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This Week - January 30, 2006
- Bipolar and Schizophrenia surveys
- Seriousness of depression
- Exercise relieves depression
- Treatment instead of jail time
- PTSD: Hidden combat wound
- Scientists working on trauma pill
- OCD: When your brain doesn't know when to stop
- Finding bipolar disorder with MRI
- The chemical fingerprints of mental illness
- Lithium for preventing suicide
- AUDIO: Antidepressants and Suicide Risk
- Why people with mental illness can't stop smoking
- Drug users with mental illness have trouble sticking to treatment
- Food's comfort difficult to resist
- A new obesity pill
- Are parents too involved in their college kid's life?
- Understanding your child's dreams
- Schizophrenia: The marijuana debate continues
- Latest Schizophrenia News
- Forums: "I feel no support from the ones I love"
- Thought for today
Are you wondering if you have depression? Go here to take a depression screening test.
Bipolar and Schizophrenia Surveys
We are doing two short surveys on our site. If you have bipolar disorder or come to HealthyPlace.com for bipolar content, please click here.
If you are dealing with Schizophrenia or come to our site for schizophrenia content, please click here.
The survey shouldn't take more than 2 minutes to complete. We appreciate your help. Thank you.
Seriousness of Depression
Many people don't recognize the symptoms of depression in themselves. Others still think you can just "get over" depression; that it's not a serious medical problem.
We have a new section on our site entitled "The Seriousness of Depression" where we discuss the symptoms and consequences of not getting treatment as well as the different treatments available.
HealthyPlace.com visitors also share their personal stories of the consequences they faced because they weren't diagnosed or treated for depression soon enough. You'll also find an antidepressant quiz. Visit The Seriousness of Depression section now.
A Little Exercise Goes A Long Way
... in relieving depression. Just 30-minutes a day on a treadmill can give you a greater sense of psychological well-being. Read more.
Treatment Instead of Jail Time
To relieve the huge costs of housing and caring for mentally ill prisoners, cities and counties are starting to get it. They've set up mental health courts which are sentencing offenders to treatment instead of jail time. Details.
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PTSD: The Hidden Wounds of Combat
Many of our soldiers are coming back from Iraq with
injuries that aren't clearly seen.
Studies indicate that troops who serve in Iraq are suffering from PTSD and other problems brought on by their experiences on a scale not seen since Vietnam. What's being done about it?
Related Story: Scientists Working on Trauma Pill
One thing that may help victims of PTSD is a new trauma pill designed to get rid of those ugly memories.
OCD: When Your Brain Doesn't Know When To Stop
Obsessions control patients' lives. Read the story of Shannon whose obsession with perfection is at the crux of her OCD.
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The Pain of Depression
As you’ve seen on TV, depression can have both emotional and painful physical symptoms. Learn about what you can do. Click here.
Using an MRI to Find Bipolar Disorder
Discover how
brain
imaging techniques are being used to uncover psychiatric illnesses.
In part two, find out how this new technology could provide the first ever medical diagnostic test for bipolar disorder.
Lithium for Preventing Suicide
In Kay Jamison's book about suicide, "Night Falls Fast," the author discusses Lithium as the most effective, most extensively studied, and best-documented antisuicide medication. Read an excerpt.
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Antidepressants and Suicide Risk
In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emphasized warnings that
antidepressants may cause suicide or suicidal thoughts. But a study from
Harvard researchers indicates that people are at a lower risk of suicide
after starting on antidepressants than in the week before the treatment
began.
Listen now
Smoking and Mental
Illness
It seems many difficult-to-treat smokers may have comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders. This is especially true for those with mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and drug problems. Find out about some effective treatments that researchers have been working on. Story
Treatment Compliance and Dual Diagnosis
As you might imagine, people with a drug problem and mental illness aren't too inclined to continue their treatment regimens. There are some inventions available, but they're costly.
Food's Comfort
Difficult to Resist
In times of stress, opening the fridge is an unhealthy choice. For many, it's the start of emotional eating. But how do you break that cycle?
New Obesity Pills on the Way
Acomplia, or rimonabant, which could be approved by U.S. regulators as early as next month, is the first of a new wave of treatments that may aid in the fight against obesity.
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Are You An Overbearing Parent To Your College Age Child?
They're dubbing them "helicopter parents" because they hover over their kids and become too involved in their children's lives.
Women Help Parents
Understand Kids' Dreams
Two therapists team up to help parents and other caregivers better understand how to comfort their children when they have nightmares and how to better understand their dreams. Here's their story.
Regular Dope Smoking Doesn't Cause Schizophrenia
Regular cannabis use can have "real and significant" mental health effects but is unlikely to cause schizophrenia, according to a report from UK Government drugs advisers.
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More Schizophrenia Stories:
Additional stories linked from the HealthyPlace.com Thought Disorders Community homepage.
From the HealthyPlace.com Bipolar Bulletin Board: "I Feel No Support From The Ones I Love"
anastasia00:
"I have just recently started coming out of my deep depression and constant mood swings. My older sister always took care of me when I first became ill (bipolar + ocd). She was always there for me. She was my guidance and my comfort. This past fall when my depression was triggered by stress, I obviously turned to her for advice and comfort. Well let's just say I'm so angry with her. It's been awhile since I've had such a break down and I know I can't always depend on her, but it's like she's forgotten about my illness and that I need people to be gentle with me." continued here.
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Something to think about...
"The bravest are surely those who have the
clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet
notwithstanding, go out and meet it."
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From all of us here at HealthyPlace.com, we hope you have a good week.
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