MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'depression, suicide'. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:37:19 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712166&cid=t_252950_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F18%2Fmental-resiliency-training-planned-for-soldiers%2F Filed under the “better late than never” department, we have word via The New York Times today that the U.S. military is finally recognizing the importance of fitness. Not just physical fitness, mind you, but mental fitness training, in the form of improving one’s resiliency: The training, the first of its kind in the military, is meant to improve performance in combat and head off the mental health problems, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, that plague about one-fifth of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Psychologist Martin E. P. Seligman at the University of Pennsylvania has been consulting with the Pentagon on the innovative program. There’s no direct research that’s been conducted on soldiers to see if such a pr... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712166 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:05:20 +0100 2712166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556337&cid=t_252950_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F30%2Fdepressed-abn-amro-banker-who-could-not-live-with-his-shame%2F A sad ending to the story I wrote about a few days ago. This from The Independent: When Huibert Boumeester left his home in Belgravia last Monday morning, it was supposed to have been to attend an appointment to start rebuilding a once-glittering banking career. After three months out of work while battling depression, he was due to discuss his options with a City headhunting agency. But rather than head to the Square Mile, the multimillionaire former chief financial officer of Dutch bank ABN Amro, philanthropist and country sports enthusiast climbed into his dark blue Range Rover together with two of the six shotguns he kept at his houses in Scotland and London. Boumeester headed out of the capital towards the woodlands around Windsor Great Park, a spot he had come to know when seekin... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556337 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:19:34 +0100 2556337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523749&cid=t_252950_140_f&fid=34849&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftrouble.pwblogs.com%2F2009%2F06%2F24%2Flets-all-send-our-biggest-hugest-hugs-to-susan-s%2F The incomparable author of If You’re Going Through Hell Keep Going is feeling bad these days. Here’s something she posted yesterday: I am just tired. Tired of feeling ill from my meds 24/7. Tired of being too sick to work. Tired of not having any money and applying for food stamps and subsidized housing. Tired in the [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol) The Trouble With Spikol blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523749 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:19:35 +0100 2523749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473712&cid=t_252950_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FChannelN-PodcastsPoweredByOdiogo%2F%7E3%2FhNx1N_Jp8_4%2Fmore-than-sad.html Depression and suicide in teenagers. Brain and behaviour video curating from PsychCentral, the web's most trusted source of mental health site. (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473712 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:14:27 +0100 2473712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1730678&cid=t_252950_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dare-to-dream.us%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F_suicidal_thoughts_among_college_students.php Image via Wikipedia Hat tip to Psych Central for an report on a higher than expected prevalence of suicidal thoughts among college students. Researchers surveyed 26,000 students across 70 colleges and universities. Half reported having at least one episode of suicidal thinking at some point in their lives. Fifteen percent of students surveyed reported having seriously considered attempting suicide and more than 5 percent attempted at least once. Presenting at the 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, psychologist David J. Drum, PhD, and co-authors at the University of Texas at Austin reported their findings from a Web-based survey conducted by the National Research Consortium of Counseling Centers in Higher Education. [..] Six percent of undergraduates and 4... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1730678 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:15:57 +0100 1730678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1554843&cid=t_252950_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fchil-with-aspergers-writes-about-bullying%2F A 12 year old with Aspergers Syndrome and Tourettes wrote an emotion filled letter which was shown in a newspaper about the bullying he received in school and how it made him contemplate suicide. Elija Vetma after being being bullied because of Asperger’s and Tourettes wrote a letter, which was printed in a local newspaper about [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1554843 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:29:25 +0100 1554843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=806609&cid=t_252950_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesplinteredmind.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fdepression-and-militarys-license-to-ill.html In this rapid fire world of sound byte journalism, a new report claims that mentally ill soldiers are being propped up on meds and redeployed without counseling. Is it true?According to The Hartford Courant, "the U.S. military is sending troops with serious psychological problems into Iraq and is keeping soldiers in combat even after superiors have been alerted to suicide warnings and other signs of mental illness." If true, these are damning allegations to make during a time when public support is strained at best for a lengthy war.Following a link from MyDepressionSpace.com, I followed the trail further past the Christian Science Monitor to the original source itself: The Hartford Courant. What I found at first seemed to be a string of strawman style arguments linked together with unfoun... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=806609 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:28:00 +0100 806609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=699565&cid=t_252950_109_f&fid=35671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anxietyinsights.info%2Forexina_levels_reduced_in_suicidal_patients_with_major_depr.htm MedWire News: Suicidal patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) have reduced levels of the neuropeptide orexin-A in their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), study findings show. Orexins are selectively expressed in a small number of neurons in the lateral-posterior hypothalamus. These neuropeptides help regulate sleep and the state of arousal, the authors explain in the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology. More... ©Current Medicine Group Ltd (Source: Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info) Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=699565 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:10:00 +0100 699565