purport to help people see if they have genes associated with possible higher incidences of a particular disease or condition. ...

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Mental Health is Medicine’s Second Fiddle

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Why does mental health always play second fiddle to health concerns? From ERs to health insurance reimbursement, mental health concerns always seem to get the short shrift. Nobody cares, nobody pays them much ...

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