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7 Office Depression Busters: Tips for Work DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In his classic, “The Prophet,” Kahlil Gibran writes: Always you have been told that work is a curse … But I say to you that when you work you fulfill a part of earth’s furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. Unfortunately Kahlil’s words don’t jibe with a new Australian study that found almost one in six cases of depression among working people caused by job stress, that nearly one in five (17 percent) working women suffering depression attribute their condition to job stress and more than one in eight (13 percent) working men. In the last decade, the number of American ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 9, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Depression General Health-related Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Psychotherapy Sleep Stress Treatment Acute Anxiety Boss Calming Techniques Curse Department Of Health Extrem Source Type: blogs

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Pathophysiology 1) type of stress disorder with delayed, recurrent development of anxiety after experiencing a traumatic event 2) involves threat of or actual death, injury, or loss of integrity to self or others that is responded to by fear, horror, or helplessness Signs and Symptoms 1) detachment and loss of emotional responsiveness 2) depersonalization 3) intrusive dreams, thoughts, and flashbacks 4) cues of epidode provoke anxiety 5) active avoidance of stimuli or cue 6) increase startle response, increased arousal, hypervigilance 7) difficulty concentrating irritability 9) variable inability to recall all or part of ...
Source: Inside Surgery - February 6, 2010 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Uncategorized depersonalization fear response hypervigilance intrusive dreams recurrent anxiety traumatic event Source Type: blogs

Newsweek: Do Antidepressants Work? For Many People, YES!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I admire Newsweek writer Sharon Begley’s work … especially when she explains ways we can try to rewire our brain. But I found last week’s cover story irresponsible. If, for no other reason, than its title and subtitle: “The Depressing News About Antidepressants: Studies Suggest That the Popular Drugs Are No More Effective Than a Placebo. In Fact, They May Be Worse.” Then I may as well kill myself. That’s how I would have read the article four years ago, before I started questioning all the information available today on mood disorders and drug treatment, before I started working with a ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 5, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Antidepressant Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Depression Disorders General Medications Research Treatment Acupuncture Antidepressants Article Four Backseat Compilation Creativity Darkness Emotions Johns Hopkins Libidos Med Source Type: blogs

Meeting With My First Therapy ClientEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I just finished a 40-day winter break from graduate school. After a quick but intense first semester, I was a bit crispy around the edges and welcomed the vacation. But now it is back to school and the next chapter in my journey towards becoming a clinical therapist. In less than two weeks, I will be contacting my very first clients to set up appointments. Bless these people for actually volunteering to share their stories with me, someone who has been told she is a “good listener,” but isn’t really sure at this point what else she can offer another person therapeutically. We’ve been told silence is golden. I’m h...
Source: World of Psychology - February 2, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Kate Thieda Tags: General On the Couch Psychology Psychotherapy anxiety Appointments Array Attendance Bit Crispy Classmates Clinical Therapist Clinicians Diagnosis Disclosure Statement Ethics Filing Insurance Good Listener Graduate School Source Type: blogs

How Do I Find a Good Psychiatrist?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This month Guideposts magazine published my story about the morning I met Dr. Smith at the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center. It read a little bit like a fairy tale … as soon as I met the right psychiatrist, I was fixed for good! And I never, ever cried again. I didn’t have room to give all the details … like that it took a few months to feel good again … and there was a lot of work being done on my end … and that even today I have plenty of bad days. I suspect that because the story was so simplistic and ended with glass slippers fitting perfectly on my dainty feet that it has been generati...
Source: World of Psychology - February 2, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Depression Disorders Medications Mental Health and Wellness Research Sleep Treatment Asking This Question Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Treatment Correct Diagnosis Dainty Feet Dr Smith Fairy Tale Glass Source Type: blogs

Jerilyn Ross, Leader in Raising Awareness About AnxietyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ms. Ross was the co-founder, President and CEO of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to raise public awareness about anxiety and its treatment. She passed away early last month. Below is an obituary for this remarkable woman, Jerilyn Ross, An Advocate for the Anxious, by Benedict Carey as it appeared in the New York Times: Jerilyn Ross, a therapist who helped hundreds of people overcome their worst anxieties and who became one of the country’s most visible and effective advocates for those with mental health problems, died on Jan. 7 in Washington. She was 63 and ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 2, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety and Panic Disorders General Anxiety Disorders Anxiety Disorders Association Anxiety Disorders Association Of America Cohen Ms Fear Of Heights Fellow Sufferer Jerilyn Ross Mental Health Problems Mental Illnesses Obsessive Co Source Type: blogs

