Medications Articles

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• What You Need to Know About Treatment-Resistant Depression
  Depression can be effectively treated with psychotherapy and medication. But it takes time to find the correct medication ...
• Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies
  Childhood Psychological Disorders: Current Controversies by Alberto M. Bursztyn is the latest edition to the “Making Sense of Psychology” series. This series concerns itself with the psychological problems and challenges in the lives of today’s ...
• Kids On Meds: Up-to-Date Information About the Most Commonly Prescribed Psychiatric Medications
  Kids On Meds by Dr. Kevin T. Kalikow is both an education and a go-to guide for the medical professional and layman alike. Parents will find this book particularly informative, whether they want to know ...
• Alternative Treatments for Depression
  There are a wide range of alternative treatments for depression. Before seeking out a mental health professional or talking to their doctor, a ...
• OCD and ADHD: Is There a Connection?
  By the end of his freshman year in college, my son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was so severe that he ...
• The Medication Question: Weighing Your Mental Health Treatment Options
  Living in a world in which we are constantly bombarded with advertisements about the latest “miracle drug,” decisions regarding treatment for mental health issues are often difficult to make. Dr. Ronald J. Diamond’s The Medication ...
• The Quest for Mental Health
  One thing about getting older is that history feels more relevant. I grew up in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Cognitive-behavioral therapy was in its infancy, and dialectical behavior therapy had not yet been ...
• Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment
  Social Anxiety Disorder -- also known as social phobia -- is commonly treated by either psychotherapy or certain types of psychiatric medications. ...
• Surviving Depression: My Agonizing Struggle with Sanity
  Robert L. Hamlett’s Surviving Depression offers a window into the life of a man to whom many people can relate.  His style may not be as eloquent as some, but Hamlett does get his point ...
• Mistaken for ADHD
  After reading this book I believe the title says it all: “Mistaken for ADHD.” The author, Dr. Frank Barnhill, attempts to help parents, teachers, social workers and doctors who deal with adolescents and young children ...
• Should You Consider Alternative Treatments for Anxiety Disorders?
  Anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), ...
• Bipolar Disorder: Helping Your Loved One Manage a Manic Episode
  "Depression and bipolar disorder are often family diseases,” according to Psych Central associate editor and author ...
• Living with Depression: Why Biology and Biography Matter
  Dr. Deborah Serani's new book, Living with Depression: Why Biology and Biography Matter along the Path to Hope and Healing is a solid entry in the self-help depression book genre, once you get past the ...
• Brain Effects of General Anesthesia
  New research is shedding light on the effects of general anesthesia on the brain and the body. In the United States, nearly ...
• Managing the Painful Side Effects of Antidepressants
  For better or worse, one of the primary treatments of clinical depression -- antidepressants -- come with a host ...
• How Long Do Antidepressants Take to Work?
  A common treatment for clinical depression is a type of medication called an antidepressant. Antidepressants come in a ...
• How to Dispose of Unused or Expired Medications
  Is your medicine cabinet filled with expired drugs or medications you no longer use? How should you dispose ...
• The Naked Bird Watcher, The Snow Globe Journals, and To Walk on Eggshells
  Bipolar disorder is an isolating disease that is difficult to describe and almost impossible to understand from the outside. Its relentless ups and downs create a crushing defeat in the lives of both sufferers and ...
• Depression: New Medications On The Horizon
  With the advent of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in the 1950s, ...
• Discontinuing Psychiatric Medications: What You Need to Know
  Many people have a dark view of medication withdrawal. They may have read or heard the scary stories about uncomfortable side ...
• 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 ...
• Invisible Girls: The Truth about Sexual Abuse
  This is a new and revised edition of Dr. Feureisen's previous book which includes comments, e-mails and letters to the original edition. The book seems geared primarily toward teenage girls but young adult women and ...
• The Buddha & The Borderline
  The Buddha & The Borderline, by writer, artist and advocate Kiera Van Gelder, exposes a regularly hushed-up topic: borderline personality disorder (BPD). BPD is shrouded in stigma. There’s little information about the disorder and, while ...