Blog Carnival Edition for November 28, 2006
I hope you had a good weekend; those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, as I did, I hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday weekend. I appreciate those of you who sent in your entries and help us better understand the mental health journey from your perspectives. Thank You!
isabella mori presents speed, mania and depression posted at change therapy. Jane’s Note: I’m wondering if the clinical study results that isabella was referring to had a lot to do with interrupting certain thought patterns in depressed patients, rather than just the pace of the mental activity. Unfortunately I don’t have access to the clinical study, but the conclusion is intriguing and raises additional questions. For example, what happens when rapidity in thought crosses a boundary to a pathological (clinical mania) state? Also, in a mixed bipolar disorder episode, is the rate of thinking rapid even when the patient is feeling extremely depressed? Read more
Review: Omax3 Website
Those of you who are familiar with mental health research have noticed a long standing interest in supplemental therapies and alternative therapies to traditional treatments like psychotherapy and medication therapy. For example, St. John’s Wort has long been used in Europe and has been studied as a treatment for depression. More recently, the role of essential fatty acids in depression and bipolar disorder has gaining attention.
Omax3.com is a product website of Cenestra Health, a limited liability company (LLC) based in New Haven, Connecticut. My preliminary search found that the company was created by 2 doctors from Yale, although I did not find the identities or the exact credentials of these physicians (if they were physicians - Ph.D. scientists are often referred to as “Dr.” as well). The company website offered no clue. The Omax3.com website suggests that these were clinicians, as the About Us link stated that these clinicians were not satisfied with what was currently available on market in terms of omega 3 products, and set out to create their own. Read more
Blog Carnival Edition for November 14, 2006
Welcome to this edition of our blog carnival of depression, bipolar disorder, and mental health journeys. Here are submissions accepted to this edition.
John Hill presents Overcoming Depression Permanently posted at Universe Of Success. Jane’s Note: This above article requires a disclaimer. The premise of the article is that depression is entirely caused by the individual’s choices, a notion that I subscribe to up to the point. Depression can be caused by organic factors, meaning, there is a biochemical and physiological cause that may be treated with good results by medication. I understand that the focus of the blog is personal development and may be focusing more on non-medical aspects of depression.
The reason why accepting an organic cause of depression is so important is because the last thing I want to advocate is “choose your way out of it” for those people whose depression has a biochemical cause and should seek help from a licensed medical doctor or healthcare practitioner specializing in treating depression. Yes, surround yourself with positive people and positive habits, and work on your cognition of your thought patterns that may be harmful to your state of wellbeing. On the other hand, for some of us, we need to seek help to get there… and I’m speaking from personal experience. Read more