Can We Predict Who Will Respond to Antidepressants?
Many millions of people take antidepressants to get relief from their depression. For some, these medications can do wonders. For others, they don't seem to do much. Is there a way to figure out whether a specific patient would respond or not respond to antidepressants? "Big Data" studies have lofty ambitions. Perhaps the answer is hiding in the data we already have. read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sean X. Luo, M.D., Ph.D. Tags: Depression Neuroscience Psychiatry antidepressants big data statistics Source Type: news
Living Apart Together
Loneliness, which is a major epidemic in our society, is also an acute problem in romantic relationships. Although people enjoy an abundance of romantic options, most of them still feel lonely. How is such a paradox possible?read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aaron Ben-Zeév, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Ethics and Morality Happiness Philosophy Relationships Social Life Stress alone Cacioppo health Internet loneliness love mental health pain romantic social networks Source Type: news
The Truth Will Set You Free
It's been said that the truth will set you free, but what does it mean to be truthful? Are you honest with yourself? We so easily deny our experiences and say things are "OK" but we really don't know what it means to be "OK." read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rubin Khoddam, M.A. Tags: Addiction Depression Resilience Self-Help acceptance alcohol denial deny difficulties drugs hardships honesty negative negativity positive positivity truth Source Type: news
When a Family Member Commits Suicide
There are many ways for one person to leave another's life. Suicide may be the most painful way for those left behind.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Media Psychiatry bipolar disorder family manic depression mental health mental illness relationship robin williams suicide Source Type: news
Review Essay on "Levels of Life" by Julian Barnes
In the course of describing his experience of grief, Julian Barnes fleshes out in excruciating detail how traumatic loss entails the collapse of one’s world, a reconfiguring of time and space, a sense of profound estrangement from those who are not grief-stricken, and the dread of a second loss that impends with the passage of time—the fading of memory of the lost beloved.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Resilience Stress Therapy bereavement death grief Julian Barnes loss love trauma traumatic bereavement traumatic loss Source Type: news
Are Some Offenses Unforgivable?
Does forgiving bring healing, or incur its own costs?read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Krystine I. Batcho, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Relationships Resilience Spirituality change compassion coping crime faith Forgiveness grief growth happiness healing hurt Memory unforgivable Source Type: news
Interview for Power, Not Pain
Parents often make a basic mistake when they talk with their children: They focus on the challenges rather than the triumphs of the day. Taking a different approach—interviewing for power rather than pain—helps develop capability and optimism in their children.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Baskin Tags: Child Development Depression Parenting Resilience Source Type: news
Mork Calling Orson
Poetic and personal reflections on the passing of Robin Williams. The power of the mind, understanding suicide, and invoking compassion and relatedness. "Floating Brilliant Gone" is the title of a book of poetry by Franny Choi - but could also reference Williams and the loss of anyone dear.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ravi Chandra, M.D. Tags: Depression robin williams Source Type: news
Parent Tips for Crisis in the College Years
Have a plan for how you’ll intervene if your child stops functioning/growing/benefitting from your arrangement to help her get an education.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melissa Deuter, M.D. Tags: Depression Parenting college mental health crisis Source Type: news
Robin Williams
The outpouring of grief asked how someone who could bring so much joy to so many could also experience such darkness.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ilene A. Serlin, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Depression Resilience Stress creativity robin williams suicide Source Type: news
Clinical Causality
The Causal Landscape is a method for escaping from simplistic, single-cause explanations for conditions such as depression. It depicts a wide array of contributing causes but then highlights the few causes that have the greatest impact and are easiest to change.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gary Klein, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Depression Education Resilience Source Type: news
Some Things We Might Learn from Robin William's Death
The sudden death of a loved person can awaken us to what's important in life. Each of us may learn important things as we reflect upon the tragic loss of Robin Williams. Here are some life-affirming directions that occur to me as i reflect upon this tragic loss.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Amodeo, PhD, MFT Tags: Depression Relationships Resilience Spirituality authenticity despair isolation kindness meaning of life mental health mindfulness Rabbi Zusya robin williams suicide Source Type: news
When Death Comes Too Slowly
It is difficult to watch a parent who is ready, willing, but not able to die.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David B. Seaburn, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. Tags: Aging Depression Health Spirituality Charlie No Face Chimney Bluffs congestive heart failure Darkness is as Light David B. Seaburn death dying Heaven loss Pumpkin Hill Savant Books and Publications TIA Source Type: news
Male Suicide vs. Female Suicide
Women kill themselves when they can't stand the pain; men kill themselves when they can't stand the shame.read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark Goulston, M.D., F.A.P.A. Tags: Depression suicidal thoughts suicide Source Type: news
The Price of Genius: Robin Williams
The highs of genius, the threats of madnessread more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: George Davis Tags: Creativity Depression Dame Edith Sitwell genius madness van gogh virginia woolf william blake Source Type: news
