Archive for August, 2006
Seeking Help for Depression and Postpartum Depression
I’m currently reviewing Dr. Ruta Nonac’s A Deeper Shade of Blue, “a woman’s guide to recognizing and treating depression in her childbearing years.”
Early in the book, within the first chapter, Dr. Nonac’s made these important points about seeking depression treatment and about postpartum depression:
People who suffer from depression often are “discouraged” from seeking help [...]
“Irritable Male Syndrome”
Disclosure: I am not compensated by or affiliated with Mr. Diamond’s Organization. Jed Diamond takes a holistic approach to a seeping epidemic with “The Irritable Male Syndrome: Managing the Four Key Causes of Male Depression.” Rather than a predictable direction of “this is IMS, here’s how you get rid of it,” Diamond discusses all [...]
Ketamine for Clinical Depression
Anesthesiologist Joe had written a rather detailed article on the use of Ketamine for depression. Joe did such a good job translating the science jargon into plain English that I don’t want to regurgitate what he wrote here. I will, however, summarize for you the key points, so you know what to expect when you [...]
Depressed Patients Don’t Get Enough Follow-Up
Recent controversy in antidepressant therapies centered on an increased risk of suicidal thoughts in new patients who started antidepressant medications. However, a new study published in American Journal of Managed Care suggests that this concern about increased risk of suicidal thoughts in patients taking antidepressants did not translate into physicians following up on patients who [...]
Cognitive Therapy Looks Beyond Childhood to Help Depressed Patients
Suzanne Leigh of San Franciso Chronicle wrote an excellent article about cognitive therapy as a depression treatment modality.
“Don’t Tell Me About Your Childhood” began with the general idea of talk therapy we’ve come to know. Whenever we think about psychotherapy, we’d have an image of a patient on a couch speaking with a somewhat disinterested [...]
Interesting Way to “HEAL”
Andrea Grimes writes about attending a “bootcamp” aimed to heal people who are in emotionally abusive relationships. The bootcamp was based on Dr. Steven Stosny’s method. Dr. Stosny is an anger and domestic abuse expert.
Andrea cringes at the $800 price tag for the event, and learns the acronym “HEALS” for Stosny’s compassion-grounded process:
“H” - visualizing [...]
Father Liable for $400,000 for Emotional Abuse
A Canadian man was ordered to pay $400,000 to his 41 year old daughter for a life time of emotional and physical abuse that amounted to severe mental distress for the woman.
Gory details of emotional and physical abuse amounted to the father attempting to kill his daughter. The woman was also sexually abused by her [...]
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