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This Week - June 2, 2003

1. Actress Shines Spotlight on ADHD
2. Study: Ritalin LA controls ADHD symptoms better than Concerta extended release
3. OCD Common in Adolescent Schizophrenia (plus more schizophrenia news)
4. Eating disorders becoming more prevalent amongst Hispanic women
5. Exercise bulimia and its dangers
6. More new mothers experience PTSD than thought
7. Famous clinic moves to Houston, Texas
8. Should I marry my borderline girlfriend?
9. Thought for today

Actress Shines Spotlight on ADHD

Kathy Baker describes the emotional growth of her son

Kathy Baker is an award-winning actress who has starred in TV's Picket Fences and the big-screen movie The Cider House Rules.

But those challenges paled in comparison with helping to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in her young son and helping him learn to conquer the condition.

Read her story here.

Study Shows Ritalin LA Provides Statistically Greater ADHD Symptom Management Over Concerta Across the School Day

Results from a recent study showed that Ritalin LA extended-release capsules provided greater improvement in core symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in a simulated classroom setting compared to Concerta extended release tablets. Patients who received Ritalin LA 20 mg experienced a nearly two-fold improvement in attention and a more than three-fold improvement in behavior compared to Concerta 18 mg during the morning (first four hours following dosing). Patients taking Ritalin LA 20 mg also demonstrated significant improvement compared to patients taking Concerta 36 mg during the morning.

The data was presented at the National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) 43rd Annual New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) Meeting.

Source: Celgene Corporation, manufacturer of Ritalin

OCD Common in Adolescent Schizophrenia

and other Schizophrenia news

The co-occurrence of OCD is increasingly recognized among adult patients with schizophrenia, but now researchers are discovering it's not unusual for adolescent schizophrenics to have it too. And those adolescents with co-existing OCD have a poorer prognosis of recovery.
Read the details here.

Other stories:

• Treatment Compliance Still a Problem in Schizophrenia
• Abilify Not Associated with Increased Diabetes Risk
• Treating Schizophrenia With Therapy
• Overcoming the Impossible: My Journey Through Schizophrenia

Eating Disorders Becoming More Prevalent Among Hispanic Women

Melissa Roman's skin was yellow, her nails were chipping off, her hair was falling out. She had migraines and was frequently fainting. But the 25-year-old Miami woman didn't think anything was wrong.

"I hit rock bottom," Roman said. "I never thought I was sick, and I was completely in denial."

The fact was that Roman, a recovering anorexic, was actually among a growing number of Hispanic women who are developing eating disorders, which until recently had typically been thought of as a white, suburban problem.

Some health officials say eating disorders started affecting more Hispanic women as the popularity of Latin culture began surging in recent years. Hispanic women are feeling pressure to be thin as they strive to mirror stars who appear to be shrinking as their reputations grow, experts say. And as more are competing in the professional job market, they are also facing workplace discrimination while trying to meet society's standards.

"The dominant culture believes that thinness is beauty and gets you success," said Catherine Shisslak, a professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Roman, who is trying not to be pressured by such beliefs, is learning to love her body.

But many Hispanic women aren't.

A recent study shows minority women now have many of the same abnormal eating patterns as white females, said Shisslak, the study's principal investigator. The study involving Hispanic, black and white teenagers found that in seventh grade, more Hispanic girls reported the most frequent weight loss attempts over the previous year.

The study, which was presented at the 2002 International Conference on Eating Disorders in Boston, also found that frequent binge eating in seventh grade was highest among Hispanic girls.

Hispanic women were once thought to be immune to these disorders because they had better body images and different cultural expectations than white women, Shisslak said. But with thin Hispanic celebrities like Penelope Cruz and Jennifer Lopez now frequently splashed across magazine covers, their cultural expectations are changing, Shisslak said.

"The more you see Hispanic role models, whether on TV or in movies or from music, emulating a thin body weight, the more you are going to see young girls trying to achieve that," Shisslak said.

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Exercise Bulimia and Its Dangers

Bulimia involves bingeing and purging and often congers the image of a woman consuming huge quantities of food followed by vomiting to eliminate the unwanted calories. But bulimics do not always purge through vomiting. Certain individuals elect to purge through extreme exercise (compulsive exercising). Why and what can happen is the subject of this column.

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One in 20 New Mothers May Suffer Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

As many as one in 20 mothers suffer post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after giving birth, with many others experiencing symptoms such as nightmares.

The serious anxiety condition is more usually associated with wars and actual or threatened physical violence. Its existence in mothers was often missed or misdiagnosed as post-partum depression by health professionals, according to Stephen Joseph, a psychologist at Warwick University in the UK. More

Famous Clinic Moves to Houston

The world-famous Menninger Clinic has moved to Houston.

Operations were transferred from Kansas on Saturday when 29 patients made the trip by chartered jet. The renowned psychiatric care facility will begin accepting new patients Tuesday.

The clinic, founded in 1925 by Dr. Karl Menninger, his brother and father, is joining a partnership with the Baylor College of Medicine and the Methodist Hospital.

Menninger, a private nonprofit institution, will treat a broader range of diagnoses in adults and adolescents, including eating disorders, depression and post-traumatic stress.

Menninger began as a sanitarium 78 years ago, gaining fame as an intellectual center visited by luminaries such as psychoanalyst Anna Freud, anthropologist Margaret Mead and author Aldous Huxley. It has treated celebrity patients such as Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre.

In recent decades, the clinic has faced hard times and reported significant operating losses in the 1990s.

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Bulletin Board:
Marriage to my borderline girlfriend?

Damo12:

"My girlfriend was diagnosed with BPD (borderline personality disorder) about a year ago after a series of irrational and unreasonable behaviours and a suicide attempt landed us in the hospital one night. We have been in a relationship for the past 2 yrs & 4 months and she has been ready to get married for 2 years now; which means she was ready just 4 months into the relationship. Thing is, I am totally sacred to commit!! Why? Read more here and please tell me if these types of relationships ever turn out okay."

Can you help Damo12? Respond here .

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Here's something to think about...

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. - Luciano de Crescenzo

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

Previous Newsletters

• May 26, 2003
• May 20, 2003
• May 12, 2003
• April 28, 2003
• April 14, 2003
• March 31, 2003
• March 24, 2003
• March 12, 2003

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