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This Week - June 27, 2005

1. AMA urges antidepressant label review
2. Insomnia and depression related
3. Combination of diabetes, depression ups death risk
4. Depression more common than PTSD among UK ex-service personnel
5. Special Report: The difficulty of bipolar medication adherence
6. Growing prevalence of bipolar disorder
7. Research zeros in on bipolar disorder genes
8. Bipolar patients show differences in MRI
9. Progress in treating bipolar disorder lagging
10. Migraine drug appears to help adolescents
11. Severe OCD puts wrench in father-son relationship
12. Are you ready for your mental makeover?
13. Kids - diagnosis overkill
14. Neurofeedback for ADHD, Depression and More
15. Learning toys for special needs kids
16. Sex Abuse Victims Suffer in Silence. For Years.
17. Yahoo closes sex chat rooms - lure for kids
18. Audio: The history and mentality of self-mutilation
19. Sex and weight
20. Sex researchers tackle 'moral panic'
21. Gov't looking into Risperdal - tumor link
22. Latest Schizophrenia News
23. "Job burnout: I'm at the end of my rope!"
24. Thought for today

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AMA Urges Review Of Antidepressant Labels

Over the last year, there's been a lot of bad news about the link between antidepressants and suicidal behavior in children and adolescents that culminated in a strong warning label. Now the American Medical Association wants the FDA to review the label language saying it may be doing more harm than good.  Here's the story.

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Relationship Between Insomnia And Depression Revealed

There's no good news to be had in two new studies that show insomnia, far from being a symptom or side effect of depression, may instead precede it, making some patients more likely to become and remain mentally ill. Read more.

More Depression Stories:

• Combination of Diabetes, Depression Ups Death Risk
• Depression More Common Than PTSD Among UK Ex-service Personnel

Special Report: The Difficulty of Bipolar Medication Adherence

Adherence is an issue that confronts anyone working to manage a difficult medical condition like bipolar disorder. bp Magazine investigates the unique challenges faced by those with mental illness and offers insight for those facing the medication journey. Read this special report.

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Growing Prevalence of Bipolar Disorder

Research indicates that bipolar disorder is on the rise and is affecting the business world through missed workdays and lowered production.

More Bipolar Stories:

• Research Zeros in on Bipolar Disorder Genes
• Bipolar Patients Show Differences in MRI
• Progress in Treating Bipolar Disorder Lagging

Migraine Drug Appears to Help Adolescents

A migraine-headache drug sold by AstraZeneca PLC has proved effective in treating migraines in adolescents, a patient group for which there are no prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration.  Details

Severe OCD Puts Wrench in Father-Son Relationship

Many children — young and old — long to remember those men in their lives with Norman Rockwell textures: Tying a fishing lure; broaching the birds-and-the-bees talk; floating a loan — in quarters or thousands of dollars. Darrell and his son, Bill, who has OCD, are just trying to make it work any way they can.  Here's their story.

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Are You Ready for Your Mental Makeover?

Increasingly, Americans, desperate and otherwise, are turning to prescription drugs -- stimulants, antidepressants, tranquilizers and other "mind enhancers" -- for quick fixes to everyday troubles. "It's a real concern," says Dr. Norman Hoffman, director of McGill University's Mental Health Service. continued

Diagnosis Overkill

Are American kids being labeled with, and medicated for, mental illness too often?

Neurofeedback for ADHD, Depression and More

Several disorder sufferers say they find relief by changing their brain wave patterns. Welcome to the world of neurofeedback, which aims to change a person's behavior by altering his or her brain wave patterns.

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Learning Toys Meet Kids' Special Needs

Specialty stores are beginning to open around the country that cater exclusively to special needs kids.  Read about one in Florida.

Sex Abuse Victims Suffer in Silence. For Years.

By age 18, 20-percent of all girls in this country and about 10-percent of boys will have been sexually abused, says David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center in Durham, N.H. Many, he says, are abused again and again.

Yahoo Closes Sex Chatrooms - Lure for Young Kids

Parents should be really concerned about their child's use of chatrooms on the internet.  For instance, many on Yahoo were being set up by predators to promote sex with minors.  Last week, Yahoo shut down all user-created chatrooms. How long the chat rooms that allegedly promoted sex with minors have operated is unclear.  As with most internet chat sites, Yahoo does not monitor the content in the chat rooms.

The History and Mentality of Self-Mutilation
An estimated 2 million Americans practice some form of self-injury, and there is a common misperception that -- like anorexia -- the problem afflicts mostly young women. But self-mutilation isn't exclusively a modern adolescent issue. The disorder is an ancient one, and it is best understood as an attempt to relieve rather than inflict pain. Listen with windows media player.

Sex and Weight

Being overweight does affect your libido. But small changes can jump-start your sex drive.

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Sex Researchers Tackle 'Moral Panic'

A moral panic is an outrage, a publicly instigated outrage about things related to sexuality. Sex researchers say it's now being used to turn Gay and Lesbian marriage into the "abortion issue" of this decade. More

Government Looking Into Possible Risperdal / Benign Pituitary Tumor Link

Government researchers uncover a higher incidence of benign pituitary gland tumors…started looking at Risperdal after noticing reports of men and children who were producing breast milk. Story here.

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More Schizophrenia Stories:

• Study: Seroquel Reduces Aggression
• Epilepsy, Schizophrenia May Share Genetic Link
• Toxoplasmosis Linked to Schizophrenia Risk

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

From the HealthyPlace.com Depression Bulletin Board: My Voice

Tatiana28:

"I’m posting here anonymously because I am too embarrassed to be honest with anyone about how I am feeling. My depression would be neither popular nor accepted by anyone who knows me. Even though I’ve moved to a better working environment, I’ve experienced issues with job burnout, which eventually evolved into depression. I find myself locked into a depression that I just can’t get out of. Right now I don’t feel like I can make it through the rest of the night, let alone through tomorrow or next week."

Can you help Tatiana28? Respond here.

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Something to think about...

"So often folks have wondered why God has placed on earth the storms, the tears, the raging seas - destroyers of all worth. But if it weren't for angry skies, the torrents and dismay, how could we realize the worth of a sunny, cloudless day?"
- Author Unknown

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

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