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What You Need to Know About Youth Violence Prevention |
| Thursday, January 05, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Bullying/Victimization
The FactsONEThe youth violence epidemic of the early 1990s is not over. Confidential self-reports show that the numbers of young people involved in some violent behaviors remain at epidemic levels.TWO... more
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Human Genomics, Psychiatry and Antidepressants. |
| Thursday, January 05, 2006 By William E. Hapworth M.D. |
Category: Medication Info
One of the most difficult decisions in treating depressed patients is which antidepressant to choose. Even more complicated than this problem is what to do when a patient d... more
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Patient Care vs. Customer Satisfaction |
| Wednesday, January 04, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
In an essay in yesterday's New York Times Health section, Dr. Richard Friedman examines the often tenuous relationship that doctors have with patients as both those in need of care and those who a... more
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Racial Inequality in the Diagnosis, Treatment of ADHD |
| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
The National Medical Association has passed a resolution acknowledging the profound impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on the African American community. "The prevalence of mental illn... more
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The key to happiness . . . work? |
| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 By Blog Master |
Category: Mood Changes (anxiety, depression, etc.)
The findings of a new study from Gothenburg University in Sweden. Studying hundreds of interviews with individuals from around the world,the researchers, led by Dr. Bengt Bruelde, sought to find... more
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Getting Back to Work to Fight That Holiday Depression |
| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
It was a wild and woolly week off for many workers around the world, but as they trudge back to the office today folks can take solace in the findings of a new study from Gothenburg Univer... more
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New Report Finds High Incidence of Depression in Adolescents |
| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: Adolesence
A report released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that 9% of adolescents aged 12 to 17 had experienced one major depressive episode in the last ye... more
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Racial Inequality in the Diagnosis, Treatment of ADHD |
| Monday, January 02, 2006 By BlogMeister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
The National Medical Association has passed a resolution acknowledging the profound impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on the African American community. "The prevalence of mental il... more
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National Spotlight Turns to Depression Once Again |
| Monday, January 02, 2006 By Blog Meister |
Category: College Life
It's really tragic that it takes a high profile suicide or suicide attempt to really focus the nation's attention on something that is clearly a major health problem. As most of you have probably hear... more
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More than just a Resolution |
| Friday, December 30, 2005 By |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
With the approaching New Year comes the tradition of the New Year’s Resolution. Resolutions are good ideas in theory, they are a way for us to take stock, to reflect upon our lives and make a co... more
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9 Percent of Adolescents Experienced a Major Depressive Episode in the Past Year, Survey Finds |
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 By Blog Meister |
Category: Mood Issues (Depression, Anxiety, etc.)
About 2.2 million adolescents ages 12 to 17 (9 percent) experienced at least one major depressive episode in the past year. These adolescents were more than twice as likely to have used illicit drugs ... more
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New Report Finds High Incidence of Depression in Adolescents |
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
A report released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that 9% of adolescents aged 12 to 17 had experienced one major depressive episode in the last ye... more
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Looking for the Roots of Prescription Drug Abuse |
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
The big winner in this year's Monitoring the Future report was prescription drugs. Abuse of prescription drugs saw gains in percentages in almost every year of student surveyed. And ever since the s... more
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National Spotlight Turns to Depression Once Again |
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
It's really tragic that it takes a high profile suicide or suicide attempt to really focus the nation's attention on something that is clearly a major health problem. As most of you have probably hea... more
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Meth Addiction and Identity Theft, Just Like Rats and Garbage |
| Wednesday, December 28, 2005 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
We've written a fair amount about drug addiction here at Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments, notably, here, here and here. But today the AP reported from a new angle on the growing... more
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Good News on the Antidepressant Front |
| Tuesday, December 27, 2005 By BlogMeister |
Category: Medication Info
USA Today is reporting today that antidepressant prescriptions for children declined this year. This news should encourage further cutbacks in unnecessary prescriptions because it shows that the... more
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Good News on the Antidepressant Front |
| Tuesday, December 27, 2005 By Blog Meister |
Category: Mood Issues (Depression, Anxiety, etc.)
USA Today is reporting today that antidepressant prescriptions for children declined this year. This news should encourage further cutbacks in unnecessary prescriptions because it shows that the... more
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Suicidal ideation and the psychology that drives it. |
| Friday, December 23, 2005 By William E. Hapworth M.D. |
Category: Depression
I do not intend to discuss the studies about suicide that exist in brain imaging and cerebrospinal fluid depletion theories of serotonin et al the numerous “biological” studies that exist; I’l... more
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My First Time... |
| Friday, December 23, 2005 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Stories
Were you scared? Nervous? Excited? Apprehensive? Eager? Was it an enjoyable or painful experience? Did you feel the chemistry? We’d like to hear about your experience from the first time y... more
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Which is truth? |
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 By |
Category:
There is no question that computers and the Internet are becoming integral parts of our lives. However, how do we react when over 20 million adults in the United Sates view the Internet as an in... more
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Latest NIDA Survey Reveals Landscape of Teen Drug Abuse and Addiction |
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
This week the National Institute on Drug Abuse released the results of their annual Monitoring the Future survey. Given every year to a representative sample of around 50,000 students in b... more
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Latest NIDA Survey Reveals Landscape of Teen Drug Abuse and Addiction |
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 By Blog Meister |
Category: Adolesence
This week the National Institute on Drug Abuse released the results of their annual Monitoring the Future survey. Given every year to a representative sample of around 50,000 students in both pu... more
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| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 By Blog Meister |
Category: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
An analysis of data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) found that approximately 4.4 million children aged 4--17 years were reported to have a history of ADHD diagnosi... more
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Depression and chronic illness |
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 By |
Category: Depression
A study in New Mexico found certain adverse health risk behaviors and health conditions are more common among persons with depression than among persons without depression, underscoring the ... more
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Depression and Heart Disease |
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 By |
Category: Depression
Depression can strike anyone. However, research over the past two decades has shown that people with heart disease are more likely to suffer from depression than otherwise healthy people, and converse... more
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