Self-Help Course May Have Led to SuicideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’ve often wondered what would happen if an undiagnosed manic-depressive participates in The Landmark Forum, receiving counsel from a Forum leader with no education on mood disorders. The result could be devastating, I would think. In real life, let’s take Rebekah Lawrence from Sydney who burst into song while standing naked in her downtown office building, her final words being “I know I am going to jump.” And then leaped out the window. An Associated Press story published a few months ago tells the details. A few days before her jump Lawrence participated in an intense self-help seminar called The...
Source: World of Psychology - January 30, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders Health-related History of Psychology Medications Mental Health and Wellness Personal Policy and Advocacy Psychotherapy Relationships Research Self-Esteem Treat Source Type: blogs

Will Meek, Ph.D.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.willmeekphd.com/This is Will Meek from the old StaffPsychologist.com blog and former PsychCentral blogger. I have developed a new site where I am writing about self-help and psychotherapy, and have some resources for people on things like writing difficult letters to people, and managing anxiety among others. For: Clinicians, AnyoneTopics: Abnormal, Academia, Behaviour Management, Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Emotional Health, General Psychology, Lifestyle, Medico-Legal, Mental Health, Psychology and Technology, Anxiety, Psychotherapy, Self-helpFeatures: Articles, CE Activities, Databases, I...
Source: PsychSplash - January 27, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Anxiety Anyone Articles Features For Information Links Psychotherapy Self-help Therapist Directory Topics Source Type: blogs

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy’s Positive ImpactEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday, we reported on a new meta-analysis of psychodynamic psychotherapy that demonstrates the effectiveness of this type of therapy. Traditionally, psychodynamic therapy is thought to be “less scientific” than newer, modern psychotherapy treatments, like cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). We had previously noted how psychodynamic therapy fared just as well as CBT for anxiety disorders in another robust study. The new research analysis — which reviewed eight meta-analyses of 160 studies of psychodynamic therapy — was published in the American Psychologist and showed robust effect sizes: One ma...
Source: World of Psychology - January 27, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: General History of Psychology Psychotherapy Research Treatment American Psychologist Anxiety Disorders Beneficial Impact CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive Therapy Consistent Trend Maladaptive Traits Mental Health Problem Source Type: blogs

10 Ways to Find a Good TherapistEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When we want to improve our bodies we pretty much know where to find help. This time of year the gyms are full and the meeting rooms at Weight Watchers are packed. But what do we do when we want to improve our inner selves, our relationships, or want to find help with depression or anxiety? Making the decision to find help is hard enough. Why should you have to get even more stressed out hunting for the right therapist? It’s like searching for a needle in a haystack unless you have some guidance. So here are a few tips: 1. Forget the yellow pages. A yellow pages listing is expensive so a lot of good people aren’...
Source: World of Psychology - January 27, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. Tags: Alcoholism Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Depression Disorders General Grief and Loss Men's Issues Mental Health and Wellness PTSD Parenting Psychology Psychotherapy Self-Esteem Stress Students Women's Issues Accountant Conf Source Type: blogs

PTSD Brain Scan HypeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last week, we noted along with many news outlets that a biomarker had been apparently discovered for PTSD. The researchers claimed they had a new tool to help make a differential diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The tool is a brain scanning technology that, like EEG, measures the brain’s electrical activity. But instead of directly measuring such activity, it measures magnetic fluctuations in the electrical activity. The technique is called MEG. There are certain technical benefits to this method as compared to a traditional EEG, so some researchers are exploring its greater use. Mind Hacks has a v...
Source: World of Psychology - January 26, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Disorders General PTSD Research Biomarker Brain Activity Brain Scan Depression Depression Anxiety Diagnosis Differential Differential Diagnosis Dsm Iv Eeg Electrical Activity Hacks Hype Levels Of Anxi Source Type: blogs

