]> http://www.healthedia.com/popular/articles/mental-health Mental Health - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/885510?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Filed under: ParentDish Laughs, Moms, Infant / First year, MomwearSo the other day I went out on a limb and got a Brazilian. Pre-baby I used to try to get to the spa every month or so to get that taken care of. Then during the pregnancy I gave up aft... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/885510?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/weighting-game/885334?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Late last year, I was contacted by a young woman named Erin Pufunt, 22, a student who was about to celebrate her Recovery Night and wanted to invite me (I had previously interviewed some of her friends who make these fabulous I am beautiful shirt... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:49:45 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/weighting-game/885334?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-werlins-fertility-world/885311?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I was recently asked to serve on RESOLVE's Advisory Committee for the department of Health and Human Services on the subject of embryo donation grant. I wanted to share this exciting news with my readers as well as to tell you a little bit more about... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:57:57 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-werlins-fertility-world/885311?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/885265?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 We have a long way to go for equality in health care and mental health care amongst different races and ethnicities. In 2001, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a supplement to its ground-breaking 1999 report on mental health. This supplement focused on... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:14:33 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/885265?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/complete-running-network/885228?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 It s no secret that the iPod and MP3 players in general have become quite an important part of many people s running experience. I, myself, have never been one to run with music until now.My wife bought me an iPod Shuffle for Christmas, and I ... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:15:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/complete-running-network/885228?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-john-briffas-blog/885256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Many individuals who work in healthcare, and perhaps quite a few who don t, will have noticed a general thrust in the direction of what is known as evidence-based medicine . I have serious reservations about evidence-based medicine, myself. Fo... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:24:39 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-john-briffas-blog/885256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/885176?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 A recent post on The Wall Street Journal s health blog is a review of The lives they left behind: Suitcases from a state hospital attic , which is now on display at the New York Public library through the month of January. The display feature... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:55:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/885176?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/885162?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Filed under: Toddler, Television, Adventures in Parenting, LiteracyOf course, I kid! Wito is only 17 months old. However, last week, as I was sitting typing something or other, I noticed my son yelling, A! , E! , OOOOOO! with great fervor. I glan... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/885162?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/884973?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 An interesting take on homeless women's resistance to psychiatric diagnoses: Most of the women Luhrmann interviewed said they believed thatthe uncertainty and danger of life on the streets drove some crazy, and they believed that only those who wer... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:12:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/884973?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/884974?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 An update on the status of parity legislation:The differences between the House and Senate negotiators have come down to three main areas: which types of mental illness should be covered, what out-of-network benefits will be offered, and what approac... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/884974?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/884904?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 While the news from India continues to be bad, The Hindu has The Hindu : Front Page : Bird flu spreads to new areas href= http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/19/stories/2008011957070100.htm this bit of good news:There was anxiety in the city and its subur... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:17:13 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/884904?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/884891?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 For all of the money, energy and focus that has gone into gene studies on schizophrenia, two findings this week call into question much of that effort. The first one has been widely reported yesterday, Parasite May Lead to Schizophrenia. The parasite... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:04:44 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/884891?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/884873?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Filed under: Moms, Celebrity parents, Making a Difference, In the NewsSince her breakdown at the beginning of January, whenever I turn on the news in morning, I prepare myself news that Britney Spears has met a tragic end during the night. Turns out... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:52:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/blogging-baby/884873?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/884657?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 As this story by Reuters reports and this more in-depth analysis by the Wall Street Journal notes, negative studies rarely get published. Without such information being made available to the public, the public including doctors who do the prescri... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:44:59 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/884657?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/884628?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching a study, in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Division of Research, to investigate whether multiple reports of a strange skin disease, that some call Morgellons,... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:00:18 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/884628?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/docroberts-holistic-health-blog/884805?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 A new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that data on antidepressants was grossly manipulated. The researchers tracked all the studies, published and unpublished, on antidepressants such as prozac and paxil, to find out if ... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/docroberts-holistic-health-blog/884805?