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Antidepressants' Benefits to Teens and Children Outweigh Any Risks |
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
In the continuing PR ping-pong match about the safety of antidepressant prescriptions for teens and children, those who support the use of medications as part of a well rounded treatment regimen have ... more
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Detox Without Followup Does Nothing to Stop Addiction |
| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
A story from yesterday's New York Times looked at excessive Medicaid spending on drug and alcohol related treatment in New York state. As you can see in the graphic below, the laws that govern Medicai... more
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Horrific School Violence Leaves Question, Concern in its Wake |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
In the wake of the tragic events yesterday at Virginia Tech, we must all now come to terms with the nation's deadliest mass shooting. In reading about the most recent evidence, it appears that the two... more
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Schools Crack Down on Fraternity Hazing |
| Monday, April 16, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Our Psychology
In response to repeated instances of personal injury and death stemming from fraternity initiation ceremonies, more schools are severely restricting the types of activities in which these houses can... more
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College Admissions Blogs Offer Personal Elements |
| Monday, April 16, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: College Life
Blogs generally serve as online spaces for individuals both ubiquitous and anonymous to air their private thoughts, grievances, and life experiences to anyone who cares to pay attention. Their fr... more
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Products Won't Create Baby Geniuses |
| Monday, April 16, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
Turns out that there are a lot companies getting rich off parental anxieties, all with little or no factual evidence to support their marketing claims. In fact, as Newsweek reports: "Companies with na... more
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Researchers Isolate Obesity Gene |
| Friday, April 13, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
It's no secret that some people find it much harder than others to maintain a healthy body mass, even while making concerted efforts to keep the weight off. But in what appears to be a definitive upda... more
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Parental Depression Affects Behavior of ADHD Children |
| Friday, April 13, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Researchers at the University of Maryland involved in a long-term study of children with ADHD have found that the mental health of a child's mother is an important factor in determining his or her l... more
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Parental Depression Affects Behavior of ADHD Children |
| Friday, April 13, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Researchers at the University of Maryland involved in a long-term study of children with ADHD have found that the mental health of a child's mother is an important factor in determining his or her l... more
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Majority of Students Encounter, Engage in Bullying Behavior |
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Bullying/Victimization
A recent survey of American elementary school students found that nine out of ten reported at least occasionally being victim to behaviors consistent with bullying. Yet these incidents are clearly ... more
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Majority of Students Encounter, Engage in Bully Behavior |
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
A recent survey of American elementary school students found that nine out of ten reported at least occasionally being victim to behaviors consistent with bullying. Yet these incidents are clearly n... more
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Secret Provides an "Answer" But No Guidance |
| Wednesday, April 11, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
It's become nearly impossible to ignore the publishing phenomenon known as "The Secret." Written by an Australian television producer Rhonda Byrne, the book, which has dominated sales charts, purports... more
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Online Depression Surveys Show Potential |
| Wednesday, April 11, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
While it does not serve as a substitute for professional diagnosis, an internet depression survey created several years ago by researchers in Taiwan has proven surprisingly successful in identifying d... more
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Long-Term Therapy More Effective for Bipolar Patients |
| Tuesday, April 10, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
While many employers and insurers have taken to the idea of affordably short-term cognitive behavioral therapy or "collaborative care" for mental illness, recent studies strongly suggest that intensiv... more
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Pediatric Bipolar Diagnoses Increasing |
| Monday, April 09, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is one of the most dramatic and difficult mental afflictions, often entailing a lifelong struggle with the competing forces of severe depression and mania. Physicians noted it... more
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Employee Wellness Plans Often Costly and Ineffective |
| Friday, April 06, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Heavy marketing and an overriding concern over the bottom line has convinced many business owners and executives to invest in employee wellness plans, or "disease management reports," promising ... more
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Teen Brains Not Ready to Assess Risky Behaviors |
| Friday, April 06, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
According to a recent review of accumulated neurological research, society has overestimated the adolescent brain's ability to process legal and social standards, as well as warnings from parents an... more
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American Society Creates Unhealthy Population |
| Thursday, April 05, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
An incessant consensus provided by all corners of our media leaves little doubt that Americans, as a whole, are a very unhealthy people. But the root of the current malaise is not a lack of initiati... more
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Researchers: Home Field Advantage Has Some Legs |
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
The powerful idea of home field advantage permeates virtually every level of sports competition. Teams "get up" to defend "their turf," or so virtually every sports commentator born would have us beli... more
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Children's Schedules Not Allowing for Free Play |
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
It is, unfortunately, an all-too-familiar report: not only are our children not getting enough exercise and spending far too much time studying for standardized tests or sitting in front of various... more
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Checklists Often Fail to Address Important Aspects of Depression Diagnosis |
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
Sometimes it can be difficult to distinguish bereavement from depression, especially in the moment immediately following a profound loss. That is one of the many roles of doctors and therapists who wo... more
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Children's Schedules Not Allowing for Free Play |
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
It is, unfortunately, an all-too-familiar report: not only are our children not getting enough exercise and spending far too much time studying for standardized tests or sitting in front of various sc... more
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Tackling Alzheimer's, One Trial at a Time |
| Monday, April 02, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Alzheimer's disease, which already affects more than four million Americans and qualifies as one of the most expensive diseases in this country (behind heart disease and cancer), will only continu... more
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Blogs That Make Us Think |
| Monday, April 02, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Just last week we were tagged with a "Thinking Blogger Award" by Dr. Deborah Serani, whose writing we've enjoyed for quite a while now. And though we haven't been part of any blog memes before, we tho... more
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Growing More Popular |
| Friday, March 30, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
More businesses and insurers, faced by an increasing number of employees in therapy and hesitant to pay for "open-ended" psychotherapy regimens, are now turning to the related cognitive behavioral... more
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