Anti Depressants

Dying and Living All Over Again

Carine Fabius | Posted 05.30.2012

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Carine Fabius

Untimely death happens so that the humans left behind might take another, fresher look at their lives, experience renewed appreciation for the gift they can still claim, and become a bit more thankful, a bit more humble.

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How Do You Cope With Failing Relationships With Depression?

Jamie Lewis | Posted 02.09.2012

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Jamie Lewis

Saying goodbye to someone you're close to is tough and when you're struggling with depression, it can seem like the end of the world. Especially, when you hold that person on such a high pedestal that you attribute most of your success directly to their impact on your life.

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The 7-Step Plan To Dodge Antidepressants

Karim Orange | Posted 01.18.2012

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Karim Orange

A funny thing happened once I got my magic pills home. Looking at them motivated me to figure out an alternative way to handle the issue.

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Are Pills Magic?

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 11.20.2011

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Matthew Edlund, M.D.

When people feel ill or even fearful of illness, they want relief, and they want it quickly. So we give them pills.

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Are Addiction And Mental Illness Really Brain Diseases?

Stanton Peele | Posted 08.16.2011

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Stanton Peele

That there is something inherent in the person to be found there -- in mental illness and addiction -- is received wisdom, not empirical fact. The belief derives from the assumption that these phenomena are medical diseases.

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Not Taking Antidepressants Could Be Riskier Than The Side Effects ?

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 06.04.2011

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Robert David Jaffee

For years, it has been common knowledge that antidepressants can cause side effects, such as an upset stomach, muscle fatigue and decreased libido.

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Millions On Antidepressants With No Diagnosis

Posted 05.25.2011

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Are you taking antidepressants for something like sleep problems or a sour mood? Well according to a recent study in The Journal of Clinical Psych...

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DRUG DOCS: Psychiatrists Turn To A New Form Of Therapy

nytimes.com | GARDINER HARRIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Alone with his psychiatrist, the patient confided that his newborn had serious health problems, his distraught wife was screaming a...

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Meditation or Medication? Or Both?

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michael Sigman

A decade ago, having recently begun Buddhist meditation practice, I attended a lecture/Q&A with a Tibetan master at a Buddhist center in Hollywood. Th...

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Heaven knows we're miserable now

Christina Patterson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Christina Patterson

On Friday, at the Hammersmith Apollo, my friend and I cried. Through "Whiskey River", and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", we'd held it together, as th...

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Peaceful Revolution: If You Give a Mouse a Prozac...

Katrina Alcorn | Posted 11.17.2011

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Katrina Alcorn

It is crazy to put working parents in impossible situations where they are bound to go crazy, and then act like there's something wrong with them for going crazy.

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Medication Alone is No Panacea for Depression

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.17.2011

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Robert David Jaffee

There is no doubt that antidepressants, which I have taken since 1996, have helped me. But these pills are no panacea, and they will not automatically make a shy person the life of the party.

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Psychiatry's Dirty Little Secret

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Scott Mendelson, M.D.

Of people prescribed an antidepressant to treat their Major Depression, only about 25% enjoy complete resolution of symptoms, another 50% feel some relief, and the last unfortunate 25% get no relief at all.

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Medication Can Help The Severely Depressed

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.17.2011

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Robert David Jaffee

The more depressed someone was, the more likely they were to benefit from taking anti-depressants. The studies showed that this was true, whether or not the patients took Paxil.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lauri Lyons

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Ten Ways to Sane in an Insane World

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.17.2011

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Francesca Biller-Safran

7. Take the time to look people in the eye, say hello, goodbye, ask "How are you" ; listen to their answer and ask a question. Remember how to communicate with people again on a human face-to-face basis.

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Fake It Till You Make It: Placebos Are Getting More Effective

wired.com | STEVE SILBERMAN | Posted 11.17.2011

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Merck was in trouble. In 2002, the pharmaceutical giant was falling behind its rivals in sales. Even worse, patents on five blockbuster drugs were abo...

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Pre-Election Anxiety Squeezes African American Women

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Tucker

"On the news yesterday, they revealed a potential neo-Nazi plot against Barack Obama, and then they gave more details on the racially-motivated Ashley...

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Jason Linkins

Boehner Needled On This Week Over Effexor Slogan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Well, we seem to have come full circle on the matter of the House Republicans hilariously choosing a campaign slogan, "The Change You Deserve", that i...

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Jason Linkins

Hoyer Pokes Fun Of House GOP, Anti-Depressant Co-Branding Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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As we learned earlier this week, the electoral hopes of the GOP have grown so dim that the House Republicans have turned to psychopharmacology to help...

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Jason Linkins

GOP's New Slogan Already Being Used To Market Anti-Depressant

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leave it to the tone deaf GOP to find a way of attaching themselves to this election cycle's "change" mandate that simultaneously reinforces the fact ...

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