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 ...

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 ...

Binge eating disorder is characterized by a person having frequent episodes of eating what others would consider an abnormally large amount of food, while ...

A reader recently wrote to me about her overwhelming fear of relapse. She said, "I'm struggling now with it, obsessing over it, and I'm ...

So the other week I attended and presented at the First International e-Mental Health Summit 2009 in Amsterdam and already discussed ...

We know that people who are depressed don't eat as well as people who don't have depression. So not ...

This week I have the pleasure of interviewing Michelle Russell, who writes the fantastic blog, "Practice Makes Imperfect." Since we talk about perfectionism a lot on Beyond ...

This is one of my earliest videos but one of my favorites. It is my version of the Zoloft commercial, where the egg chases the butterfly, until he (the egg) poops out. Then, after he takes his meds, he's back catching butterflies again. Except that I don't have Pfizer's budget, and I'm somewhat technologically challenged. And no, I don't think meds are the cure all. So, in the spirit of October, I present to you (maybe Pfizer will pay me millions to write their next commercial?) ... Depression Is Like a Pumpkin. Click through to view the video...

Every year the entrants for the Best of the Web awards multiply. In 2009, veterans stood tough as new kids dazzled. It was difficult to narrow the list to just ten (and some more faves ...

A patient being seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital's Bipolar Clinic and Research Program attacked his physician today, stabbing her with a knife during a treatment session according to Boston Police. The incident occurred in ...

On October 6, 2009, the popular television show Oprah aired a program about a 7 ...

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that with recession-related anxiety saturating the very air we breathe, we might be a bit slow to trust our financial decisions. For ...