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Tips To Find A Good-Enough Doctor

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

When you have a chronic illness your relationship with your doctor is second only to your spouse or your parents. Being honest (and you must be honest!) with ...

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10 Ways to Manage Your Weight on Psych Meds

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Awhile back, a Beyond Blue reader asked me to address the problem of weight gain and medication. "How do you deal ...

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5 Rules for Living with Chronic Illness and Depression: An Interview with Elvira Aletta

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my favorite therapists, Elvira Aletta, Ph.D., on a very important topic: chronic illness. I say important, because it ...

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Online Mental Health Journalism Awards: 2009

Monday, June 15th, 2009

As we noted here, Mental Health America recently announced the winners of the "2009 Media Awards" that recognize excellence in mental health journalism. Sadly, despite the Internet's popularity for the past 15 years, the ...

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9 Myths of Bipolar Disorder

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Bipolar disorder has been the focus of attention in recent years, as a new slew of psychiatric medications have ...

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The Bad Mom Club: Who’s In?

Monday, June 1st, 2009

It's been three years since I published "The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real World," but the controversy over who is deemed ...

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12 Depression Busters for New Moms

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

It's supposed to be the most exciting time of your life... And everyone is telling you how lucky you are to have ...

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Why Antidepressants Do Live Up to the Hype: I See a Cup Half Full

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

I always get a little irritated with articles like the one recently published in Time magazine: "Why Antidepressants Don't Live Up to the Hype" by John Cloud. Why? Because ...

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How Do You Cure Mental Illness?

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

One of the challenges faced by people who have a mental illness -- such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or ADHD or the like -- is that ...

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Do Antidepressants Dull Your Emotions? An Interview with Ron Pies, M.D.

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my favorite psychiatrists, Dr. Ron Pies. Dr. Pies is Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer on Bioethics and Humanities ...

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Hiding Akathisia in Abilify

Monday, May 11th, 2009

What if your new drug has an unwanted side effect that's going to impact sales if it becomes widely known? Well, in the case of Abilify (aripiprazole) apparently, you make that side effect's data difficult ...

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