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/884600?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 According to a hot-off-the-press article in the New England Journal of Medicine, publication bias in antidepressants has been quite quite substantial. Much as I've documented in a recent post, the researchers found a great deal of misinterpreted res... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:23:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/884600?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/freedom-from-smoking/884577?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Two papers published this month highlight the fact that a surprising number of smokers wake at night to smoke, and suggest that this is a sign of nicotine addiction.A paper published in the International Journal of Clinical Practice by Michelle Bover... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:21:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/freedom-from-smoking/884577?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/885009?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 by Andy Smith MANLP, MISMA - http://www.trance.d.... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:20:47 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/natural-holistic-health/885009?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884520?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Families in rural China unable to pay for care sometimes turn to caging their mentally ill children, the WSJ s Nicholas Zamiska reports. I kept my son in an iron cage for more than six years, says 53-year-old Zhang Meiying, in Gaomi C... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:20:13 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/884520?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/884578?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 A new study at Johns Hopkins Chidren's Center suggests that people exposed to toxoplasma had a 24 percent higher risk of developing schizophrenia. The study was small. Not an unbiased population sample, and needs repicating in a large population that... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:41:58 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/884578?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-wes/884358?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Providing informed consent to patients about conscious sedation is always interesting for providers. We typically use several medications to help patients relax during procedures. By far and away the two most commonly used medications for this purp... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:59:01 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-wes/884358?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/884303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 It is not easy to change: eating has emotional and social overtones, explains Dr. Fuhrman, It is especially difficult to break an addiction. Our American diet style is addicting. And according to Shari Roan of The Los Angeles Times, envir... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:57:36 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/disease-proof/884303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/884253?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I was highly struck by something Dr David Sobel said in his great speech at the Ix Therapy conference last October he suggested some 50% of primary care office visits are the result of background mental health issues. That sounds intuitively...... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:22:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-care-blog/884253?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/sharpbrains/884207?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Roundup of interesting news in this emerging field:1) Brain Health Leaders Team Up to Prevent Crashes.2) Adults Improve Critical Professional and Personal Skills Through New Cognitive Training Program.3) Nature Neuroscience Podcast and London Taxi Dr... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:43:36 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/sharpbrains/884207?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/884162?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Here s the challenge faced by all health journalists. If you want to report independently about a study, you probably should have a background or degree in statistics (or some related field that gives you a good foundation or grounding in statistic... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:30:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/884162?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-check-blog/884094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Ok, the name isn't very catchy. But the Normative Aging Study has identified another threat to your heart: Anxiety. The findings appeared recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (shown left). Here's a quick rundown. Researchers ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:39:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/health-check-blog/884094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/bps-research-digest/884086?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I think that trumpets and drugs have always gone hand in hand, Mark Ronson speaking on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, December 07.Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, John Coltrane - the list of jazz greats who battled drug and alcohol addictio... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:46:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/bps-research-digest/884086?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/884056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 50% is set by our genetics, and another 10% is unaccounted for, at least that s what psychology professor Sonja Lyubomirsky says in her new book The How of Happiness . She also says Antidepressants don t make people happier; they just de... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:11:38 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/884056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/884015?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I'm reading a great book that I wanted to share a little about. I'm only 4 chapters into The History of Gay People in AA but I can't recommend it highly enough for anyone interested in the history of AA or, more specifically, the history of gay peopl... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:04:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/884015?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/883780?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Thanks to Avian Flu Diary for spotting this story from Iran Daily: Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 01/12/08 href= http://www.iran-daily.com/1386/3036/html/economy.htm#s285687 Samples sent to Italy for bird flu tests.Head of State Veterinary Organi... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:47:51 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/883780?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/883764?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Even after our childhood addiction to the Jetsons has diminished, the fantasy of having robots take care of our every need has not subsided. PostlerFerguson, a British design firm, is studying the possibility of introducing more automatons into our ... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:46:04 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/883764?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/883729?