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Depression Forums Is A Proud Sponsor of The 2010 Walk To Washington To Raise Awareness for DepressionAug. 14, 2010 marks the beginning of a 50-day cross-country trek 835-miles-long to raise awareness for depression. Walkers start in St. Louis, Mo. and finish in Washington D.C. where they will hand over a petition—one million signatures strong—proving that government and health care organizations need to support individuals with depression. With each mile walked, the walkers will raise awareness for three crucial principles: Ensure equitable and adequate mental health treatment coverage in all public and private health care plans; Support policies that promote individual and family recovery from mental illnesses as integral to overall health; Commit to investing in America’s prevention, early intervention, treatment, and research related to depression. by Forum Admin, 2010-02-08 12:30:00 More... Newsworthy
Laugh and the World Understands Certain emotional expressions, like amusement, are universal, study finds
Specifically, the researchers investigated whether the sounds associated with basic emotions are the same in different cultures. To do this, people in England and in remote settlements in northern Namibia were told a story based on a particular emotion, which was followed by two different types of emotion-related sounds, such as laughter or crying. The British group heard sounds from Namibia, and vice versa. The participants were asked to identify which of the two sounds reflected the emotion of the story. by Forum Admin, 2010-02-14 01:00:00 More... Tim Burton's Alice
in Wonderland: She's "Bonkers" By Anneli Rufus
Mar 4 2010 - Early in Tim Burton's new film Alice in Wonderland, six-year-old Alice's father tells her in no uncertain terms: "You're mad, bonkers ... but I'll tell you a secret: All the best people are." The narrative then promptly fast-forwards thirteen years into Alice's life, at which point she's lithe, gorgeous, and revisiting the creepy world she first roamed as a child down the rabbit hole -- only now it's even creepier. Ingenue Alice confronts the Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat, and other classic characters, asserting her self-possession again and again amidst their weirdness. But that
early line lingers. Its presence at the start of a trendy new film by a
cult-favorite filmmaker; by Forum Admin, 2010-03-04 16:30:00 More... What are alternative approaches to mental health care? An alternative approach to mental health care is one that emphasizes the interrelationship between mind, body, and spirit. Although some alternative approaches have a long history, many remain controversial. Self-help Many people with mental illnesses find that self-help groups are an invaluable resource for recovery and for empowerment. Self-help generally refers to groups or meetings that: by , 2010-02-13 12:30:00 More... The Continuing Stigma Of Depression By Jonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D. Created Nov 1 2009 - 9:19am Part of the mission of patient advocacy groups is to reduce the stigma
associated with depression. This is noble and important work because
historically people who have suffered from depression have tended to
suffer in silence and/or not sought treatment because of the shame
associated with admitting depression. In the US in the 19th and 20th
centuries, virtually every form of mental illness was associated with a
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your Depression, as breaking the silence will help us to break open the
stigma surrounding mental health that keeps people from getting the
care that continues misunderstandings about those affected by mental
health disorders. by Forum Admin, 2010-02-28 18:30:00 More... Fish oil may reduce the risk of psychotic disorders in high-risk individuals March 2010 - Individuals at extremely high risk of developing psychosis appear less likely to develop psychotic disorders following a 12-week course of fish oil capsules containing long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "Early treatment in schizophrenia and other psychoses has been linked to better outcomes," the authors write as background information in the article. "Given that subclinical psychotic symptoms may predict psychotic disorder and psychosis proneness in a population may be related to the rate of psychotic disorder, intervention in at-risk individuals holds the promise of even better outcomes, with the potential to prevent full-blown psychotic disorders." by Forum Admin, 2010-03-08 20:30:00 More... Hope, It is right in front of you
I never posted on DF much, just read a lot and now especially not anymore! Why? Because after months of being in a very dark pit I am finally starting to see the light! I’m not sure what I owe it to; medication, getting out and doing things, or just my body naturally fighting it off, but I am so happy that I have found some relief! Now I’m not 100% back to normal and who knows if I will ever be, but I am content! I still have the physical symptoms of major depression from sitting around and being sedentary for a long time. My body feels basically that of a 70 year old. But that's alright, because I am not sad anymore!!! And you won't be forever either! jenleigh89 is a member of depressionforums.org by Forum Admin, 2010-02-08 15:30:00 More... Member Testimonials
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Gus sat on his customary bar stool in the corner, tossing down the
bourbon and tossing out the barbs.
“I can tell you one thing,” he announced, as I recall. “Back in my day, you didn’t have young kids going around talking to shrinks, yakking about their fee-ee-ee-lings, getting all doped up on medications. “Back in my day, kids were kids! We worked out our problems on our own. We didn’t go crying to some stranger with a whole bunch of initials after his name.” Gus was ridiculing a conversation a fellow therapist and I were having about a 13-year-old she was treating for depression and acute anxiety. I didn’t rise to his bait, but it wasn’t because I had no interest in defending my profession. Rather, as with the college guys at the other end of the bar lamenting yet another epic collapse by their beloved Jets (this was before the team got good), it was that I’d heard the complaint so often it had become tiresome. Not that Gus was entirely wrong. A greater percentage of young Americans than ever receive treatment — talk therapy, medication or both — for psychological disorders, and the number is steadily rising. But when I think about what life was like in my day (I’m in my mid-50s, and Gus is probably 20 years older), I’m not so sure this is a bad trend. Eye Condition Linked To Weakened Brain Power In People With Diabetes
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Mar 05 2010 Diabetic retinopathy could be associated with poorer memory and diminished brain power in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research announced this week at Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference. The study looked at 1,066 people with Type 2 diabetes aged between 60 and 75 years. Participants completed seven tests looking at memory, logic and concentration to establish their level of brain function. Those with retinopathy had worse average scores on most of the individual tests as well as on general cognitive ability compared to those without the condition. The results were independent of age and gender. Talking Your Way To Happiness
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March 4, 2010- Is a happy life filled with trivial chatter or reflective and profound conversations? Psychological scientists Matthias R. Mehl, Shannon E. Holleran, and C. Shelby Clark from the University of Arizona, along with Simine Vazire of Washington University in St. Louis investigated whether happy and unhappy people differ in the types of conversations they tend to engage in. Volunteers wore an unobtrusive recording device called the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) over four days. This device periodically records snippets of sounds as participants go about their lives. For this experiment, the EAR sampled 30 seconds of sounds every 12.5 minutes yielding a total of more than 20,000 recordings. Researchers then listened to the recordings and identified the conversations as trivial small talk or substantive discussions. In addition, the volunteers completed personality and well-being assessments. Psychosurgery Is Making A Comeback.
Psychosurgery Makes Gentle ComebackMar, 05, 2010 Psychosurgery is making a comeback. Recently published case series have shown encouraging results of so-called deep brain stimulation (DBS) in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive disorders, and Tourette syndrome. In the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International, authors Jens Kuhn (University of Cologne) and Theo P J Gründer (Max Planck Institute, Cologne) and their co-authors provide an introduction to the method (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107(7)105-13).In order to determine the clinical utility of DBS in psychiatric disorders, the authors evaluated therapeutic studies from 1980 to 2009. They found improvement rates of between 35% and 70% in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and Tourette syndrome. The rate of side effects associated with DBS was usually low and mostly reversible by modulating the stimulation parameters. Good Parenting Triumphs Over Prenatal Stress
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