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    Society and PERSONAL STORIES

    More About Our Society Than About Britney

    Asians and Mental Health

    Religion and Bipolar Disorder

    Post Secret

    Constantly Talking About Your Problems with Friends May Make Things Worse

    Depression from Cultural and Social Pressures

    UK Mental Health Worker Opens Up About Bipolar Disorder

    61-Year Old Man Finds Support and Encouragement After Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis

    Labeling Bad Behavior as Mental Illness Belittles Those Who Truly Suffer From Them

    Family History and Stress Triggers Depression in Politician

    Politician’s History of Being Physically Abused Surfaced during Campaign

    Author’s Novel Increases Awareness of Depression in African Americans

    1 in 5 Students Surveyed at 2 Ivy League Colleges Cut Themselves

    A Story of Night Fishing and Bipolar Disorder

    Many Dimensions of Bipolar Disorder Sufferers

    Mental Health System Needs A Lot of Help

    Depression Story and Hope from Ireland

    Bipolar Disorder Blogs?

    Personal Stories About Bipolar Disorder Calls Attention to Illness

    Jane Pauley Speaks Out About Bipolar Disorder

    Have Depression? You Might Not Be Able to Become an Attorney

    Self-Harm in Australia

    T-Shirts for Mental Disorders?

    National Depression Week (U.K.)

    Media Influences on Mental Health Perception

    Mental Health Clinical Studies Lacking Key Information

    Yesterday’s "Lost" Episode

    Entertainment Industries on Bipolar Disorder

    “Prozac Blues” Addresses Social Implications of Depression

    Mental Ill More Likely as Victims of Violence

    “Acting As If” to Educate about Mental Illness

    Lincoln was the “Loneliest Man in the World”

    Cancer Patients Often Don’t Seek Mental Health Help

    Student’s Mental Health

    Mental Health Access in Oregon

    “Seeking relief, yet finding despair”

    Scariest thing to lose

    Medications, Warnings, Side Effects

    Chantix Early Warning on Suicide Ideation

    Store Brand Acetaminophen Recall Alert

    EU Labeling Contraindicates Acomplia for Patients with Depression

    Acomplia Linked to Depression and Anxiety Risk

    Antidepressants and Ejaculatory Inhibition

    Selenium Supplements and Diabetes

    FDA Proposes Suicide Ideation Warnings for Antidepressant Use in Young Adults

    Unsafe Psych Meds from Internet Pharmacies

    Lamictal and Birth Defects

    Mixing Some Antidepressants and Migraine Drugs May Cause Lethal Serotonin Syndrome

    Like Some Antipsychotic Meds, Antidepressants May Increase Diabetes Risk

    Wellbutrin Increasing Dosage Sexual Side Effects?

    US Patients Heading to Canada for Unapproved Depression Therapy

    FDA Wants to Stop Some Antihistamine Sales because These Drugs Have not been Approved

    ADHD Drug Debate

    Clozapine Update: Change in Monitoring Schedule

    FDA Advising of Risk of Birth Defects with Paxil

    Topamax or Toprol?

    Eli Lilly Updates Strattera Labeling

    I need a new wardrobe with my medication

    Sex is still important to depressed people

    Novel Therapy and Mental Health Research

    Breast Cancer Drug in Bipolar Mania Suggests Novel Therapy Options

    New Antipsychotics may not be Better, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

    Hypertension Drug Studied in Combination Treatment for Depression

    Corlux Not Meeting Study Goals for Psychotic Major Depression

    Ketamine for Clinical Depression

    Depressed Patients Don’t Get Enough Follow-Up

    Depression and Bipolar Disorder Gene Not Linked to Serotonin

    Prozac (Fluoxetine) Does Not Prevent Relapse of Anorexia Nervosa

    Seroquel Study Results for Treating Mania and Depression in Bipolar Disorder Types I and II

    Study Suggests Drug Abilify Delays Mania Relapse in Bipolar Disorder

    Patch for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

    Cymbalta v. Lexapro Head-to-Head Study

    Can You Trust the Information from Drug Companies?

    Mental Health Pathophysiology and Debate

    Chemical Imbalance and Depression: Cause or Effect?

    Smoking Pot Increases Risk of Developing Schizphrenia

    You Can Get SAD During Summer Too

    Intermittent Explosive Disorder Behind Road Rage? Or Is IED A Lot of Hype?

    Is anger its own disorder?

    Abbreviations: BP or BPD

    Does the Child Really Have Bipolar Disorder?

    Symptoms of Depression

    Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder

    Bipolar Disorder Spectrum

    Bipolar Disorder (”Manic Depression”)

    Food Connection: Can We Eat Ourselves Into Depression?

    Drug Approvals

    Medication websites

    Invega: New Schizophrenia Drug Approved in the U.S.

    EU Approves Cipralex for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    Risperdal Approved in U.S. for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

    Seroquel Approved to Treat Manic and Depressive Episodes in Bipolar Disorder

    FDA Approves Wellbutrin XL for Seasonal Affective Disorder - First Drug Approved for SAD

    Depakote ER Approved for Acute Manic or Mixed Episodes Associated With Bipolar Disorder

    JANE'S Special Articles

    Dealing with Manipulation, Guilt, and Self-Pity

    A New Year, the Tenth Year

    I’m Here to Remind You that You Are Not Your Illness

    My Creativity Comes Through Me and From Me, NOT Depression

    No longer fighting the waters

    Dealing with Fear of Success

    You CAN Get Through This

    “Low-Grade” Depression - This Too, Shall Pass

    Misdiagnosis and Back: My Journey Through Depression

    Chocolate

    interviews OF JANE CHIN

    Beliefnet: Moving Beyond Blue

    Genetics & Health: Depression, Graduate Students, and Why I Write

    Book / Website / Service Reviews

    Review: A Deeper Shade of Blue

    Review: Irritable Male Syndrome

    Depression IN Pregnancy AND Post-Partum Depression

    Antenatal Depression Important to Address

    Pregnancy and Depression

    First Trimester Pregnancy Use of Antidepressants

    Treating Depression in Pregnant Women

    New Jersey Doctors Must Counsel on Postpartum Depression

    Getting Help: Treatments and Approaches

    How This Shrink Picks Antidepressants

    Isn’t this stuff supposed to work?

