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This Week - December 31, 2007

  1. Holiday depression can be managed
  2. Senior holiday blues could be depression
  3. How one person's suicide attempt turned into a positive experience
  4. Psychiatrist studying bipolar disorder in seniors
  5. Rates of anxiety, mood disorders high in areas affected by hurricane Katrina
  6. Colleges take hard line on students with psychological problems
  7. AUDIO: Many psychiatrists self-prescribe to avoid stigma of mental illness
  8. Beating stigma of mental illness
  9. Science on why some people get hooked on instant rewards (addictions)
  10. Noven gets tentative FDA OK for mood stabilizer Stavzor
  11. Invega for schizophrenia patients appears safe for long-term use
  12. Latest Schizophrenia News
  13. "The pain of living with chronic pain. I need some advice."
  14. Thought for today

Depression can have both emotional and painful physical symptoms. Learn about what you can do.

Holiday Depression Can Be Managed

The holidays are a land mine of triggers for depression and stress as family, financial and social pressures mount during the last two weeks of the year.  Here are some suggestions for dealing with holiday stress.

Senior Holiday Blues Could Be Depression

Recent research with older people has documented that loneliness is associated with major depression and with suicidal thoughts and impulses. More.

How A Suicide Attempt Turns Into A Positive Experience

By trying to overdose on their own psychiatric medications, Pam Kazmaier and her son Zack may have done themselves a favor. Indeed, their suicide attempt may have saved their lives.  Here's their story.

Psychiatrist Studying Bipolar Disorder in Seniors

Most studies of the disorder have focused on younger people, but the number of senior-citizen patients with bipolar disorder is expected to grow during the next few decades as those diagnosed with the disorder age.  Details.

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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.

Rates Of Anxiety, Mood Disorders High In Areas Affected By Hurricane Katrina

Almost half of pre-hurricane residents of New Orleans and one-fourth of those living in other affected areas had evidence of an anxiety or mood disorder five to seven months following Hurricane Katrina. Find out more.

Colleges Take Hard Line on Psychological Problems

From large public institutions to small, private colleges, a growing number of schools are taking punitive action against students who display mental illness, ranging from bipolar disorder to eating disorders, experts say.

Many Psychiatrists Self-Prescribe

A new study finds that many psychiatrists are writing their own prescriptions to avoid the stigma associated with being a doctor with a mental health problem. Listen now

Beating the Stigma of Mental Illness

A nationwide television and radio campaign is beginning, in an attempt to remove the stigma around mental health.

Why People Get Hooked on Instant Rewards

To find out, scientists are using brain scans to home in on the engines in our minds that fire up when we make impulsive decisions. They are learning that the brains of, say, chocoholics or pathological gamblers are biologically different from those of the majority of us.

Noven Gets Tentative FDA OK for Stavzor

A new Depakote-based drug gets tentative approval for treatment of manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder, epilepsy and migraine headaches. continued

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Invega Helpful for Schizophrenia Patients

Invega™ (paliperidone) Extended-Release Tablets showed favorable long-term safety and tolerability during a one-year open-label extension (OLE) study.

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A Treatment For Schizophrenia

Are you caring for someone with schizophrenia? Get help. Get information about schizophrenia and treatment, including helpful tools and caregiver support. FIND OUT MORE. http://www.abilify.com/expect.html

More Schizophrenia Stories:

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

The Pain of Living with Chronic Pain

ksskidude:

I am writing because I feel as though my life is slowly slipping away from me. This is not a suicide letter either. I am simply saying I am sick and tired of hurting everyday. The quick version of my life story; I broke my neck and suffered a spinal cord injury. After it was all said and done, my, arms, hands, fingers, shoulders, chest muscles, delts, back delts, forearms are all partially paralyzed. Not completely paralyzed, but partially. My legs are weakened, but work very well. Can you imagine the picture of what I look like? Many people who suffer SCI's lose feeling, nope not me. My nerves that feel, unfortunately work just fine.

I can actually play sports, golf, snow ski, racketball, all with partially paralyzed arms. But I now have every "itis' you can think of in my arms and hands and shoulders.

It's a living hell, the pain I deal with. Just typing this causes my fingers pain. Shooting pains.

I have been so depressed for a long time because I am always having to defend what I go through. Because it's not visible, and I am athletic.

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Something to think about...

"Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

- Richard Bach (Illusions)

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

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