Archive for the ‘Obsessive Compulsive’ Category

In Light of Mental Health Awareness Month, Depression Author Asks, ‘Are Self-Help Books Prolonging Your Depression?’

More info… Self-help books commonly claim a solution to depression, but fail to explain that there are two types of depression: normal (psychological) and clinical (biological). Since clinical depression commonly requires medication as treatment, readers run the risk of prolonging their suffering by believing that a books self-help approach is going to end their clinical [...]

Massachusetts General Hospital leading nationwide, comparative study of common bipolar medications

More info…( Massachusetts General Hospital ) The Massachusetts General Hospital Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, with the Bipolar Trials Network, is launching a 10-site nationwide trial evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of quetiapine, a widely prescribed second-generation antipsychotic mood stabilizing medication, compared to lithium, the gold standard mood stabilizer, for the treatment of … compulsive [...]

Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD., Author of a New Book on Bipolar Disorder, Discusses the Risks of Antidepressants in Angry, Agitated Teens

More info… Antidepressants have been linked to worsening hostility, suicidal behavior and psychosis in depressed children and teens and some people with bipolar disorder. Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb524743.htm compulsive disorder

Elizabeth Nelson Announces the Publication of Brain Matters

More info… Elizabeth Nelson’s new book Brain Matters covers twenty years of first-hand experience with suicide, severe depression and bipolar disorder. The book includes information about the seven types of illnesses, the history of psychiatry, psychotherapy, substance abuse, bipolar children, depression and women, depression and work, recovery and getting help. Read the full story at [...]

Massachusetts General Hospital leading nationwide, comparative study of common bipolar medications

More info…( Massachusetts General Hospital ) The Massachusetts General Hospital Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, with the Bipolar Trials Network, is launching a 10-site nationwide trial evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of quetiapine, a widely prescribed second-generation antipsychotic mood stabilizing medication, compared to lithium, the gold standard mood stabilizer, for the treatment of … compulsive [...]