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Antidepressants: A Complicated Picture
Anew report tracking antidepressant use among Americans from 2005-2008 found that more than 1 in 10 Americans ages 12 and older report taking an antidepressant medication. i These new data, from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Health and Nutrition Examination...
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy: To Treat Depression in Individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome
This article will focus on those with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) who have a co-morbid mental health diagnosis, as current research supports the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for this sub-group on the autism continuum. This is not to say that those diagnosed with PDD-NOS or...
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Depression and Primary Care
Depression is an arch enemy if you suffer from one of many chronic, physical illnesses. It appears all the time, as an unwelcome intruder, in people with diabetes, heart and lung diseases, cancer, Parkinson’s disease and asthma. It impairs our ability to recover from these, and other, medical...
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ECT For Depression: An ‘Old’ Treatment Gets Better
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is most often prescribed for severe depression and it dramatically helps many patients. It is one of several kinds of treatment that involve brain stimulation. Findings from recent research studies are helping doctors administer ECT in ways that minimize side...
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From Psychoanalysis to CBT: One Psychiatrist’s Journey
By now, most professionals in the mental health field acknowledge that psychotherapy treatments grounded in cognitive behavioral principles are effective for a wide range of common conditions. Their efficacy in anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and...
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In My Own Voice: The Disability of Mental Health
Mental illness is known to be a devastating disease that is well understood by the treatment community. In recent years however, we have heard more input from patients (commonly referred to as “consumers”) about their experience with mental illnesses of all types. Clinicians have known...
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Managing Your Fear of Side Effects
Your child is morose, somber and irritable. She refuses to go to school or see friends. She is increasingly dysfunctional. The doctor suggests medicine and suddenly relief is on the horizon. Whether it’s the pain of depression or anxiety, the dysfunction of ADHD or the conflict that results...
