Category: Depression
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October 1st, 2010 |
Mental health advocates warned of the psychological fallout that the Gulf Coast oil spill would have on residents who live and work in the area. Now a poll has illustrated in numbers exactly how dire the mental health situation is. Based on representative surveys, it’s estimated that over 240,000 people are suffering from serious psychological issues, and depression rates have jumped 25% from where they were before the spill. Though the oil is done leaking, the... Read More
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September 30th, 2010 |
Roughly one in five teens experiences a psychological health issue serious enough to disrupt their daily life, according to a new survey by the National Institute of Mental Health. Emotional needs such as depression or bipolar were top, with eleven percent of teens. Ten percent struggle with ADHD or other behavioral issues. And eight percent of teens surveyed reported struggling with anxiety on a regular basis. Chalking problems up to hormones does not solve them, but instead... Read More
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September 29th, 2010 |
Rarely are antidepressants advised as a primary course of treatment for depression. Generally, therapy and counseling are considered essential to helping people who struggle with depressive thoughts. If medications are used, they ought to be accompanied by therapy as well. In addition to previously documented side effects, altered moral judgment has been now been shown to be a side effect of the most common type of antidepressant drug, serotonin enhancers. While the altered judgment tended to make people less aggressive and more hesitant... Read More
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September 28th, 2010 |
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Statistics show that people with serious mental health issues are more likely to be unemployed, homeless, unmarried and poorer than the average population. But do these factors increase one’s likelihood of developing mental illness, or does mental illness increase one’s likelihood of decreased socioeconomic status? Researchers in Norway looked specifically at people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a population with a unique statistic: people diagnosed... Read More
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September 27th, 2010 |
Oddly enough, a recent ant bite has got me thinking about human behavior and psychotherapy! The little guy lived in the dessert where survival skills are paramount and he got me a good one, it hurt like the dickens for about 5 minutes. Then I forgot about it. But days later the site around the bite was swollen in a circle nearly 3 inches across. It was hard, and hot and itched- itched- itched- itched- itched. Scratching made it itch even more. Scratching also tore up the skin that was stretched tight over the inflamed tissue which could cause problems of a different nature.
You see the problem... Read More
September 27th, 2010 |
A new study from researchers at West Virginia University shows that team sports and athletic activity in general have different impacts on young teens aged 12-14 years. Young teens who had participated in “vigorous activity” reported the same levels of life satisfaction and perceived health as those who were inactive. But the teens who participated in team sports reported drastically higher rates of life satisfaction (five times higher in boys and thirty times higher in girls). Teen depression and substance abuse,... Read More
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September 25th, 2010 |
Physical touch is a powerful thing, and it affects our emotions and perceptions of the world more than we might realize. New research indicates that clasping your own hand can help reduce acute pain and that human connection often starts with a friendly touch. One previous study even showed that textures we touch influence whether we view others positively or negatively.... Read More
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September 24th, 2010 |
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The brain is a fascinating thing, and much research is being done to explore the relationship between emotions and brain behavior. Recently, a new study was able to illustrate significant changes in brain activation for people undergoing “laser acupuncture”: the use of lasers (imperceptible to touch) to stimulate some of the same pressure points activated by traditional needle acupuncture. The participants in this particular study were not depressed, but the researchers believe the study may lead to a... Read More
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September 21st, 2010 |
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The over-prescription of antidepressants and other medications in situations where psychotherapy should be a first recourse (and may very well be all the treatment needed) is increasingly common. A new report finds that in many cases, clinicians are going a step further. Many are prescribing antidepressants in very specific instances when their use is explicitly not recommended by widely accepted guidelines. Specifically, people diagnosed... Read More
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September 20th, 2010 |
New links between physical and mental health are discovered practically weekly. Recently, a study published in the journal Heart finds that while both depression and heart disease are linked with shorter life expectancy, the combination of the two is particularly risky. Among people with heart or circulatory disease, those who also have depression are a full four times more likely to die from their heart problems. Physicians should pay more attention to the emotional and psychological needs of their patients, the study recommends. Changes... Read More
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September 17th, 2010 |
Depression, low self-esteem, and distress can all be caused by experiencing discrimination, and this is especially true for teenagers, a new study finds. Teenagers’ well-being is also altered in the form of lower grade-point averages and poorer physical health. The study had teens from various ethnic backgrounds keep journals over several weeks, recording incidents of discrimination, how they felt physically. With higher rates of discriminatory behavior and comments came higher rates of depression, lower GPAs at the... Read More
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September 17th, 2010 |
Though medical doctors often encounter patients with mental health needs, medical students have high rates depression stigma, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. The study finds that depression among medical students was 14.3 (compared to 10-12 percent in the general population). Of students who self-reported high levels of depression, 62% thought that asking for help would mean they had “inadequate coping skills,” and 53.3 percent thought that it would be risky to reveal their illness. This study is concerning... Read More
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September 10th, 2010 |
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With the hormones, social pressure, and successive changes that come with adolescence and the teen years, many young adults struggle both emotionally and psychologically to deal with their quickly changing worlds. Too often, this manifests itself in depression, sometimes severe, that can also lead to suicide. In the United States, 2-8 percent of adolescents attempt suicide each year, and more teens (ages 10 through 24) die from suicide than from all natural causes combined. Therapy, counseling, and other forms of treatment are ideal in helping teens achieve solid... Read More
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September 10th, 2010 |
New research by geneticists has found that exposure to traumatic events may actually alter the way a person’s genes behave, even after those genes have been passed on to his or her child. The research is just one avenue of exploration into how PTSD impacts not only the individual, but those close to the person. Previous studies have already shown that children raised by a parent with PTSD or depression are more likely than their peers to exhibit signs of stress and anxiety. Regardless of the genetic research, it’s important to recognize... Read More
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