Archive for March, 2006
Lincoln was the “Loneliest Man in the World”
Charlotte Observer wrote about Abraham Lincoln’s experience with depression and how a study found that 18 of 37 U.S. Presidents suffered from mental illness, including bipolar disorder, anxiety, and alcohol abuse. When we think about how our environment can trigger symptoms in those of us predisposed to mental illness, it’s not surprising that a high-pressure [...]
Cancer Patients Often Don’t Seek Mental Health Help
I recently signed up for networking blogging about Cancer to try it out, and have been checking headlines about cancer. Recently (November 2005), the American Cancer Society announced the results of a study of 251 patients with advanced cancer and a low awareness of mental disorders that accompanied cancer. Living and coping with cancer is [...]
“Not Someone I Would Have Expected to be Anywhere Near Suicide”
A friend’s suicide prompted the Cedar City resident to urge others to watch for loved ones whose “blues” seemed more prolonged than usual and those suffering from depression to seek help. Particularly telling is “…and he wasn’t someone I would have expected to be anywhere near suicide.”
People in tremendous psychic and emotional pain can [...]
Student’s Mental Health
Excellent Idea! Kudos to Elon University of North Carolina for creating a website for students about mental health. Especially critical is the section on stigma - how stigma of mental illness can hurt suffers who fear to seek help - and how students can begin shattering this stigma by becoming aware of words describing mental [...]
Insane Polypharmacy
I can’t say I disagree with how ludicrous and alarming the practice of nonsense “polypharmacy” is.
Read Susan’s story and you will have an idea of how overmedicating creates more problems for patients that may be solved by - well - more medications.
In the end, I really have to wonder whether Susan’s anxiety - her original [...]
Mental Health Access in Oregon
According to Britt Baca-Hochhausler of Portland State University Vanguard, Oregon graded a a “C+” for its treatment of mental illness.
Patch for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
EMSAM(R) (selegiline transdermal system) is the first transdermal patch for treating depression (major depressive disorder or MDD) in adults.
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