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This Week - October 22, 2007

  1. Antidepressants boost GI bleeding risk
  2. FDA to decide if flu drug causes suicide, psychosis in kids
  3. Depressed older people risk losing their minds
  4. Report ranks jobs by rates of depression
  5. 25% diagnosed with depression may have bipolar
  6. Patients with severe psychiatric illness at higher heart disease risk
  7. Asenapine matches Zyprexa for treating bipolar mania
  8. Bullying a serious public health issue
  9. Study on bullying, sexual orientation, and prejudice
  10. Why are some kids so angry?
  11. Teasing adds to weight problems
  12. The next diet pill
  13. Latinos shun help for mental health problems
  14. Minn. psychiatrist quits drug panel
  15. Intelligence: More nature than nurture?
  16. AUDIO: Workplace profanity: Good for men only?
  17. Autism symptoms can improve into adulthood
  18. Web site shows autism videos
  19. Blood test may predict Alzheimer's disease
  20. Morphine painkillers won't impair driving
  21. On-screen smoking in movies linked to young adult smoking behavior
  22. King of pop psych
  23. People with Schizophrenia gain by practice, not meds
  24. Latest Schizophrenia News
  25. "Dating someone with OCD. He wants out!"
  26. Thought for today

Maybe it's not depression. Could it be part of bipolar disorder? Find out what you can do.

Antidepressants Boost GI Bleeding Risk

SSRIs can double the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and the threat is more than six times higher if patients take aspirin and similar pain medications with SSRIs.

FDA to Review Tamiflu Use in Children

Flu drug has been linked to a dozen deaths in Japanese children along with reports of suicides, hallucinations and self-injury.

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Depressed Older People Risk Losing Their Minds

Study shows depressed seniors may be intellectually impaired and risk losing mental processes such as the abilify to make decisions, organize and plan.

Which Jobs Are Linked to Highest Rates of Depression?

In the past year, 7% of full-time workers battled depression. Child and senior-care workers seem to have the toughest time. More.

25% Diagnosed with Depression May Have Bipolar

Evidence shows that misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder is common. As many as 1 in 4 people diagnosed in primary care with major depressive disorder have been found to screen positive for a previous manic episode.

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Serious Psychiatric Illness Increase Heart Disease Risk

Those with Schizophrenia, Bipolar and Major Depression carry increased risk of developing major medical conditions like diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Asenapine Matches Zyprexa for Treating Bipolar Mania

In clinical trials, Asenapine was comparable to Zyprexa in reducing mania symptoms in patients with a manic or mixed episode of bipolar disorder...but the drug may never make it to market.  Why?

Bullying a Serious Public Health Issue

Blue Cross/Blue Shield lists bullying as one of the top five things that can affect a child's health.

Latino Parents' Views on Bullying, Sexual Orientation and Prejudice

Despite the fact that nearly all Latino parents surveyed believe information on sexual orientation should come from parents, two-thirds have not started such conversations with their children. Full study results here.

Why Are Some Kids So Angry?

New research indicates babies are born with violent tendencies that most learn to control.

Teasing Adds to Weight Problems

Pushing diets probably won't help. Neither will teasing about weight. So what should parents do?

The Next Diet Pill

Called lorcaserin, it stimulates production of serotonin, the same brain chemical that fen-phen did. But drug company executives and obesity experts say it has none of the heart valve risks of fen-phen because it is targeted to the brain.

Latinos Shun Help for Mental Health Problems

It's part of the culture.  Latino's resolve problems within the immediate family vs. going outside for help. In fact, discussing such matters as mental health outside the family network is generally considered inappropriate.  Details.

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Minn. Psychiatrist Quits Drug Panel Amid Conflict of Interest Charges

A Minnesota psychiatrist who received more than $350,000 in speaking and consulting fees from pharmaceutical companies will quit a panel that advises the state on drugs for low-income Medicaid patients.

Intelligence: More Nature Than Nurture?

Evidence is accumulating that brain structure is under considerable genetic influence.

Workplace Profanity: Good for Men Only?

A new study in a British journal says profanity in the workplace is a good thing... for men, that is. Listen now
 

Autism Symptoms Can Improve into Adulthood

It's a hopeful finding in a new study.  Fact remains that those with severe autism will need care for their entire life.

Web Site Shows Autism Videos

A new Web site offers dozens of video clips of autistic kids contrasted with unaffected children's behavior. Some of the side-by-side differences can make you gasp.

Blood Test May Predict Alzheimer's Disease

Scientists report first blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease-signaling proteins used to classify and predict Alzheimer's dementia

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Morphine Painkillers Won't Impair Driving

Moderate, long-term use of opioid pain medications such as morphine does not impair a person's driving ability, U.S. researchers report.

Smoking On-Screen Influences Young Adults in Real Life

New study findings show that exposure to on-screen smoking in movies has a strong correlation with beginning to smoke or becoming established smokers among young adults 18-25, a critical age group for lifelong smoking behavior.

He's the King of Pop Psychology

Want to know the best speed dating pickup line?  Professor Richard Wiseman has the answer.

He did another study on the best personal ads. The ads most often circled weren't necessarily the funniest, but rather the ones that had the best balance between a focus on the self and on the other. Those ads circled most frequently by participants were those that were 70% describing themselves and 30% about the type of person they were looking for. In a 25 word ad, that's 17 words about you, 8 on the person you're looking for. (Source: PsyBlog)

People with Schizophrenia Learn By Practice, Not Meds

It's generally accepted that newer antipsychotics help with cognitive performance - such as clarity and rationality of thought. A new study reveals, it may not be the medicine at all. Details here.

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More Schizophrenia Stories:

Additional stories linked from the HealthyPlace.com Thought Disorders Community homepage.

Dating Someone with OCD. Need Advice

lyraanne:

He is a wonderful guy and I love him completely. We've been dating for 2 years now. He told me he had OCD about one month into the relationship. Recently he's decided that he needs to be away from me to try and overcome the OCD. I've become an enabler of his obsessions. While I understand that, I don't want to lose him! I'm looking for advice on how to help him, and not enable, but still be with him. Hopefully someone out there can offer some help.
 respond here

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Something to think about...

"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired."

- Erik H. Erikson

From all of us here at HealthyPlace.com, we hope you have a good week.

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