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This Week - May 22, 2006

1. Study shows high percentage of US women abused by men
2. Increased suicidal risk with Paxil
3. Prescription labels get clearer
4. Vegus nerve stimulation ad misleading
5. Melatonin improves mood in winter depression
6. Margaret Trudeau reflects on life with bipolar
7. Abilify delays manic relapse
8. What would it take to manage my extreme mood swings?
9. New interest in behavioral therapy for ADHD kids
10. Schools offer help to parents of "difficult" children
11. Multimedia babies: Good news, bad news
12. Risky behavior despite safe sex education
13. Mentally ill forced to fight in Iraq
14. NAMI on impact of budget cuts
15. New strategy for Alzheimer's under study
16. Kelly Osbourne surprised by own level of addiction
17. Men more addicted to Internet surfing at work
18. Audio: What's triggering your migraines?
19. Schizophrenia limits one's ability to perceive body language
20. Latest Schizophrenia News
21. Forums: "What Do You Do When You're A Failure?"
22. Thought for today

Are you wondering if you have depression? Go here to take a depression screening test.

High Percentage of US Women Abused By Men

Researchers take Seattle survey data to extrapolate U.S. numbers. Over 40% of women surveyed in Seattle claim to be physically or psychologically abused. Researchers shocked.

Increased Suicidal Risk with Paxil

The antidepressant Paxil and its controlled-release version, Paxil CR, are getting a new warning about suicide risk in young adults. Read about it here.

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Prescription Drug Labels to Get New Look, Clearer Language

For the first time in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring a major revision to the format of information in prescription drug package inserts. It will become effective next month.

VNS Depression Ad Misleading

Cyberonics Inc.’s online advertisement for its device to treat depression makes at least 10 false claims, Public Citizen’s Health Research group says in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration.

Melatonin Improves Mood in Winter Depression

Study reveals how low-dose melatonin taken in the afternoon helps most winter depressives whose physiological clocks are off kilter due to the later winter sunrise.

Margaret Trudeau Reflects on Life with Bipolar

Margaret Trudeau entered Canadian public life in 1971 as the 22-year-old bride of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Within years, however, the Trudeau marriage became a national soap opera, rife with tales of Margaret's erratic behavior -- singing at a dinner in Cuba with Fidel Castro, a 1978 tell-all memoir, hanging out with the Rolling Stones. Here, she talks about her near-death downward spiral, her ongoing recovery and the actress Margot Kidder, who once dated Pierre Trudeau and who now advocates the use of nutritional supplements in the treatment of bipolar disease.

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Abilify Delays Manic Relapse in Bipolar Disorder

Study shows the anti-psychotic medication Abilify significantly delayed the time to a patient's manic relapse.

Battling Bipolar

"What would it take to manage my extreme mood swings?"

Despite being educated and treated for bipolar disorder, author talks about slipping into a depression and fighting the biggest battle of her life.

New Interest in Behavioral Therapy for ADHD Kids

With parents being increasingly concerned about ADHD drugs, many are hoping behavioral therapy can help their children. But experts caution that it is an adjunct to, not a substitute for, medication.

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Reaching Out To Kids With Difficulties

Most classroom teachers have not been trained to recognize the difference between general behavior problems and mental illness. Now, some schools are beginning to offer help to parents in dealing with their children.

Multimedia Babies: Good News, Bad News

Starting from birth, kids are bombarded with all sorts of media -- tv, video games, computers. But how does all that electronic sensory input effect your child?

Kelly Osbourne Surprised By Own Level of Addiction and Depression

Kelly Osbourne is still shocked that her drug and alcohol problems got to the level they did.

Kelly turned to drink and painkillers after becoming an overnight celebrity on The Osbournes and becoming depressed.

Kelly revealed recently: "I'd take so much Valium and Vicodin that I couldn't actually hear anyone, I liked it because the world would just shut up."

"Sometimes I wouldn't even get out of bed if I didn't have to, or I'd nod off at the table in some fancy restaurant like the Ivy because I was out of it."

"Thinking about it all now makes me want to throw up - it's hard to believe I was ever that bad."

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What's Triggering Your Migraine?
Neurologist David Buchholz believes overhauling the diet is key to calming migraines.
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Other Stories This Week

• Men more addicted to Internet surfing at work
• Risky behavior despite safe sex education
• Mentally ill forced to fight in Iraq
• NAMI on impact of mental health budget cuts
• New strategy for Alzheimer's under study

Schizophrenia Limits One's Ability to Perceive Body Language

Unfortunately, standard treatment for schizophrenia does not appear to be capable of improving perception that helps in being social with others. Details

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More Schizophrenia Stories:

• It's Schizophrenia Awareness Week
• Writing Like Mad

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

From the HealthyPlace.com Bulletin Boards: "What Do You Do When You're A Failure?"

Poeticdude29:

"What should you do when you fail at everything you do? When you suck at it all? Because I fail at everything I set out to do and so I don't really want to do anything anymore. I don't want to live, but I don't really want to die. I want to be happy, relaxed, peaceful but I have no motivation, no happiness, and no one to really find comfort in." respond here.

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Something to think about...

In life, it's not what you go through; it's what you get through."
- Nancy S. Mure

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

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