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• 4 Facts About Teen Depression and How Parents Can Help
  Teens are known for being a moody, rebellious, egocentric and emotional bunch. But while this is ...
• Coping with the Grief of a Stillborn: An Interview with Ann Faison
  The word stillbirth is used to describe the loss of a pregnancy after the 20th ...
• New Pilot Program Tries to Help the Mentally Ill Quit Smoking
  I was shocked when I read this statistic in Melinda’s Beck top-notch column, “Health Journal,” in the Wall Street Journal: Nearly half of all the ...
• What to Do When You Think Someone is Suicidal
  Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S., and the third leading cause ...
• Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression
  Beyond the Blues: Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety by Shoshana Bennett, Ph.D. And Pec Indman, Ed.D., MFT is a very good read for such a serious subject that not only teaches ...
• The Long Half-Life of Trauma
  Here's a question: How many times in the last week have you thought about the disaster in Japan? What about the ...
• A Terrible Melancholy: Depression in the Legal Profession
  Buffalo attorney Daniel T. Lukasick, who runs the site LawyersWithDepression.com has just produced an original documentary film called "A Terrible Melancholy: Depression ...
• Can Smoking Cause Depression?
  Researchers have made bold claims about cigarette smoking leading to depression. It has long been known that smokers have higher rates of ...
• Psychiatric Tales: Eleven Graphic Stories About Mental Illness
  Before beginning a review of Psychiatric Tales: Eleven Graphic Stories About Mental Illness, this reviewer feels that it is necessary to disclose that it is the very first graphic novel she has ever read.  Keeping ...
• The Solution: Conquer Your Fear, Control Your Future
  Disclosure: I really wanted to hate the new book, The Solution: Conquer Your Fear, Control Your Future by motivational speaker and bestselling author Lucinda Bassett because it sounded a tad too simplistic, Tony Robbins-ish ...
• 9 Psychologist-Approved Must-Reads on Mental Health
  Psychologists are a discerning bunch when it comes to books. Because of their insider’s view of mental ...
• The 10 Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques
  Depression, the insidious mental disorder that affects nearly seven percent of Americans (National Institute of Mental Health), is notorious for both its prevalence and for how difficult it can be to conquer.  The 10 Best-Ever ...
• Higher Risk of Mental Health Problems for Homosexuals
  Homosexual people tend to experience more mental health problems than heterosexual people, research indicates. Discrimination may contribute to the higher risk, believes lead researcher Dr. Apu Chakraborty of University College London, UK. His team looked at ...
• Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy
  In today’s society, food is viewed as a nuisance at best, and a necessary evil at worst. We’re taught that dessert is dangerous, that dieting is the only way to eat (and live) and that ...
• Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Conversation with Dr. Frank Ochberg
  Thanks to generous gifts from a new donor, Gift From Within and the Dart Society are collaborating to better serve the needs of veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and military families who carry the ...
• Suicide and the Military
  When someone commits suicide, it’s a tragedy. When we are losing more soldiers to suicide than to ...
• Depression: New Medications On The Horizon
  With the advent of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in the 1950s, ...
• Humor As Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve
  Humor has long been recognized as more than mere fun and games. It presents an alternative means of expressing criticism about injustices, ...
• SSRI Discontinuation or Withdrawal Syndrome
  After some people stop taking a type of antidepressant known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), they experience a variety of symptoms. ...
• Taking Antidepressants: Your Comprehensive Guide to Starting, Staying On, and Safely Quitting
  There are many myths and little information about taking antidepressants. There’s also no shortage of horror stories on the Internet from patients who’ve experienced a slew of serious health concerns. Then, there are the sensationalist ...
• Depression’s Links to Heart Disease
  Persistent depressive symptoms are common after angina, heart attack, or other heart problems. Depressive symptoms also are thought to increase the risk of further heart problems and mortality. Dr. Michael Rapp from St. Hedwig's Hospital, Berlin, and ...
• Being Good vs. Being Codependent
  Is the way that you are ‘being good’ to your loved ones actually caring and good? Or are you involved in codependent ...
• When We Lose an Animal Loved One
  In Loving Memory of Tycho, 1999-2010. Do not underestimate how deeply the loss of our animal loved ones can affect us. Our loved one is a part of our identity. We are everything to him. We ...
• My Trip to the ER: Attention Must Be Paid
  I'm a psych patient. My primary diagnosis is bipolar II, but there’s a little anxiety, PTSD and other stuff ...
• Supporting Individuals with Depression: The Importance of Self-Care
  Depression is a disorder that affects millions of people. While we all experience ups and downs, depression is different. Often accompanied ...