6 Steps Toward Freedom From DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After trying 23 medication combinations, 7 psychiatrists, two hospitalization programs, and every form of alternative therapy available–from homeopathic remedies to yoga, I assumed I was one of those unfortunate statistics with treatment-resistant depression, a Humpty-Dumpty type that would never recover from the fall of a nervous breakdown. There was no magic that happened between then and now, the month my book about my recovery hits the shelves. I just kept on getting out of bed. Even on the days where my thoughts were cemented in the black stuff, in negativity and toxic emotions, I tried to pick up one foot and p...
Source: World of Psychology - January 25, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Personal Random Brain Bits Research Self-Esteem Sleep Stress Treatment Abe Lincoln Alternative Therapy Ar Source Type: blogs

What is Obsessive-compulsive Disorder?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) If you have obsessive thoughts this means that certain words or ideas keep coming into your mind automatically. This can make you feel very anxious, particularly if the thoughts are nasty, unpleasant or frightening. For example, some people have repeated thoughts about germs causing disease or death. In order to cope with the anxiety they start to do things over and over again to get rid of the thoughts, such as washing their hands every few minutes, or reciting numbers. This is known as compulsive behaviour. People with this type of anxiety also tend to make it worse by continually che...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 25, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Co-dependency Emotions Psychological Illness Recovery Relapse GAD generalised anxiety obsessive-compulsive OCD panic attack ptsd Source Type: blogs

Nicotine as a Marker for Alcohol & Psychiatric DisordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Nicotine dependence represents a general marker of psychiatric comorbidity, particularly of addictive comorbidity. It may be used as a screening measure for psychiatric diagnoses in clinical practice as well as in future trials. Research report; Le Strat Y, Ramoz N, Gorwood P. In Alcohol-Dependent Drinkers, What Does the Presence of Nicotine Dependence Tell Us About Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders Comorbidity? Alcohol Alcohol. 2010 Jan 20. See also; Alcoholic, Addictive Behaviors Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Are Families Affected by Alcoholism? What are the Styles of Enablers? Hazelden Books and Resources...
Source: Twelve Step Facilitation.com - January 23, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addiction Alcohol Alcoholism Disease of addiction Drugs Research Symptoms of addiction antisocial personality Anxiety depressive episode manic disorder Nicotine dependence panic disorder social phobia suicide attempt Source Type: blogs

Acceptance, Appraisal or Suppression: Anxiety SolutionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A recent study looked at which kind of emotional response worked best at controlling anxiety. Participants in the study, over 200 subjects, were asked to give an impromptu speech in front of a video camera. They were randomly assigned to one of three groups: Reappraisal, Acceptance or Suppression.The Reappraisal Group was instructed to regulate anxiety by reappraising the negative aspects of the experience to more positive ones as they performed the task.The Suppression Group was asked to suppress their anxiety as they performed the task.The Acceptance Group was instructed to just accept their anxiety and perform the task....
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - January 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: anxiety Source Type: blogs

Pain and Humor: The Dark Side of FunnyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There’s one theme that keep recurring during each of my radio interviews for the book, Beyond Blue, and that is: humor. People are taken aback that I would write a book about depression and try to make it funny. Because funny and pain don’t go together, right? Wrong. Fellow blogger and comedian John McManamy interviewed me about this topic. It afforded me an opportunity to explore humor and think about why I use it so often. Click here to get to his original blog post. John: Listen, Therese. William Styron’s memoir of depression was bleak. Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” was heart-breakin...
Source: World of Psychology - January 20, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Personality Psychology Random Brain Bits Relationships Stress Agony Bell Jar blogger Comedian John Dentist Jokes Gus Hu Source Type: blogs

The Gift of the Gab…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My nurse, Rebecca, is so gregarious. As soon as we enter the examining room to administer my shot, she is small talking a hundred miles an hour. To my sensitive nature about such things, it can be an onslaught. I’ve learned to watch and listen though; to learn something that just doesn’t come natural to me. My father is the master of small talk. I’ve never met a more able bodied individual with regards to that subject. I get better as time goes by and it is less painful. Still, I can be awkward. This morning as I was waiting on dad to fill my prescription for my injection, h...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - January 20, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Social Anxiety Mom and Me Pharmacy Tales medications Grocery Day Helen Mi Familia Source Type: blogs

