Articles on Antidepressants
Book Review: The Anti-Depressant Book
Teenage suicides can leave us all feeling helpless — especially when they happen in epidemic proportions. But for teenagers who suffer from the sort of depression that might make...
Not Just for Attention: Stop Teen Suicide
The subject of depression and suicide, especially in the case of children and teens, is a tremendous concern. Unfortunately, many cases go missed not necessarily because those surrounding these...
Increase in Suicide Rates and Teen Depression
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on January 11, 2017, detailing our country’s progress in twenty-six public health categories. The report is based...
Preventive Therapy for OCD?
The postpartum period is sometimes accompanied by anxiety, depression, and even obsessive-compulsive disorder. Studies on preventive therapy for postpartum OCD have shown promising results. What a great idea! Stop OCD in...
Book Review: Spectrum Approach to Mood Disorders
A decade ago, the director of the Harvard-associated mood disorders clinic suggested that rather than asking, “Does this patient have Bipolar Disorder or not?” we should be asking, “How...
Medications for OCD and Activation Syndrome
It seems to me that there are more commercials than ever before on television for all kinds of medications, including SSRI’s (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors) which are antidepressants also...
Book Review: A Spectrum Approach to Mood Disorders
James Phelps’ new book, A Spectrum Approach to Mood Disorders: Not Fully Bipolar But Not Unipolar—Practical Management, is written for professionals, not laymen. I have some familiarity with bipolar...
Choosing the Best SSRI
As the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia & Depression in Great Neck, , pointed out, mood disorders are caused by a flaw in chemistry, not character. That’s why...
Serotonin Syndrome
Serotonin syndrome is the name for a condition when the body has too much serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that regulates many functions, including mood, appetite, and sensory perception....
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 disability among 15- to 44-year-olds. Still,...
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...
Suicide Risk for Children of Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’
Recent findings are shedding light on the link between growing up in a conflict zone and risk of suicide. Over the past few decades, Northern Ireland has overtaken England,...
Dealing with the Depths of Depression
“I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would be not one cheerful face on earth....
Medications: Symptom Relief, Not Cure
Just as aspirin can reduce a fever without clearing up the infection that causes it, psychotherapeutic medications act by controlling symptoms. Like most drugs used in medicine, they correct...
My First Trip to the Psychiatrist
It seems that life is made up of a lot of different “firsts.” The first time you leave home, the first time you have sex, the first full-time job...
