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This Week - November 26, 2007

  1. New smoking cessation drug may cause suicidal thoughts
  2. FDA examines psychiatric side-effects in flu drugs
  3. Abilify approved as additional treatment for major depression
  4. Magnet therapy effective for depression
  5. 20% of workers take time off due to depression
  6. New guidelines address mental health needs during national emergencies
  7. Alaskans recall alleged abuse by Jesuits
  8. Abuse risk increases as families change
  9. AUDIO: Adoption not harmful to child's self-esteem
  10. Certain bipolar patients have higher suicide risk
  11. Stigma of bipolar disorder still pervasive
  12. Bipolar man sues Dr. Phil
  13. Asthma linked to depression and anxiety
  14. Have normal human behaviors become psychiatric disorders?
  15. Latest research on treating OCD
  16. Updated book on OCD and employment law
  17. Current weight loss drugs only modestly effective
  18. The autistic terrorist: A father's worries
  19. 'Schizophrenic' label doubles the torture felt by sufferers
  20. Latest Schizophrenia News
  21. "I need help, but don't want to go to a psychiatric hospital."
  22. Thought for today

Maybe it's not depression. Could it be part of bipolar disorder? Find out what you can do.

FDA Reviewing Chantix Cases Describing Suicidal Ideation And Occasional Suicidal Behavior

Within days of starting Chantix, the smoking cessation product, some people are reporting suicidal thoughts as well as aggressive and erratic behavior.  Details.

New Warnings for Flu Drugs

It's cold and flu season and many people are getting flu shots. What your doctor may not have told you is that FDA staffers are recommending new warnings about psychiatric side effects seen in some patients taking Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Relenza. Some patients are experiencing serious psychiatric side-effects including suicidal thoughts, actual suicidal behavior, delirium and self-injury.  Details here.

Abilify Approved as Additional Treatment for Major Depression

Clinical trials show the atypical antipsychotic drug Abilify enhances the response to antidepressants in patients with treatment-resistant major depression.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Effective Treatment For Depression

For the first time in a large-scale study, transcranial magnetic stimulation has been shown to be an effective, non-drug treatment for major depression.

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Depression Prompts One in Five Workers to Take Time Off

A major Canadian study indicates that 25% of Canadian workers believe they have depression and depressed workers are far more costly to their employers than previously thought.  Read more interesting facts uncovered in this study.

New Guidelines To Address Mental Health Needs In Emergencies

New guidelines stressing the need for a rapid and coordinated response to psychological and social needs during emergencies were launched at the United Nations.

Alaskans Recall Alleged Abuse by Jesuits

A $50 million settlement covering 110 Alaska Natives who say they were abused by more than a dozen priests can't relieve the pain the priests have inflicted.

Abuse Risk Seen Worse As Families Change

Abuse risk considered higher as more children live without two biological parents.  Learn more.

Study: Adoption Not Harmful to Child's Self-Esteem

New research challenges the common perception that adoption negatively impacts a child's self-esteem. A study by a Dutch researcher shows that adopted children tend to overcome developmental and emotional problems, and achieve a normal level of self-esteem. Listen now

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Some Bipolar Patients Have Higher Suicide Risk

Having a family member who committed suicide triples the likelihood that patients with bipolar disorder will themselves attempt suicide, a new study shows.

Bipolar Disorder More than a Punchline

Jay Leno jokes about bipolar disorder, but those who live with bipolar don't find it funny.

Bipolar Man Wants to Sue Dr. Phil Again

Neal Sutz wants $100M from Dr. Phil after audience members were told to sign a waiver saying they weren't mentally ill or under psychiatric care.

Asthma Linked To Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

Young people with asthma are about twice as likely to suffer from depressive and anxiety disorders than are children without asthma, according to a study by a research team in Seattle.

Shy or Something More Serious?

There are many people who believe that some "normal" human behaviors have become psychiatric disorders.  Christopher Lane, a professor of English at Northwestern University and the author of "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" is one of those. His story is an interesting one.

Trials in OCD Highlight Group Therapy, Escitalopram, and Anticonvulsants

Therapy, antidepressants and anticonvulsants may play a more important therapeutic role in treating OCD than has previously been recognized.

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Book On Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder And Employment Law

It is the only published book that examines federal statutes, regulations and cases involving employees with OCD and other mental disabilities.  And the new updated version helps consumers who have OCD to understand the nature of their rights in the workplace under federal law.

Current Weight Loss Drugs Offer Only Minimal Weight Loss

Three diet drugs recommended for long-term use result in minimal weight loss and carry some serious side effects, a review of research found. But experts say the drugs may still be worth it for some people.

The Autistic Terrorist: A True Nightmare

Police Officer Michael Capobianco has faced down the worst of the worst.  You know what scares him?  Autistic behaviors that mimic criminal behavior and the possibility that someone may mistake his autistic son's actions for something far more serious.  Read more.

'Schizophrenic' Label Doubles the Torture Felt by Sufferers

Peter Bullimore still hears aggressive voices inside his head, but he has rejected the stigmatizing label of "schizophrenia" and is now campaigning for it to be discarded.

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More Schizophrenia Stories:

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Self-Injury.  Need Help!

cutter-in-need:

Is it odd that when I first started cutting it was on my legs. Now that I've been doing it for awhile, I've discovered I like it on my arms better. It feels better and relieves me better than on my legs! But in all reality, if I don't want anyone to find out, I should do it in a place that no one will see. Maybe my body is telling me that I'm getting in too deep and I need help. But I'm scared of help because for the people around me, help is putting me in a mental institution. No if, ands, or buts about it and I'm not ready for that.

Has anyone else been through this?
 respond here

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Something to think about...

"The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else."

- Geoffrey Gaberino

From all of us here at HealthyPlace.com, we hope you have a good week.

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