September 5, 2010 in Mental Health by psychcentral
Part of my anxiety when I was job searching had to do with therapy. How will I pull it off when I have to work a 9 to 5 office job? Which then led me to the thought: Is it time to take a break? How would I know when that time comes? Other people around me are clearly crazy and they aren’t spending their…
September 5, 2010 in Mental Health by knowledgeisnecessity
Instead of conceptualizing the brain as some sort of uniform chemical soup that could use a bit more serotonin or dopamine, we need to see the brain as a highly intricate ecosystem that requires sophisticated nurture and cultivation. In a guest blog here last year, Cristina Romero-Sierra had this to report from a talk by Kay Jamison of Johns Hopkins: The brain is like a pond. It’s like anSeptember 4, 2010 in Mental Health by psychcentral
Late last week, I received this notice that may be of interest to readers who are interested in the topic of schizophrenia and peer-reviewed journal articles: The Special Issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science on Schizophrenia has been getting so much attention that, in special arrangement with our publisher SAGE, we have just made the issue completely Open Access. Open Access means that all the articles are open to anyone to read and download — it’s free! It’s…September 4, 2010 in Mental Health by coping-with-life.com
The New Jersey Mental Health Institute, Inc. may seem like it has a limited reach because it's specified as a "New Jersey" group.But the NJMHI does so much more in so many places that are much farther away.Just to name a few:* Delivery of keynote presentations and trainings for a total of more than 50,000 individuals. Three statewide conferences focused on cultural competence to improve treatment…
September 4, 2010 in Mental Health by storiedmind
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Many women write here of the baffling strangers their depressed husbands or partners have become. Most often, they describe one of two versions of the unrecognizable men they’ve been trying to live with.
One turns on his partner, blames her for the pain he feels, acts abusively and then…
September 3, 2010 in Mental Health by psychcentral
Improving your memory is easier than it sounds. Most of think of our memory as something static and unchanging. But it’s not — you can improve your memory just as you can improve your math or foreign language skills, simply by practicing a few tried and true memory building exercises.
There are two kinds of memory — short-term and long-term. Short-term memory is the kind of memory…
September 3, 2010 in Mental Health by psychcentral
I have a confession to make. Sometimes late at night I’ll catch an infomercial or two. It’s a silly obsession I have. One that my husband can’t understand. But it’s not the products themselves that make me intrigued. I’m drawn to what it does to the people who use them. Wouldn’t it be great to make your life perfect with a blink of an eye, a swipe of a magic wand? I think that’s what makes me glued to…September 2, 2010 in Mental Health by ifyouregoingthoughhellkeepgoing.blogspot
I'm still here. It's been a rough month for me, family issues, and an extreme bout of suicidal despair the worst I have had since December 02. Back then I had ECT. This time I kept to myself, not telling anyone how badly I felt and purposely stayed off the internet not to write about my despair. I was too depressed to write. The end of August is also a rough time for me, something horribleSeptember 2, 2010 in Mental Health by knowledgeisnecessity
Following is an edited excerpt from a much longer piece on ECT, from mcmanweb: In 2006, Kitty Dukakis (with journalist Larry Tye) published "Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy." Ms Dukakis is the wife of 1988 Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. From the time she was old enough to worry about her body image, diet pills were a constant in her life. Ms DukakisSeptember 2, 2010 in Mental Health by psychcentral
Since it is going back-to-school season, I thought I’d educate you on some alarming statistics about depression among college students. Here are the facts, just the facts:
One out of every five young people and one out of ever four college students or adults suffers from some form of diagnosable mental illness.
About 19 precent of young people contemplate or attempt suicide each year.
Suicide is the third leading…