Military Wives More Likely to Be Depressed, AnxiousEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As we reported late last week, a recent study has confirmed that wives of active-duty soldiers are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and other mental health conditions. While much attention is focused on the mental health of soldiers themselves (especially with the recent rise in suicides in the military), a lot less attention is given to the families of those soldiers. This new study helps shed some much-needed light on the subject, and confirms what has long been suspected — the emotional toll for war-time deployments is much higher than anybody thought. The AP story on this issu...
Source: World of Psychology - January 19, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Anxiety and Panic Depression Disorders General Industrial and Workplace Policy and Advocacy Treatment Women's Issues Active Duty Anxiety Disorders Ap Story Central News Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Source Type: blogs

5 Ways to Build and Sustain Hope: An Interview with Anthony ScioliEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today I have the pleasure of interviewing the coauthor of Hope in the Age of Anxiety, Anthony Scioli. I excerpted his 9 Kinds of Hopelessness and How You Can Overcome Them awhile back, and now I wanted to focus on what you can do to find and sustain hope. Dr. Scioli is professor of Clinical Psychology at Keene State College and a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Rhode Island. Question: What is the biggest thread to hope? Anthony: If I had to pick one resource it would be surrounding oneself with good “hope providers”. I view hope in terms of four dimensions: mastery or goal strivings, attachm...
Source: World of Psychology - January 17, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Psychology Research Age Of Anxiety Arduous Tasks Array Calm Head Clinical Psychology Coauthor Coping Skills Enough Space Good Hope Good Listener Gr Source Type: blogs

Scared of Every Little Ache and Pain?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A while back, Shannon was out of town a few weeks before one of my big scans. I had a horrible upset stomach. Probably from something I ate. I was on the toilet for hours while sweat rained off my body onto the bathroom floor. I was shaking so badly my feet sounded like they were tap dancing. Logic left my mind and I felt like I was going through treatment all over again. I needed some serious grounding. When I feel aches and pains or an upset stomach, I have trained myself to go on the defensive. I aggressively guide my mind away from the dark places of wondering if I have long-term side effects or a seconda...
Source: Everything Changes - January 15, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized fear of recurrence side effects anxiety scans test Source Type: blogs

Why Do Youth Have More Mental Health Issues?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
News out today suggests that, based upon responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), youth today have more mental health issues than those who took the test in 1938. Here’s the summary: Pulling together the data for the study was no small task. Led by Twenge, researchers at five universities analyzed the responses of 77,576 high school or college students who, from 1938 through 2007, took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, or MMPI. The results will be published in a future issue of the Clinical Psychology Review. Overall, an average of five times as many students in 2007 surpas...
Source: World of Psychology - January 11, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior Children and Teens Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Personality Psychology Stress Students 1930s anxiety Book Generation Broken Arm Clinical Psychology Review College Students Depression Diagn Source Type: blogs

On Alert!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“Something’s wrong with you,” my dad said a moment ago on the phone. “What’s going on?” “Why?” I asked, my ears pricking up. “I feel shaky today, but I am hanging in there.” “Your mother said you haven’t come to get your cokes today. You always get them in the morning. I feared something was bad wrong with you. You have been getting those cokes religiously for months now.” I laughed, relieved that was all it was. I have to be so hyper sensitive to my father’s perception of me. “The caffeine made me sick yesterday,” I replied honestly. “I almost had an anxiety attac...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - January 8, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Mom and Me The Coke Ritual Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Anxiety Attacks Mi Familia Source Type: blogs

Introducing Therese Borchard’s New Book, Beyond BlueEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past year, you probably noticed that one of our regular contributors here has been Therese Borchard. However, she blogs more often and more regularly on her beliefnet.com blog, Beyond Blue. It was actually her wonderfully witty and touching writing there that led me to invite her to blog more regularly here. Therese is a rare find, combining a love of prose with a wealth of personal experiences with depression and other concerns to make for always engaging reading. So it’s no wonder she was able to bundle up that wisdom and publish her first book, Beyond Blue: Surviv...
Source: World of Psychology - January 7, 2010 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Alcoholism Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Bad Genes Borchard Boundaries Cable Guy Colorful Words Com Blog Demons Depression Anxiety Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Source Type: blogs

Two Peas in a Pod…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I wanted to title this post “The Mentally Ill Duo” as that is what mom and I are these days. We are both shaky. I can really tell my medication has run out. Just one more day and I will be back on track. And mom’s mind is a jumble of frets and thoughts of keeping appointments. Dad calls her the appointed one. Well, I told mom I wasn’t feeling well on the phone this morning. She immediately went into panic mode about my and her haircut this afternoon. She is getting her hair done right before me by Rhonda. “I’ll pick you up at lunch and take you and yo...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - January 4, 2010 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Mom and Me medications Anxiety Attacks Source Type: blogs

