Online source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Thursday, October 25, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a postmortem toxicology study of a group of adults who committed suicide in New York City, researchers found that most were not taking antidepressants.
“The results indicate that the majority of the suicides did not result from antidepressant use,” Dr. Andrew C. Leon, [...]
Archive for October, 2007
29 Oct
Antidepressants Absent In Most Suicides: Study
28 Oct
Favorite Teacher
Reflect for a minute who your favorite teacher was. At times it is difficult to decide, other times; straightforward, and then there are the recollections of really horrid teachers. They can make or break a student’s school year.
For me, my favorite high school teacher was Mrs. Evans. She had blonde hair, a brilliant [...]
28 Oct
Depressed Heart Patients Benefit From Cardiac Rehab
Friday, September 28, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who become depressed after a major heart-related event, such as a heart attack, have a significantly higher risk of dying than those who are not depressed, a study finds, but cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training can substantially reduce depression and the associated mortality.
Depression and [...]
27 Oct
Prescription Label Warnings Small
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
BOSTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) — Most prescription drug labels highlight the pharmacy’s name or logo rather than medication instructions, a U.S. study found.
The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found 89 percent of the labels listed the pharmacy name first and instructions fifth.
The study looked at labels for four drugs from chain, [...]
25 Oct
Depressed Often Underserved by Primary Care Doctors: Study
Source: http://www.healthday.com/
Health Highlights – September 4, 2007 – (HealthDay)
Most clinically depressed people who are treated by their primary care doctors do not receive care “consistent with quality standards,” a new Rand Corp. study concludes.
For the 1,131 people with depression studied, physicians showed low rates of adherence to nearly half of 20 standard treatment recommendations, the [...]
23 Oct
Counseling Boosts Alzheimer’s Caregivers’ Health
Source: http://www.healthday.com/
Spouse study finds it brings the patient real benefit, too
THURSDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) — Spouses caring for partners with Alzheimer’s disease report better physical health if they participate in individual or group counseling, new data shows.
“Preserving the health of spouse caregivers through counseling and support also benefits the person with Alzheimer’s disease, [...]
22 Oct
PTSD – working through the memories
“Baby Blue working through memories of childhood abuse”
Music is: May It Be by Enya
Video Created by: M.R.Teel http://www.myspace.com/bleaux42
This is the second video I discovered on YouTube by ‘M.R. Teel’. Her work is astounding dealing with childhood abuse and sexual abuse. I was moved to tears throughout this entire video.
My story, along with so many others [...]
21 Oct
3.7 Billion Days Lost To Illness Annually
Online Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 2 (UPI) — More than half of U.S. adults have a mental or physical condition that influences functioning resulting in 3.7 billion days per year lost to illness.
Dr. Kathleen Merikangas of the National Institute of Mental Health and Dr. Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medical School used data from the National [...]
17 Oct
Purging Habits Mark Eating Disorder Severity
Online source: www.reuters.com
By Anne Harding
October 1, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whether or not a person with an eating disorder uses more than one method of purging may be a better indicator of the severity of the disorder than how frequently purging occurs, results of a study suggest.
But purging frequency was linked to [...]
17 Oct
Life
Life
© By Benjamin K. Kotey
It takes a day to make a dream,
But it takes many nights for a seed to become a tree.
Life is a ladder that must be climbed.
But in every stage,
There are many rivers and battles to fight
And our hopes determines our future.
Life is a trip through the wilderness
And everyone must survive for [...]
17 Oct
On The Topic of: Resentment
Do you harbor some resentment? I hate to confess I do; feel some kind of character flaw in me feeling this way. I feel embarrassed even speaking about it to a degree.
Wikipedia: Resentment is an emotion of anger felt as a result of a real or imagined wrong done. Etymologically from “ressentir”, French re-, intensive [...]
15 Oct
Pro-Anorexia Websites Hurt Viewers’ Self-Esteem
By Anne Harding
Friday, September 14, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – No matter what their weight or their eating habits, young women feel worse about themselves and their appearance after viewing pro-anorexia websites, which explicitly encourage extreme thinness, a new study shows.
“It works on a couple of levels, it works on mood, it works [...]
14 Oct
WHO: Mental Illness Not Being Treated
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 7 (UPI) — The world’s mental illness needs are largely going unmet — especially in less-developed nations — a study of 17 countries found, a U.S. researcher said.
“Good treatments are available for many mental disorders. Yet, the world continues to struggle with the very real challenge of providing these services to [...]
13 Oct
JUDGE JUDY PISSED ME OFF
I am/was a huge Judge Judy fan, but the slur she made yesterday during a court case made me fume. I have always enjoyed the show, and her hard-hitting, opinionated manner.
Yesterday, she was grilling the plaintiff and he was dancing around for an answer and couldn’t get the answer out fast enough. Unexpectedly, she blurts [...]
13 Oct
Have You Ever Wondered?
WHERE YOU WOULD BE IF IT WEREN’T FOR DEPRESSION?
I’m borrowing this question from a member of “Mental Earth Community”; a forum I belong to.
My answer: I have wondered and thought about that many, many times over the years. This illness catapulted me into a life of depressive despair, loneliness, hospitalizations; loss of so many things, [...]
12 Oct
LITHIUM 101 – Everything you ever wanted to know
This is a very informative video about Lithium, and how it relates to Bipolar Disorder
It was produced by: www.bipolarhelp.org
12 Oct
Real Friendships
A real friend is one who walks in when others walk out ~~ Walter Winchell
While sitting across from a girlfriend yesterday at our favorite coffee house, having a delicious conversation, I thought to myself, “How lucky you are to have a friend”.
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Drifting back to 1994.
I’ve become accustomed to having no friendships in my life for [...]
9 Oct
Increased Job Stress, More Depression
Online Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com
Ontario, Canada – Sept. 28 (UPI) — Increased levels of job strain and a lack of social support at work are associated with higher risk of depression — a study of Canadian workers found.
Emma K. Robertson Blackmore of the University of Rochester Medical Center, in New York and Canadian researchers utilized data [...]
7 Oct
What Goes Up Must Come Down
I know the risks living with bipolar. Medications are effective and are a requirement for the rest of my life. I know of mania and the lesser mania (hypomania); flipping to the other side of the coin, and trudging through black, muddy depression. Up. Down. High. Low. And with BP, and ultimately in the [...]
5 Oct
Early Abuse May Lead to Migraine, Depression
By Joene Hendry
Thursday, September 6, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stressful early life events such as child abuse may make women more susceptible to migraine and depression as adults, survey findings suggest.
“This study confirms adverse experiences, particularly childhood abuse, predispose women to health problems later in life,” said study author Dr. Gretchen [...]
5 Oct
A Suicide Occurs Every 30 Seconds: WHO
Source: http://www.healthday.com/
Each day around the world, almost 3,000 people commit suicide, which works out to about one suicide every 30 seconds, says a World Health Organization report released Monday to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day.
The report also said that for every person who commits suicide, there are at least 20 more people who try [...]
3 Oct
Life Coaching
Wikipedia: Life coaching is a practice of assisting clients to determine and achieve personal goals. A coach will use a variety of methods, tailored to the client, to move through the process of setting and reaching goals. Coaching is not targeted at psychological illness, and coaches are not therapists (although therapists may become coaches).
Credentials: There [...]
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