Ask For Help
If your provider responds inappropriately or in any way that makes you feel worse, acknowledge to yourself that you tried and acted on your own behalf and then, go find another provider.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Treating The Ailing Doctor-Patient Relationship
Modern medicine places too much focus on lab results, too little on the person; and too much reliance on hyped medical magic, too little on Hippocratic human caring. Patients want and aren't getting more than just pills from their doctors. As Hippocrates put it 2500 years ago: "It is just as important to know the patient who has the disease as the disease the patient has."read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Allen J. Frances, M.D. Tags: Depression Health Integrative Medicine Psychiatry consumer survey doctor-patient relationship placebo effect Source Type: news
Why Having a Best Friend Can Be Dangerous for Teen Girls
Having a best friend forever is something every adolescent girl wants. But a new study found that having a best friend comes with real dangers to a teenaged girls' mental health. Read on to learn why and what parents can do about it.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guy Winch, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Depression Parenting Social Life adolescents best friends brooding co-rumination developmental psychology Emotional First Aid emotions gender guilt health negative affect negative emotions rejection teen Source Type: news
Suffering at the Hand of the Black Dog
Depression, reflection, and the loneliness of grief, a changing of the guard for a fate that lay ahead. I was looking inward, trying to protect what I could, a matter of duty as a husband and father for as long as I could.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Greg O'Brien Tags: Depression Health Memory Alzheimer ' s disease causes of dementia early onset Alzheimer memory impairment short-term memory loss Source Type: news
When a Teenager is Talking About Suicide
In the wake of the loss of Robin Williams, suicide has come front and center for most of us. Yet suicide is unique and a special case in teenagers. Many parents feel at a loss talking with their kids about suicide. In this blog we try to provide some guidance to helping parents assess when to worry, and what to do, in the event their teen talks about dying. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eugene Beresin, M.D., M.A. Tags: Depression Parenting Relationships Stress Source Type: news
An Ice Bucket Challenge for Mental Illness
Would people video themselves singing a silly song, dancing a crazy jig, or making a goofy face in order to bring attention to serious mental illness?read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 10, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Education Media Psychiatry advocacte Advocacy ALS donation ice bucket challenge mental health mental illness NAMI Source Type: news
The End of the Road
Some people who suffer from Major Depressive Disorder do not respond to medications or psychotherapy. They are left with very few options. Is there an opportunity for a "Big Data" solution?read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sean X. Luo, M.D., Ph.D. Tags: Depression Neuroscience Psychiatry Therapy Source Type: news
The Tragic Side of Comedy, Where the Pain Lives
Severe depression seems to be an occupational hazard for comedians, whose major energy goes into honing their sense of comedy to ward off the darkness that is always there, lurking inside. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sharon K. Farber, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Depression Work comedy manic depression suicide Source Type: news
“I Don’t Care About Anything”
A dialogue between a hopeless person and a cheerleader.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 9, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Ethics and Morality Happiness Philosophy Resilience Spirituality giving up hopelessness meaning of life stuck Source Type: news
The Depressive Edge? Going Downhill After the Race
Even though exercise is a natural way to improve your mood, many people experience all the symptoms of depression after a race--even if they did well. There are many possible explanations for this, from the purely physical to the purely psychological. And lots of things you can do about it, too.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kate F. Hays, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Resilience Sport and Competition Stress marathon opponent process theory post-race depression Racing recovery Source Type: news
Can Childhood Bullying Lead to Suicide?
Of all the negative outcomes associated with bullying, suicide is definitely the cause for greatest concern. Along with being the third-leading cause of death among 10 to 19-year-olds in the United States alone, the risk of suicide is even higher in people with psychiatric disorders. When bullying is involved, the risk is higher for bullies and their victims.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Romeo Vitelli, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Depression Health bullying suicide Source Type: news
Mental Illness or an Adaptation?
The now traditional Western psychiatric response to depression, anxiety, and psychosis is medication. Medication can calm the mind and change the brain chemistry enough to give patients a shot at a “normal” life. Yet disorders come in all sorts of forms, are so global, that to believe in only one idea of what makes people ill or well means to ignore other influences.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ilyana Romanovsky, M.A. MFT Tags: Depression Evolutionary Psychology Happiness adaptation medication mental illness schizophrenia stigma Source Type: news
A Genetic Mutation that Can Affect Mental & Physical Health
The MTHFR mutation is associated with increased risk of depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, autism, heart disease, miscarriage, migraines, certain cancers, and more. What it is, how it affects you, and the good news: what you can do about it.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Traci Stein, PhD, MPH Tags: Autism Cognition Depression Integrative Medicine ADHD bipolar disorder cardiovascular disease colon cancer Fibromyalgia Folate folic acid genetic L-methylfolate Leukemia migraine migraines Miscarriage MTHFR mutation n Source Type: news
The Dance of Togetherness
Are you really collaborating with your partner or are you merely a participant with no emotional investment?read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - September 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW Tags: Depression Relationships Source Type: news
