It was reported that, Ozzy Osbourne has agreed to a suicide pact with wife, Sharon – because she doesn’t want to go through the pain her father Don Arden did when he suffered from Alzheimers.
The America’s Got Talent judge, 54, claims she and rocker Ozzy, 59, made the mutual decision earlier this year after music [...]
Archive for September, 2007
30 Sep
SHARON AND OZZY OSBOURNE HAVE A SUICIDE PACT
29 Sep
Health Depends on Mental Health
Untreated Mental Disorders Up Risk of Disease, Injury, and Death
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 4, 2007 — Untreated mental disorders vastly increase the world’s burden of disease, injury, and early death.
The finding comes from Martin Prince, MD, director of the Center for Public Mental Health at King’s College London, [...]
29 Sep
Pediatric Lithium Evaluated for Bipolarity
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
CHICAGO, July 18 (UPI) — U.S. medical scientists are evaluating the use of lithium in the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
The national Collaborative Lithium Trials are designed to provide the first comprehensive analysis of lithium for the pediatric treatment of bipolar disorder.
“Lithium is the prototype mood stabilizer for treating adult bipolar [...]
27 Sep
Antidepressant Helps Dementia Symptoms
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
TORONTO, Sept. 10 (UPI) — Researchers in Canada found an antidepressant preformed as well as an often prescribed anti-psychotic for dementia patients — but with fewer side effects.
The study, published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, compared the efficacy and safety of the antidepressant citalopram and the anti-psychotic risperidone in alleviating agitation and [...]
26 Sep
Early Life Factors Raise Risks for Adult Mental Woes
MONDAY, Feb. 5, 2007, (HealthDay News) — A combination of low birth weight and childhood abuse boosts risks for depression, social dysfunction and other psychological problems in adolescence and adulthood, new research suggests.
A team from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City, analyzed data from the Johns Hopkins Collaborative Perinatal Study. That study [...]
24 Sep
FEELING OVERWHELMED
I stated in past posts my quest to return to normalcy (if there is one); jumping into the corporate world after 9 years in a state of illness called depression.
The bumpy ride is getting bumpier and bumpier.
I am in customer service; stats were meeting targets every month and I was becoming contented in the job [...]
21 Sep
PTSD-Child Abuse Memories, PTSD and me…
Music is: Hello by Evanescence
Video Created by: M.R.Teel http://www.myspace.com/bleaux42
I discovered this video by accident while searching for a documentary on PTSD. I was astounded at what I found.
Two fantastic videos were created by ‘M.R.Teel’ and I had to select which one to show first. Both brought me to tears; they were that moving. I [...]
19 Sep
Study: It’s Easy To Buy Drugs Online
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
TORONTO, Sept. 18 (UPI) — It is easy to purchase prescription drugs and controlled substances through spam messages via the Internet, two Canadian researchers found.
In fact, one-third of all spam messages advertise health products such as drugs and natural health products, said study authors Peter Gernburd and Alejandro Jadad at the Centre for [...]
15 Sep
Prenatal Antidepressants Linked to Preterm Births
Thursday, August 16, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Antidepressant drug use during pregnancy, but not depression itself, is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth and lower fetal age at delivery, according to results of a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
“Depressive symptoms are not uncommon during pregnancy, and…symptoms [...]
13 Sep
Estrogen Use Before 65 Linked to Reduced Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Source: American Academy of Neurology
May 03, 2007 – (Science Daily) — Women who use hormone therapy before the age of 65 could cut their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. The study found women who used any form of estrogen hormone therapy before the age of 65 were nearly 50 percent less likely to [...]
11 Sep
PTSD – Ducks In A Row
The Trust Contention
Dictionary: trust [trast]noun
charge or care; responsibility
Example: The child was placed in my trust.
Lining My Ducks Up in a Row
In a prior PTSD post, I described my childhood sexual abuse from ages six through eight. The trust issue still remains, and at times I’m on the alert in certain situations. For when I built [...]
10 Sep
Suicide Attempts by Teens Linked With Assault
Monday, June 4, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High school girls who have recently experienced dating violence and boys who have a history of being sexually assaulted are at increased risk of attempting suicide, a new study of New York City public school students shows.
The researchers also found that dating violence — being [...]
9 Sep
DEPRESSION: This Is Costing A Lot
The Impact and Cost of Mental Illness: The Case of Depression
The personal and societal costs of depression are significant. They include higher rates of death, serious complications for chronic disease patients, significantly higher health care costs for employers, added family caregiver burden and associated substance abuse problems.
Higher Rates of Death
v Studies show that depression is [...]
8 Sep
Men Put Their Health on the Back Burner
TUESDAY, July 3, 2007 – (HealthDay News) — Men report skipping health screenings and avoiding doctor’s visits in a new survey by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
The survey examined the health behaviors of 2,282 adults across the nation, including 1,111 men.
The surveyors found that more than half of the men had not seen [...]
3 Sep
BITS AND PIECES
Never good at poetry; would write a line and then spend an hour attempting to find another line to rhyme with the first line. I always loved to write though; first beginning, I suppose with my journals as a teen. Can’t spell worth a darn, and have my handy, dandy dictionary at my side along [...]
1 Sep
Brain Reacts Differently in Depressed
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 15 (UPI) — Brains of clinically depressed people react differently than those of healthy people in negative situations, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study found.
To evaluate the role of emotional regulation in depression, study author Tom Johnstone monitored the brain responses of healthy and depressed individuals to a series of images designed [...]
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