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Shock Therapy 'Riddle' Solved By Brain Scientists

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Psychiatry, Depression, Video, Depression Treatment, Electricity, Electrodes, Brain, Electroshock Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Shock Therapy, Science News

By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 03/19/2012 03:04 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily While "shock therapy" has been used ...

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Should Electroconvulsive Therapy Be More Difficult To Get? FDA To Decide.

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Scientology, Mentally Ill, Mental Health, Electroshock Therapy, Schizophrenia, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Ect, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Psychiatric, Shock Treatment, Home News
DJ Jaffe

The Food and Drug Administration is having a meeting to decide who controls your right to choose mental illness treatment.

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Armistice Day, the Great War, and Brains: A Tale of Woe

Dan Agin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Neuropsychiatry, Shell-Shock, War, Armistice Day, World War I, Electroshock Therapy, Veterans Day, Politics News
Dan Agin

Had the politicians of various countries been obligated to live in combat on the front lines, it's doubtful that the ferocious carnage of the First World war would have occurred.

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FDA Considers Caving to Scientology and Making Mental Illness Treatment Illegal

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.17.2011

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DJ Jaffe

As far-fetched as it sounds, the FDA is considering making it more difficult to treat depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and psychosis.

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How McGovern Picked his VP after Ted Kennedy and Many Senators said No Thanks

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vice President, Tom Eagleton, Ed Muskie, Walter Mondal Turned Him Down. Abe Ribicoff Would Have Said Yes but Couldn't Skip His Honeymoon, Electroshock Therapy, Walter Cronkite Would Have Said Yes, George McGovern Picked His Running Mate in a Few Hours, Ted Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

It's been a bit less than two years since I interviewed George McGovern for my book, Clinton in Exile, on Bill Clinton's post presidency. McGovern a...

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Mental Recession: Like Manna From Heaven

Liz Spikol | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seasonal Depression, Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Depression, Phil Gramm, Gramm Recession Is Mental, Light Therapy, Suicide, Epilepsy, Psychology, Spikol, Illness, Recession, Controversial Remarks, Fda, Health, Electroshock Therapy, Gramm Whiner, Denials, John McCain and Phil Gramm, Philadelphia, Mental, Phil Gramm Nation of Whiners, Headline News, Mental Recession, John McCain, Sad, Politics News
Liz Spikol

As a mental health journalist and someone who suffers with bipolar disorder, if there's one thing I know, it's how to solve a "mental" crisis.

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Glad To Be Mad: Mentally Ill Start 'Mad Pride' Movement (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

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Yesterday the New York Times explored the burgeoning "mad pride" movement, which aims to fight the stigma of serious mental illness like schizophrenia...

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