Medications Articles

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• My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness
  Schizophrenia affects one percent of the world population.  It is indiscriminate of race, gender, status, and wealth.  Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia is not multiple personalities -- that’s Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder).  ...
• The Link Between Vaccines and Autism: True or False?
  Does vaccination increase the likelihood of autism? One hypothesis is that vaccination in general, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) virus live vaccine, and vaccines that contain mercury cause autism. Actress Jenny McCarthy is one of ...
• 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 ...
• Living with Borderline Personality Disorder
  Receiving a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) may seem devastating. There’s a lot of confusion about what BPD really means and ...
• Schizophrenia for Dummies
  Learning that a loved one has been diagnosed with schizophrenia can be extremely stressful and confusing. There can be many questions about the nature of the illness, treatment possibilities, and the prospects for recovery. Many ...
• Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression
  Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed class of medication in the United States. But Dr. James S. Gordon questions the use of drugs to treat depression: This book will challenge the prevailing “medical model” of depression ...
• Depression For Dummies: A Reference For The Rest Of Us
  Laura L. Smith, Ph.D. and Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D. have a hit on their hands with the easy-to-understand guide to everything you ever wanted to know about depression but were afraid to ask, Depression for ...
• Conquering Depression in the Golden Years
  Chances are, at some point, you or someone you know will encounter a friend or family member who is a senior and struggling with or exhibiting signs of depression.  This is an illness that is ...
• Your Brain After Chemo: A Practical Guide to Lifting the Fog and Getting Back Your Focus
  For those who are preparing, experiencing, or just finishing chemotherapy and are interested in how the treatment may affect their brain, and for those who live with cancer survivors who suffer cognitive setback, this is ...
• The Depression Cure
  Upon reading Stephan Ilardi’s book The Depression Cure, a quote from Chuck Palahniuk’s book Fight Club continued to pop up in my mind. In one chapter, a character by the name of Tyler Durden explains ...
• After Her Brain Broke: Helping My Daughter Recover Her Sanity
  As mental illness becomes less stigmatized, many individuals are coming out and sharing their experiences with a variety of disorders. The majority of books published on the topic are personal accounts of their struggles. Susan ...
• Depression Is Contagious
  Essentially a self-help book for ordinary people who may be looking for ways to overcome depression, Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D.'s Depression Is Contagious also offers those in the mental health world practical tools for their ...
• Strategies for Overcoming Depression
  There are a lot of articles on the Internet about overcoming depression. They suggest things such as changing your thinking, changing your mood, and voilà! ...
• Approaching Neverland: A Memoir of Epic Tragedy & Happily Ever After
  In the 1960s, when author Peggy Kennedy grew up, mental illness was a family secret. It was whispered about, handed off to hospitals, restrained, subjected to electroshock therapy and slews of sedatives and sent back ...
• An Overview of Depression and Money Issues
  Being in debt, broke, and unemployed can lead to depression but the converse is also true: Depression can precipitate financial meltdown. There is ...
• Side Effects of ADHD Medications
  Side effects resulting from drugs taken for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are unfortunately quite common. As with any condition, these unwanted effects can be severe ...
• Depression and Alcoholism: Five Tips for Recovery
  Alcoholics go through a period of grieving when they give up drinking. For those dually-diagnosed with alcoholism and depression, the grief over ...
• Depression and Teenage Identity Building
  One day of high school, I distinctly remember realizing that I had more friends who were taking some form of psychiatric medication than friends ...
• Depression Myths and Facts Demystified
  Almost 15 million Americans suffer from clinical depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Depression is also the leading cause of ...
• Three Faces of Depression
  Is depression a single thing? It seems to me that depression has many faces. One of the fascinating segments of my job as a private tutor ...
• The Genetics of ADHD
  A great deal of research has been carried out on the genetic factors that may play a role in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Over 1,800 studies ...
• Treating Depression and Physical Illness
  People with physical illness are at an increased risk of depression, which is linked with a worse prognosis and reduced adherence to ...
• ADHD and Marijuana
  Recent research shows that marijuana may relieve some of the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The debate rages on, but many people, both kids ...
• Appreciating Our ADHD Students
  I’ve been sitting at a dining room table for almost two hours now, observing my son, Matt, as he works with a student. Matt’s ...
• Depression Treatment in Tough Economic Times
  One of the most difficult things about depression treatment is the cost. It isn’t any more expensive than medical treatment, but it ...