ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2009) — Headaches and heartaches. Broken bones and broken spirits. Hurting bodies and hurt feelings. We often use the same words to describe physical and mental pain. Over-the-counter pain relieving drugs have long been used to alleviate physical pain, while a host of other medications have been employed in the treatment of [...]
Archive for the ‘anxiety’ Category
19 Dec
UNDERSTANDING MENTAL ILLNESS
This may be of assistance as you journey through my blog…
DEPRESSION
Problems and misfortunes are a part of life. Everyone experiences unhappiness, and many people may become depressed temporarily when things don’t go as they would like. Experiences of failure commonly result in temporary feelings of worthlessness and self-blame, while personal losses cause feelings of sadness, [...]
2 Dec
Fear of Anxiety May Lead to Depression
Some become so worried about what might happen that they develop other symptoms, researchers find
TUESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) — Fear of anxiety may push “above-average” worriers into depression, a new study suggests.
“Anxiety sensitivity has been called a fear of fear,” study author Andres Viana, a graduate student in psychology at Penn State, said [...]
26 Nov
LORAZEPAM: Is it addictive?
Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Daniel Hall-Flavin, M.D. answers:
Lorazepam is a mild sedative that’s sometimes used to treat panic disorder. Lorazepam belongs to a class of medications known as benzodiazepines. The short-term use of any benzodiazepine — if closely monitored — typically doesn’t lead to significant physical dependence or addiction. However, stopping such a medication after taking [...]
19 Nov
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
Dissociative disorders are so-called because they are marked by a dissociation from or interruption of a person’s fundamental aspects of waking consciousness (such as one’s personal identity, one’s personal history, etc.). Dissociative disorders come in many forms, the most famous of which is dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder). All of the [...]
17 Nov
Depression as Deadly as Smoking?
Depression as Deadly as Smoking, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Nov. 17, 2009) — A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King’s College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.
Utilising a unique link between a survey of over 60,000 [...]
13 Nov
Stroke Puts Stress on Spousal Relationship
Patient/caregiver roles often take the place of a partnership, researchers say
TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) — Although many wedding vows include the phrase “in sickness and in health,” a stroke can put that promise to the test by causing major relationship problems for married couples, according to British researchers.
The University of Ulster study included 16 [...]
5 Nov
Depression May Blur Memory of Aches and Pains
Expert suggests having people write down symptoms as they occur
TUESDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) — Depressed people tend to report more physical symptoms than they actually experience, a new study finds.
The study involved 109 women who completed questionnaires designed to assess their levels of neuroticism and depression. For the next three weeks, they kept daily [...]
1 Nov
What Exactly Is A ‘NERVOUS BREAKDOWN?"
What is a nervous breakdown? What causes people to have them?
Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Daniel Hall-Flavin, M.D., answers:
The term “nervous breakdown” is used by the public to characterize a wide range of mental illnesses. Nervous breakdown is not a medical term and doesn’t indicate a specific mental illness. Generally, the term describes a person who is [...]
30 Oct
Depersonalization Disorder: A Feeling of Being ‘Outside’ Your Body
What causes depersonalization disorder? How is it treated?
Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Daniel Hall-Flavin, M.D., answers:
Depersonalization — a feeling of unreality or of being “outside” your body — can be a syndrome or a symptom of another mental disorder. It’s often associated with anxiety and stress.
When you feel anxious or stressed out, you may breathe [...]
24 Oct
Increase In Long-term Antidepressant Drug Use, UK Study Reveals
ScienceDaily (Oct. 23, 2009) — A dramatic rise in antidepressant prescriptions issued by GPs has been caused by a year on year increase in the number of people taking antidepressant drugs on a long-term basis, according to researchers from the University of Southampton.
In a paper, published in the printed edition of British Medical Journal (BMJ), [...]
11 Oct
Stressful childhood may mean earlier death
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – October 9, 2009 – Having a stressful childhood may slash decades off a person’s life, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.
Among people who reported experiencing at least six of eight different bad childhood experiences-from frequent verbal abuse to living with a mentally ill person-average age [...]
