Tag: living with depression
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January 14, 2008 04:28 PM EST --
One of my patients is now considering whether to have children. While this is never a simple decision for anyone, hers is made even more complicated because she has panic disorder. Although she's . . . more
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January 28, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
Depression is more common in women than in men all over the world, and in the United States, the ratio is two to one. One out of eight women will have an episode of major depression at some time in her . . . more
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February 04, 2008 01:32 PM EST --
Depression is so common that it is sometimes easy to overlook. This is especially true when it occurs in men, who seem to have a harder time than women recognizing it in themselves. And they also are . . . more
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July 30, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
According to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, only about 40% of people with major depression receive adequate conventional treatment, so it’s important to get a better understanding of . . . more
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July 30, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
Depression in bipolar disorder is a condition that lasts longer than mania and causes more suffering and disability. Because the symptoms of bipolar depression often combine despair with agitation and . . . more
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October 01, 2007 03:03 PM EDT --
From time to time, people ask me whether diet really can have an effect on mood.
The answer is yes, though diet doesn’t usually provide a quick fix for depression. It may seem silly to say it, but . . . more
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November 12, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
I was waiting on the checkout line at the hardware store the other day, when a man in front of me started yelling at his son, who was about six or seven years old. The boy had grabbed a candy bar, and . . . more
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November 19, 2007 10:11 AM EST --
A few years ago, a patient of mine noticed some changes when he exchanged his brand-name antidepressant for the generic form. For the next month or two, he felt slightly apathetic and made some mistakes . . . more
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January 04, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
About 20% of people who make an appointment with a mental health professional never show up, and another 20% never come for a second visit. Forty percent of patients who start taking an antidepressant . . . more
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December 17, 2007 05:16 PM EST --
Recently a patient who has struggled with depression foryears, and who doesn't like taking an antidepressant every day, asked whether anew technique, called deep brain stimulation, might be something . . . more
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October 09, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
I know a lot of people who worry when a loved one — especially a spouse or a child — gets into therapy. They fear the therapist will drive a wedge in the relationship.
And in some cases there’s . . . more
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October 22, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
When I was first in training to be a psychiatrist in the 1970s, I was skeptical about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The procedure seemed primitive to me, and I suppose I — like many people of . . . more
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November 05, 2007 11:37 AM EST --
I have always been a fan of Charles Schulz’s "Peanuts" comics and the characters who fill those strips. With a new biography of Charles Schulz just out, it has got me thinking about the . . . more
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April 07, 2007 06:22 AM EDT --
I have a few more posts about depression in the works that I hope to put up sometime this weekend. In the meantime, I thought it would be interesting and edifying for you to hear about something a little . . . more
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September 24, 2007 07:53 AM EDT --
Well friday I had to go for my weekly CHF clinic visit Congestive heart failure.What I thought was going to be the usual hour lasted 8 because when I was done there they had to send me to get 2 pints . . . more
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August 06, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
Childhood should be a happy time, but children do get depressed. Here, we review some basic information about recognizing and treating depression when it occurs in children.
Exact numbers are hard to . . . more
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July 09, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
When depression isn’t treated, there’s a high likelihood that it will recur. Roughly half of those who have a single untreated episode of major depression will go on to have another. The second . . . more
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July 09, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
Whether you get a recommendation for a therapist from your primary care doctor, a friend, or your insurance company, finding out about his or her background and training can help you feel comfortable with . . . more
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August 20, 2007 12:37 PM EDT --
The American Psychiatric Association requires any five of nine symptoms for a diagnosis of major depression. As the definition implies, these symptoms do not all appear in everyone who is depressed. Two . . . more
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September 24, 2007 05:54 PM EDT --
The idea of inducing a suicide is horrifying, and most horrifying of all is if the suicide is by a child. No wonder there’s such a high degree of concern about prescribing antidepressants to children. . . . more
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