What are Anxiety Disorders?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Anxiety Disorders that can be associated with substance abuse and co-dependency. Anxiety disorders can easily be associated with slips, busts or relapse. To maintain sobriety these need to be addressed either through the 12 Steps with your sponsor or with professional help. There are many types of anxiety disorders that include panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - January 4, 2010 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Co-dependency Emotions Relapse Sponsorship Treatment 12 steps anxiety panic ptsd social anxiety Source Type: blogs

Deep, Dark Secrets Exposed to LightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the fourth year of my blog comes to a close, I've lived through some interesting events. I saw drama with the jeopardy of my marriage, pain from a dark secret revealed by an old friend, and a waist line that refused to acquiesce to all my best efforts. I realize that last bit is slight, but when your disabilities strain your loved ones and they want out, and you learn an old friend got kinky with your three year old, you look for laughs where you can. I had written about both events several times—even a version or two that my wife approved of—but since both events happened in the same 30 days, I wrote about them at...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - December 31, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Motor Tic Disorder Depression Goals Family Anxiety Musings ADHD Source Type: blogs

How is Your Crohn’s Today? Christmas and New Year EditionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope that you were able to have a pain free Christmas and I also wish you a Happy and Blessed 2010. Since we haven’t had a “How is your Crohn’s Today” blog in a while (I think since August), maybe we should have one now and you can tell us how your Christmas was. In case you are new to our Crohn’s blog, I try to have a blog once a month where we all write in and tell how we are doing (physically and emotionally) with our Crohn’s disease and pretty much just share as much as you want. I am doing really well. I am always afraid to make that statement because I feel like whe...
Source: Life with Crohn's - December 30, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Crohn's disease Crohn's disease community Crohn's disease support Crohn's lifestyle anxiety blog building a crohn's community Christmas Crohn's blog Everyday Health food How is your Crohn's today Kelly's Crohn's blog lowering pre Source Type: blogs

Legal, but LethalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medication addiction Prescription medications can sneak up on you and lead to addiction. Many celebrities have recently fallen victim to prescription medication addiction and/or overdose. But its not just celebrities that need to be cautious its everyone who takes mood changing, psychoactive or pain medications. Every day medicines hold a punch that may be life changing, life changes you may not normally choose. A drug addict used to be someone who bought illegal fixes from a shady character in a back alley. But with more and more people admitting addiction to prescription drugs, your ’dealer’ can be the person you le...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - December 30, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Addictions Drugs Medications Treatment denial disease abuse anxiety dependence depression drinking illness substance abuse Source Type: blogs

Alcohol Awareness for Loved OnesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Understanding alcohol abuse and alcoholism can be a key step in solving drinking problems Some people worry about their alcohol use but are not convinced that they need help. Friends or relatives might express their concern–”You have a drinking problem.” But often that well-intentioned statement fails to define the issue or suggest a clear solution. To cut through the confusion, it helps to understand the difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. Making this distinction can help you think clearly about a “drinking problem”–and allow you or a loved one to get the kind of h...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - December 30, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-anon Alateen Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Victorious Alcoholism Co-dependency Family Help an Alcoholic Treatment denial disease abuse anxiety brain dependence detachment doctor drinkin Source Type: blogs

Are you ANXIOUS? Are you SURE?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’ve been posting more lately, but I’m hoping to slow down by the end of the holidays to let everyone catch up. I’ve also mentioned ‘my book’ several times in the past year, promising to myself and to others deadline that comes and go. I wish I could take a month and work on it full-time, but I don’t see much chance of that happening… so I’ll have to just keep chipping away at it. I can be a perfectionist and everything can be worded just a little better… I’m the same way some mornings with my electric razor, until my wife gets sick of watching me...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 28, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: SuboxDoc Tags: Suboxone addiction anxiety benzos buprenorphine recovery relapse alprazolam anxiety treatment benzodiazepines benzos and suboxone benzos OK for anxiety clonazepam klonopin lorazepam opiates pain pill addiction xanax Source Type: blogs