    Where Do I Begin?

    ECT Underutilized in Resistant Depression

    Therapy Appointment Guide by Scott Davis

    Seeking Help for Depression and Postpartum Depression

    Cognitive Therapy Looks Beyond Childhood to Help Depressed Patients

    Five Predictors of Bipolar Disorder: Assessment Tool

    Insurance Policies Often Set Up Patients to Fail

    Choosing a Therapist (or Psychiatrist)

    Options Beyond ECT

    Self-Help Books Not As Helpful?

    More on Medications and ADD

    Insane Polypharmacy

    Prescription Drug Access

    Recovery or Remission?

    “About that appointment…”

    Read This Book and Call Me in a Week

    What is “first line” therapy?

    30 Minutes/Day, 6 Days/Week

    Treat the Individual - Not the Diagnosis

    Talk therapy

    When is alternative medicine an alternative?

    Relationships

    Relationships, Research, and Resources

    Caring for a Mentally Ill Parent

    bp Magazine: “Hope and Harmony for People with Bipolar”

    Blog Website for Parents of Children Living with Bipolar Disorder

    Hiding from Other People

    Power of Support in Healing and Recovery

    Hope and Mental Health

    Bipolar Disorder - Loved Ones

    Relationships, Caregivers, and Mental Illness

    Mutual Support

    Abuse

    Child Abuse and Neglect: Another Casualty of War

    Interesting Way to “HEAL”

    Father Liable for $400,000 for Emotional Abuse

    Coaches and Sexual Abuse

    Emotional Abuse is About Violations of Humanity and Dignity

    Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Words Can Scar Me For a Very Long Time

    Child Abuse: Change Begins with Awareness

    Managing and Coping Takes a Lot of Energy

    Abuse Leaves More Than Bruises and Emotional Scars

    Suicide

    Judging pain

    Boob Jobs and Increased Suicide Risk

    VA Study Suggests Antidepressants Have Protective Effect on Suicide

    SSRI Suicide Risk Differs in Age of Patient

    Nevada Has 3rd Highest Suicide Rate in the US and More than a Third by Young People

    Two Sides of the Debate Around Screening for Teen Suicide Risk

    Suicide Prevention Day and Increasing Awareness on College Campuses

    Asian Students, Depression, and Suicide: Begin with the Parents!

    From Grief - Action and Change - 2 Stories

    “Finding Lily” Looks at Effect of Suicide on Estranged Husband

    “Not Someone I Would Have Expected to be Anywhere Near Suicide”

    Work Place Depression and Stress

    Work Place Depression Common in Healthcare Workers

    Bipolar Disorder in the Work Place

    Work-Related Stress and Depression

    Multi-Topical Editions

    Compassion, Happiness, Medication, and Genetics

    In Between Meds, Searching for a Diagnosis, Richard Dadd, and Compassion for Your Self

    Genetics of Suicide, World Mental Health, Self-Harm, and Anger

    Type 2 Bipolar Disorder, Emotional Resilience, Science, and Humor

    Fixing Yourself, Mental Health Research, and Teen Suicide Increase

    Fear of Success and How Kids Become Bullies

    Depression Caretakers, Being Productive, Bipolar Disorder Myths

    Grief, Daffodils, and Self-Esteem

    Carnival of Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Mental Health Journeys

    Mood Spectrum, Internet and College Students, Forgiveness, and Talk Therapy

    Seasonal Funk, Psych Appointments, Myth of Happy, and Ecotherapy

    Depression or Melancholy, Getting Through Pain, and Virginia Tech

    Mental Illness and Abuse, Suicide, Introversion or Isolation

    Emotional Invalidation, Brands or Generics, Worrying, and More

    Neurochemistry of Giving, Suicide, and Mood Triggers

    Your Responsibility, Marriage, Antidepressants, Anxiety Disorders, and Emoting

    Zen of Depression, Common Sense, and Trust Your Feelings

    Learning Courage and Changing Minds

    Work Place Depression, Pursuit of Money, Loneliness, Exercise Addiction

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Antidepressants: More Harm than Good?

    Empathy and Boundaries, Emotional Attachment, Seasonal Storms, Back on Antidepressants

    Mentally Ill Daughter, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Bulimia, GrrlScientist

    Speed and Depression, All Depression Not Created Equal, Suicide and Alcohol Use, PTSD and Fibromyalgia

    Patients Should Consider Multiple Antidepressants, Attempted Suicide

    Is it Really Bipolar? Drug Interaction Risks, Healing Bulimia and Addictive Eating

    Stress Depression and Alzheimer’s, Complaining is Good for You, Dying to be Beautiful, Head Injury and Mental Health

    Clearing Clouds of Depression, Torment of Manic Depression, Mental Illness in the Elderly

    Mental Health in Military Personnel and War Veterans

    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in the Military

    Child Abuse and Neglect: Another Casualty of War

    NavyCompass.com Talks About Domestic Violence

    Domestic Violence in Soldiers’ Families

    depression in children

    British Medical Association Says 1 in 10 Children in UK Suffers from Mental Health Problems

    Depression in Teens and Children

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