Cymbalta gets Mixed Reception
Thursday August 26, 2004
Eli Lilly's new antidepressant Cymbalta should be hitting the streets in the U.S. any day now. The company hopes that it has found a money-maker, since It's flagship antidepressant Prozac ... Read More
Geoden Approved for Bipolar Disorder
Wednesday August 25, 2004
Pfizer announced Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its schizophrenia medication Geodon for treatment of mania associated with bipolar disorder.
Geoden reportedly causes less weight gain than some ... Read More
Winemaking Family Raise Millions for Mental Health
Monday August 23, 2004
The Music Festival for Mental Health celebrates its 10th anniversary this September. Rutherford, California's Staglin family founded the festival, which has has raised more than $22 million in direct and ... Read More
Prozac Works Better with Therapy
Wednesday August 18, 2004
Teenagers suffering from depression improved more with a combination of Prozac (fluoxitine)and cognitive-behavior therapy than they did when treated with either separately, a multicenter study published today in the Journal ... Read More
Seniors Need to Socialize the Maintain Social Skills
Monday August 16, 2004
A new study suggests that older adults should interact often with others - both friends and family members - if they want to maintain their ability to communicate. Read ... Read More
More Information on Schizophrenia
Friday August 13, 2004
Our Schizophrenia information has been supplemented by an excellent in-dept article from A.D.A.M. healthcare. Check out all of the information here.
How Stressed-Out Are You?
Wednesday August 11, 2004
Are you feeling stressed out? Too many things to do, too little time? One more thing added to the To-Do list and you feel like you'll explode? Guest author ... Read More
Prozac Found in U.K. Drinking Water Supply
Sunday August 8, 2004
Traces of the anti-depressant Prozac (fluoxitine) have been found in the United Kingdom's water supply. London's Observer Sunday newspaper reported that a report from the Environment Agency warned that the ... Read More
Internet Addiction gets Finnish Soldiers Excused from Military
Friday August 6, 2004
Reuters has reported that a number of Finnish conscripts have been excused from their full term of military service because they are "addicted to the Internet", according to the Commander-Captain ... Read More
Landmark Survey Reports the Prevalence of Personality Disorders in the United Sta
Wednesday August 4, 2004
A new study estimates that 30.8 million American adults (14.8 percent) meet standard diagnostic criteria for at least one personality disorder as defined in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and ... Read More
Another View of Schizophrenia
Monday August 2, 2004
Humair Hashmi of Pakistan writes that "The hallucinations of a socially degraded person lead to his being labelled a schizophrenic and the hallucinations of a socially exalted person lead him ... Read More