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This Week - April 9, 2007

1. Kids with mental illness often rejected socially
2. Depression still carries stigma
3. VNS therapy offers hope to those with treatment resistant depression
4. AUDIO: One woman's experience using transcranial magnet stimulation for depression
5. Fewer children taking antidepressants
6. Depression link with early birth
7. Menopause raises risk of developing depression
8. Intensive therapy plus medications works for bipolar depression
9. Long-term use of bipolar medications worrisome for some
10. Bipolar kids: Parents must become experts
11. Just 40% of teens rebound after bipolar treatment
12. Special Omega 3 compound helpful for bipolar and adhd
13. ADHD in adults can hurt job performance, relationships
14. Helping athletes deal with anxiety
15. Meredith Vieira admits to anxiety attacks
16. Early use of Xanax helps with anxiety
17. Young adults taking Paxil face slight increase in suicide risk
18. Research indicates dieting doesn't work
19. Researchers tackle the science of sobriety
20. Music lessons fine-tune the brain
21. Schizophrenia: one antipsychotic failure may predict another
22. Latest Schizophrenia News
23. "My ill-behaved, depressed teen daughter has driven my son and me into a depression"
24. Thought for today

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

Kids with Mental Illness Often Rejected Socially

Perceptions that a mentally ill child may be "dangerous" results in about one out of five parents not wanting these children as neighbors or in their child's classroom. More.

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Believe It! Depression Carries Stigma

If you don't think there is a stigma about depression and mental illness, read on.

Did you miss our chat conference on "Living with Bipolar Disorder and the Stigma of Mental Illness?"  The transcript is here.

VNS Therapy Offers Hope for Those Resistant to Depression Treatment

Results showed that, of the patients who responded to VNS Therapy, either early or later in treatment, the majority continued to experience significant clinical benefit for up to 24 months. Details

Here, one woman shares her story of successful VNS treatment.

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Magnetic Pulse Treatment Targets Depression

Transcranial magnetic stimulation, under investigation as a potential treatment for depression, sends a magnetic pulse to stimulate the brain. Hear this report on the experiences of a woman named Georgia, who is among hundreds who have agreed to try the device. Listen now

Fewer Children Taking Antidepressants

Since 2003, when warnings about suicidal behavior associated with antidepressant drugs were issued, the number of kids taking depression medication has dropped. cont.

More Depression Stories

• Severely Depressed Moms May Give Birth Earlier
• Menopause Raises Risk Of Developing Depression

Intensive Therapy Plus Medications Works for Bipolar Depression

Treating bipolar depression with intensive psychotherapy plus medication may be more effective than brief psychotherapy plus medication.

Long-Term Use of Bipolar Medications Worrisome to Some

Medications used to treat Bipolar Disorder are worrying some patients that they will incur medical problems in the future. Read more.

Bipolar Kids: Parents Must Become Experts

Parents of children diagnosed with bipolar disorder report the disease wreaked havoc on their families’ ability to lead a normal life. The only way they’ve been able to help their children, they say, is to become experts in the illness.

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Less Than Half of Teens Hospitalized for Bipolar Fully Recover

After their first hospitalization for bipolar disorder, fewer than four out of 10 bipolar teens recover enough to lead full lives. Study results.

Special Omega 3 Compound Helpful for Bipolar and ADHD

A recently published study by researchers at Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital shows that a specially formulated high EPA Omega-3 fatty acid supplement should be the first-line treatment for children with ADD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and other educational and behavioral problems.

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ADHD in Adults Can Hurt Job Performance, Relationships

More than half of children with ADHD can expect to contend with the condition as adults. Find out about the impact and what you to be aware of.

Helping Athletes Deal With Anxiety

Anxiety is something all athletes deal with at some level. What’s important to know about anxiety is, where it comes from, its effects and what to do about it.

Meredith Vieira Admits to Anxiety Attacks

The Today Show host says she's been walloped by mental gremlins and anxiety in recent years - so much so that she suffers panic attacks and has a dread of crossing bridges in her car.

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More Anxiety Stories

• Early Use of Xanax Helps With Anxiety
• Young Adults Taking Paxil Face Slight Increase in Suicide Risk

Research Indicated Dieting Doesn't Work

It was the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of diet studies ever done. After analyzing 31 long-term studies, researchers report: "We found that the majority of people regained all the weight, plus more." So if dieting doesn't work, what does?

The Science of Sobriety

AstraZeneca is studying whether its antipsychotic drug Seroquel, taken with mood stabilizers, can help alcoholics who also have bipolar disorder. Others pharma companies are working on preventing relapse and more. Details.

Music Lessons Fine-Tune the Brain

Music training can help you do all kinds of things better. "It sharpens your hearing not just for music but for speech because it improves the brain's ability to make sense of the information it gets from your ear."

Schizophrenia: First Antipsychotic Failure May Predict Another

New findings show that early non-response to antipsychotic medication, as early as two weeks into treatment, appears to strongly predict subsequent lack of response in patients with schizophrenia. If that's the case, then what's next?

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More Schizophrenia Stories:

• Warning Over Schizophrenia Drug Clozapine
• New Antipsychotic Bifeprunox Shows Favorable Effects on Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides and Lipids

Additional stories linked from the HealthyPlace.com Thought Disorders Community homepage.

"Where to Go From Here?"

Tess38:

"I’m a mum of a teenage daughter (17). She has been depressed for a couple of years. First she was cutting herself; which made me seek help for her straight away. So she was getting help which was going well. I thought it was. Then she stopped going and  things just got bad again. She would get up late in the day and she would just wreck my home. She has loads of friends come around and sometimes they get drunk. She would never tidy up after herself and everything was just getting wrecked. I was always on her back, but no matter how I came across to her, it wouldn’t change. Her counselor say it's her depression. I also have a son who is 20 and he’s now become depressed too and hates living there with her. And I'm now depressed and taking medication. I want to be there for her but I am too ill myself.

I'm so lost not knowing what to do next. Sometimes I just think the only way out is to go to sleep and never wake up." respond here

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Something to think about...

"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver."

- Barbara de Angelis

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

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