Psychopharmacology

Predicting Treatment Response in Major Depression: The Use of Biosignatures

Maria A. Oquendo, M.D. | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Major Depression, Depression, Biomarkers, Depression Treatment, Mental Health, Brain Science, Mental Health Research, New Research, Healthy Living Health News, Psychopharmacology, Biosignature, Healthy Living News
Maria A. Oquendo, M.D.

A new national study on "biosignatures" for depression treatment is groundbreaking in its approach and sophistication; it could usher in a new frontier of brain science.

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The 'New' Psychiatry: How Low Can We Go?

Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, New Psychiatry, Mental Health, Psychiatry Talk Therapy, Healthy Living News
Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino

In a recent New York Times article, "Talk Doesn't Pay, So Psychiatry Turns to Drug Therapy," the sad truth of what was once a noble profession, psychiatry, now a shambles of its former self, is accurately described.

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Better Living Through Chemistry

Beth Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Support, Psychotherapy, Atavan, Prozac, Therapy, Medication, Divorce, Psychopharmacology, Divorce News
Beth Jones

A few weeks after my ex-husband left (and moved in with his personal trainer), I signed-on with a therapist and she promptly set me up with a psychopharmacologist.

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Psychotherapy over Psychopharmacology

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Psychotherapy, Daniel Carlat, New York Times Magazine, Psychopharmacology, Perphenazine, Depression, Mental Health, Psychopharmacologist, Health, Risoerdal, Healthy Living News
Robert David Jaffee

Carlat noted that many psychopharmacologists practice "fragmented care" in which they solely prescribe medication for patients while referring them "to a professional lower in the mental-health hierarchy" for therapy.

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Who Needs the Brothers Grimm When We Have Teen Screen?

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Public Schools, School Shooting, Political Psychology, Mental Health, Children, Fairy-Tale, Psychiatric Drugs, Raising Children, Teen Suicide, Fairy Tale, Schools, Europe, Children's Health, New York, Psychopharmacology, Teenagers, Healthy Living News
Anne Dunev

The test: TeenScreen. Its mission: to test all American school children. The treatment? Psychotropic drugs that carry the all too real risks of suicide, suicidal ideation, homicide and homicidal ideation.

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Lost Common Sense about Depression: Relationships

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Addressing Depression, Psychotherapy, Depression, Therapy, Relationships, Self-Actualization, Benefits of Psychotherapy, Psychology, Happiness, Psychopharmacology, Intimate Relationships, Healthy Living News
Bruce E. Levine

While psychotherapy may not help all depressed people, the loss of psychiatrists practicing psychotherapy means the loss of basic common sense in psychiatry about depression.

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Jason Linkins

Boehner Needled On This Week Over Effexor Slogan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: GOP Campaign Slogans, Psychopharmacology, Video, George Stephanopoulos, John Boehner, Anti-Depressants, Pharmaceuticals, Campaign Slogans, Gop, GOP Candidates, House Republicans, Politics News

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

Read More: GOP Campaign Slogans, Politics News, Psychopharmacology, Anti-Depressants, Pharmaceuticals, Campaign Slogans, Gop, GOP Candidates, House Republicans, Video, Politics News

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

Read More: Campaign Slogans, Gop, GOP Campaign Slogans, Pharmaceuticals, House Republicans, Anti-Depressants, GOP Candidates, Psychopharmacology, Politics News

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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