19 Sep
Health Tip: Stress Has Its Warning Signs
Here’s a list of possible symptoms
(HealthDay News) — September 17, 2009 – Everyone has a certain amount of stress. But too much of it may make us feel quite fearful or worried, not to mention the physical effects it can cause, such as a rise in blood pressure.
The National Women’s Health Information Center offers this [...]
10 Sep
Severe, Lasting Depression Tied to Heart Patient Deaths
MONDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) — Certain depressed patients who suffer from heart disease have nearly double the risk of dying over a seven-year period compared with other depressed patients, researchers say.
The patients most at risk are those who suffer from the most severe depression within a few weeks of being hospitalized for a cardiac [...]
8 Sep
Non-Drinkers More Likely to Be Anxious, Depressed
FRIDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) — While alcohol may be considered a depressant, teetotalers as well as heavy drinkers are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety than moderate tipplers, a new study has found.
Norwegian and British researchers also found that people who don’t drink report having fewer friends than drinkers do, a possible [...]
27 Jun
Is Cognitive Therapy In Schizophrenia of Value?
ScienceDaily (June 26, 2009) — Research co-led by an academic at the University of Hertfordshire, concludes that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is of no value in schizophrenia and has limited effect on depression.
Professor Keith Laws, at the University’s School of Psychology, is one of the lead authors on a paper entitled: Cognitive behavioural therapy for [...]
25 Jun
Smoking More Than Five Cigarettes A Day May Provoke Migraine Attacks
ScienceDaily (June 24, 2009) — Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines, new research suggests. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache. The work has appeared in the Journal of Headache and Pain.
The [...]
14 Jun
Symptoms Of Depression In Obese Children Linked To Elevated Cortisol
ScienceDaily (June 11, 2009) — A new study connects abnormalities of the “stress” hormone cortisol with symptoms of depression in obese children, and confirms that obesity and depression often occur together, even in children. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
“There is evidence in adults that abnormal regulation [...]
8 Jun
Relationship Found Between Napping, Hyperactivity, Depression And Anxiety
ScienceDaily (June 8, 2009) — Napping may have a significant influence on young children’s daytime functioning, according to a research abstract that will be presented on June 8 at Sleep 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
Results indicate that children between the ages of 4 and 5 who did not take [...]
7 May
Couples often differ in grief after baby loss
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – May 07, 2009 – Parents who lose a premature baby soon after birth often differ in their level of grief, and couples who talk about those feelings might fare better in the long term, a small study suggests.
In interviews with 22 couples who’d lost a pre-term baby two to six [...]
26 Apr
Herbal Remedy: Teens & Cannabis
Herbal Remedy: Teens Often Use Cannabis For Relief, Not Recreation, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) — When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests that around a third of teens who smoke cannabis on a [...]
9 Apr
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Eases Anxiety for Older People
The technique lessens worries more than usual care, study finds
TUESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) — For older adults, anxiety is an increasingly common problem, and new research suggests that cognitive behavior therapy may help them ease their worries more than standard care does.
Researchers found that people over age 60 who were treated with [...]
8 Apr
Psychotherapy Can Ease Post-Surgical Depression
Two techniques worked for patients after heart bypass procedures, study finds
MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) — Two non-drug treatments — cognitive behavior therapy and supportive stress management — seem to be more effective than usual care for treating depression in patients who’ve had coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, a new study finds.
About 20 percent [...]
1 Mar
Girls’ Anti-Social Behavior Predictive of Later Depression
FRIDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — Anti-social behavior among young elementary school girls and increased anxiety in either boys or girls that age tend to predict whether they develop depression in adolescence, a new study shows.
However, showing signs of depression in first or second grade did not mean adolescent depression was imminent, said the report [...]
8 Feb
Mood disorders common in polycystic ovary syndrome
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Feb. 06, 2008 - The prevalence of depression and anxiety among patients with polycystic ovary syndrome is high and warrants routine screening and aggressive treatment, investigators report in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
In a previous study, Dr. Anuja Dokras, at the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues identified high rates of [...]
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