_ Anxiety (Panic Disorders, Phobias) Bipolar disorder Depression Mental & Emotional Health Myths and Facts About Mental Illness By article Although most of us are perfectly fine with discussing physical health, mental health is another matter. The truth about mental … Read More→
The Truth About Drugs, Addiction, and Treatment By blog I started taking drugs when I was five years old, but I didnΓÇÖt become an addict until I was thirty. […]
Sex Matters: Why Men (and Women) Are The Way They Are By blog Like most creatures, IΓÇÖve always been interested in sex. IΓÇÖm not just talking about the pleasures of carnal union, but […]
_ Medical Care Is Your Doctor Googling You? By article Because social media is becoming more important in modern medical practice, researchers are calling for updated guidelines on when it … Read More→
Mental & Emotional Health All Family Members of the Mentally Ill Need Help By article Listening to older sisters of mentally ill siblings discuss their mothers’ difficult caregiving experiences made Case Western Reserve University co-investigator … Read More→
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_ Widowhood A New Therapy to Help with "Complicated Grief" By Jane Farrell article Targeted therapy may help millions of older women afflicted with a kind of grief that could lead to suicide. ΓÇ£Complicated … Read More→
Our Manic Depressive World: What Do Testosterone and Cortisol Have to Do With It? By blog Have you noticed that we seem continually to go through huge ups and downs in our lives? Our economy goes […]
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Mental & Emotional Health Substance Abuse and Mental Health Recovery at Midlife: If Not Now, When? By article September is not just the month school starts again. It is the 25th Annual National Recovery Month. The mission is … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Depression Often Untreated in PD By Sondra Forsyth article In light of the revelation that the late Robin Williams had early ParkinsonΓÇÖs Disease when he committed suicide on August 11th 2014, a study published in the August 2014 issue of the Journal of Parkinson's Disease is of particular interest. Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago in collaboration with the National Parkinson's Foundation (NPF) found that although depression is known to be a common symptom of Parkinson's disease, the mood disorder often remains untreated for many patients.
Why Did the Robin Williams News Hit So Many So Hard? By blog We hear of celebrity deaths frequently. Old favorites die of old age, new favorites may die of drug overdoses, illness, or in accidents. There are also suicides sometimes. The news of the deaths makes the rounds, now much more quickly than ever because of the Internet. We see retrospectives of the celebritiesΓÇÖ work, people comment on beloved scenes or events, and then we move on.
_ Complicated Grief: When Sorrow Is Overwhelming By Jane Farrell article Losing a loved one is one of the most distressing and, unfortunately, common experiences people face. Most people experiencing normal grief and bereavement have a period of sorrow, numbness, and even guilt and anger. Gradually these feelings ease, and it's possible to accept loss and move forward. For some people, feelings of loss are debilitating and don't improve even after time passes. This is known as complicated grief. In complicated grief, painful emotions are so long lasting and severe that you have trouble accepting the loss and resuming your own life.
My FatherΓÇÖs Stay at GodΓÇÖs Hotel: A Slow-Medicine Approach to Healing Mental Illness By blog ItΓÇÖs been a long journey to come to peace with my fatherΓÇÖs life and how it has impacted my own. I was born on December 21, 1943 in New York City. My parents had tried to conceive for many years, but had been unsuccessful. They finally were successful when my father was 37 and my mother was 35 following a procedure where my fatherΓÇÖs sperm was injected mother, a radical approach back then.
The Words We Use to Describe Mental Illness: How They Matter By blog We hear the words often - words that imply that a person is a disease and the disease is a person. For example, we may say that someone is a diabetic or a hypertensive. But that's not right. The diabetes and the hypertension (high blood pressure) don't define the person. The person lives with or has diabetes or hypertension. Do you see the difference?
_ Mental & Emotional Health Mental Illness: What's Normal, What's Not By Jane Farrell article What's the difference between mental health and mental illness? Sometimes the answer is clear, but often the distinction between mental health and mental illness isn't so obvious. For example, if you're afraid of giving a speech in public, does it mean you have a mental health condition or a run-of-the-mill case of nerves? Or, when does shyness become a case of social phobia? Here's some help in telling the difference. It's often difficult to distinguish normal mental health from mental illness because there's no easy test to show if something's wrong.
_ 10 Facts About Depression By Jane Farrell article By Dr. Prakash Masand May is Mental Health Month, and a time to bring awareness to the many conditions that make up mental illness. One of the most common is depression. Unfortunately, many people have been misled about the facts of depression from what theyΓÇÖve seen on TV or in the movies, or have heard about from their friends and others. What are the real facts about depression? Here are the 10 ten facts that everyone should know about depression: 1. ThereΓÇÖs more to depression than just feeling blue.