Mental Health

Mental Health System is Worse than Bad

By Robert Lamberts, M.D. When I get discouraged about the state of the healthcare system, I but need to look in one place to see that things could be worse: the mental health system. While there remains hope that there will somehow be reform and things will get better in the arena in which I [...]

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Personal Perspective of Manic Depression

By Tom Pauken II “A Personal Perspective of Manic Depression: This reporter gives a first-hand account about the bipolar disorder” reprinted with permission from Mr. Tom Pauken II. Bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression, affects 0.3 percent to 3.7 percent of the world’s population. Fifty percent of them seriously considered or attempted suicide. Forty-five [...]

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Interview on Self-Injury

Dr. Jane Chin: What are the biggest misconceptions or “myths” people have about self-injury? Dr. Deborah Serani: I’d have to say that the biggest misconception about self-injury is that most people think that those who cut or self-injure are suicidal. Though any behavior that puts a person in harm’s way requires clinical evaluation, the basic [...]

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Neurodevices Target Depression

By Zack Lynch From this month’s Neurotech Insights investment newsletter focused on the depression market: While drugs to treat depression have proven effective for millions of individuals there exist a significant number of patients who do not respond to antidepressants. Treatment resistant depression, or refractory depression, is a condition that affects an estimated 4 million [...]

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Public Access to Articles on Antidepressant Safety

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The February/April issue (Volume 16, 2006) explored the controversial topic of using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs to treat depression in children and teens. Peer Review: Peer review of a scientific publication is considered a rigorous process that [...]

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