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 As we reported last week (as did others), antipsychotics are not really a good treatment option for aggressive behavior, based upon the findings from a recently published study in the journal Lancet. Which begs the question: When were they ever? Sadl... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:37:31 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/883729?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/883735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I've been busy wiping up tears after the Frontline episode on medicating children with a wide variety of psychiatric medicines. Well worth watching. There are many thoughtful comments over at Furious Seasons. Feel free to add your voice. I may po... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:32:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/883735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883799?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Researchers Focus on the Mental Health of Immigrants... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:15:09 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883799?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-doc/883665?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I get it. I do now. For years, after hours, days, years, even decades of studying, then student loans, 100-hour workweeks, I always told myself that I do/did what I do/did because of love, passion, honor and so on. For the love of it. That was tr... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:25:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-doc/883665?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883623?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Study Finds Link Between Bipolar Disorder and Later Substance Abuse... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:38:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883623?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/883559?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I'm truly sympathetic to arguments against the war on drugs, but is it really possible that the author this naive?In 2004 Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams announced that he had found marijuana to be 'ten times more helpful than Paxil' for h... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:36:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/883559?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/883592?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 If you love your expression wrinkle free face, but hate paying out the nose for Botox every few months, then you'll love permanently ablating your facial nerves. GFX is a novel subcutaneous lesion generation system utilizing bipolar radio frequency (... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:50:07 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/883592?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883444?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Genetic Factors Could Enhance Risk of Depression Following Stress... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:15:57 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883444?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/883434?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Karen McCarron s mother, brother, and her father-in-law testified on the second day of her trial, the January 9th Peoria Journal-Star reports. McCarron is charged with killing her three-year-old daughter, Katherine Katie McCarron, in May of 2... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:39:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/883434?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/883371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I'm late in drawing attention to an article from several weeks ago in U.S. News & World Report. It was headlined, Who's Behind the Bible of Mental Illness: Critics say that touted efforts against conflicts fall short. Excerpt: In what is arguably t... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:40:09 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/883371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/883370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I talk to a lot of people who have mental health issues. A week doesn t go by that I don t meet someone new who tells me a piece of their life story, and I glimpse at the desperation that eats them up inside. The desperation is usually for things... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:02:53 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/883370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/beat-the-blues/883303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Are you concerned about depression and looking for treatment for yourself or someone close to you? Finding the right mental health treatment can sometimes be a challenge.... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:53:18 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/beat-the-blues/883303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883322?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Rare Childhood Infections Linked to Schizophrenia... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:34:38 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883322?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-helen/883196?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 I have been informed of a new study on domestic violence against men and am passing it along to readers:The Men's Experiences with Partner Aggression Project is a research study at Clark University and is funded by the National Institute of Mental H... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:07:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-helen/883196?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/883195?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Daily Mail - For middle-aged women, the key to happiness could be putting on your walking shoes.A brisk march is the best way to stave off mid-life depression, say researchers.The ideal pace for keeping symptoms such as anxiety and stress at bay is a... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:32:05 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/foot-blog/883195?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883323?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 New Evaluation More Accurately Predicts Schizophrenia... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:37:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/anxiety-addiction-depression/883323?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/883169?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 Yesterday, January 7th, was the first day in the trial of Karen McCarron, who is accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter, Katherine, by suffocating her with a plastic bag on Mother s Day weekend in May of 2006. WMBD/WYZZ TV reports thatMcCarron ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:41:28 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/883169?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/weighting-game/883150?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97 My fellow body image/fitness/weight loss bloggers have been writing up a storm on some fun, funky and sad topics so I've rounded a handful up for you to munch on:1) Workout Mommy offers this awesome tip for a portable, fun workout which I am TOTALLY ... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:53:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/weighting-game/883150?rsstype=populararticles&cid=97