Mental Health Blog

A 10 year study found that "40 to 60 percent of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder do not respond to adequate treatment trials with SSRIs, and agents that alter serotonin receptors ... Read More

Does your vacation relieve the stress in your life or contribute to it? We think of vacations as a way to relieve stress. We get away from the drudgery of ... Read More

A new UK report claims that only one person in four in the UK with depression or chronic anxiety receives treatment. The mental health policy group of the UK's Centre for ... Read More

Pharmaceutical companies in the U.S have marketed SSRI antidepressants as medications that correct an imbalance in brain chemistry. These ads often describe depression as being caused by low levels ... Read More

Psychologists at the University of Washington have discovered that teenage girls who engage in self-harm behaviors such as cutting themselves have lower levels of serotonin in their blood. Serotonin is ... Read More

Some people are diagnosed with depression or anxiety when they really have bipolar disorder. Research in this area indicates one in two will first be told they have depression and ... Read More

SSRI antidepressants have been under attack in the past few years, since some studies suggested that these drugs can increase the risk of suicide in young people. A July 2006 ... Read More

Coronary Heart Disease patients underwent a sixteen week trial period of incorporating the practice of Transcendental Meditation into their activities. For comparison, a second group of patients in the study ... Read More

Despite public concern, violent acts by psychiatric patients after discharge are rare, according to research published in the British Medical Journal. In the two years after discharge, only ... Read More

Almost all mental health professionals believe that it is unethical to assist in the interrogation of prisoners of war (and other "detainees" who have not been granted that status). The ... Read More

A June 2006 study at Cornell University found that seventeen percent of college students report having cut, burned, carved or harmed themselves in other ways. Fewer than 7 ... Read More

Depression is a mental health disorder that can affect the way you eat and sleep, the way you feel about yourself, and the way you think about things. A depressive ... Read More

Past research has shown that violent adolescents become more depressed over time than other adolescents. We also know that young people living in violent neighborhoods are more subject to depression. ... Read More