Where Do You Go on Mental Vacations?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I am a huge daydreamer. My mind is a separate universe with lots – sometimes too much - going on in it. This can be really helpful when I want to vanish from a situation that I am unable to actually physically escape from. This seems like a good topic to talk about now, either for those of you who need a mental vacation from illness, or a mental getaway from too much family togetherness around the holidays. When I am laying on a table getting ultrasounds, I choreography ballets in my mind. I also love obsessing over the details of dinner parties – I plan menus, table settings, and fantasize about floral arrangeme...
Source: Everything Changes - December 24, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized young adult cancer anxiety daydreaming stress Source Type: blogs

Mom and I Live at Wal-Mart These Days...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It was lunch. I was standing over my kitchen counter eating a bowl of corn flakes when the phone rang. "Will you take me to Wal-Mart?" my mother asked. "I don't think I can drive today." "Sure," I said apprehensively with my mouth still full of and chewing on milk and corn flakes. "I'll pick you up in a minute. I've already had a shower and am dressed." As we were driving down, I asked mom what we needed. "Coconut for ambrosia," she replied. "Your father is making it this afternoon for Christmas." I don't get dad sometimes. Here, lately, he has been sa...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 23, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Social Anxiety Mom and Me Maggie Anxiety Attacks Source Type: blogs

6 Last-Minute Holiday Stress BustersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I have a theory regarding holiday stress: In the month of December, high levels of Cortisol (stress hormone) turn 80 percent of the American population into fruitcakes–just like the stale one delivered to your house yesterday. Because on top of adding 675 things to your to-do list, you’ve now got to deal with the strained relationship with your dad and two brothers. Bummer. Here, then, are my tips to keep your stress down a notch, so that you don’t turn into a fruitcake or hurl the mistletoe at an obnoxious relative. 1. Simplify Cut your to-do list in half. In December??? Yep. Keep on asking yoursel...
Source: World of Psychology - December 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Stress American Population Christmas Dinner Coin Collection Desperate Person Elves Fruitcake Fruitcakes Holiday Stress Busters Source Type: blogs

School Me on Illness and The HolidaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I was asked to write a guest blog post for Dear Thyroid about having cancer around the holidays. But being an atheist-Jew, I truly was at a loss for words. I had to pass. This is just not a subject I know much about. So I thought I would turn it over to you guys to educate me a bit more about what the holidays hold in store for anyone who is facing illness. Have at it. Leave a comment with stories, kvetching, tips, rants, or good memories about what it is like to be sick and dealing with: Family, food, lethargy, expectations, looking like crap, feeling like crap, feeling great when others think you should feel like c...
Source: Everything Changes - December 21, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized chronic illness dear thyroid thyroid cancer young adult cancer anxiety christmas family holidays relationships stress travel treatment Source Type: blogs

We Lead Complicated Lives...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Have you realized from reading my blog how complicated my family's lives are with their efforts to keep me physically and mentally healthy? It really is amazing the lengths mom and dad will go to help me. I guess they really do love me. A list of things they do for me...2 cartons of cigarettes every ten days. I must call dad and he will go by Fat Albert's and get them. He pays for these out of his pocket and cigarettes are very expensive these days due to the state taxes imposed - the sin taxes. "You smoke too much," dad will tell me. "Smoke one every thirty minutes!" Dad is very forgiving of this addiction as he realizes ...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 20, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Mom and Me mental health Maggie Alcoholism medications Anxiety Attacks Mi Familia Source Type: blogs

Depression Sufferers 3x More Likely to Have AnxietyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
. What if depression and anxiety could be seen as a color on your skin? (Photo: Photomish Dan) . This is our biggest study yet. Almost 1,000 people came together to report on their experience with depression and/or anxiety. Having post-partum depression myself after both of my girls were born, I got a taste of how devastating this condition can be. But add anxiety on top of it, and it’s a double hit to mood, functioning, and quality of life. Today’s announcement is that we found a strong association between Depression and Anxiety, which independent studies published in establishe...
Source: The Collective Well - December 17, 2009 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Alexandra Carmichael Tags: Research Findings anxiety curetogether depression Source Type: blogs

More on My Anxiety and Crohn’s DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As you recall from my previous blog, I have been working on trying to figure out what triggers my anxiety, recognize it when I experience anxiety and try to handle it better. I am also trying to bring myself back to the girl that I used to be. Before all of the terrible episodes with my Crohn’s disease I didn’t have to worry about falling down and breaking a bone, or taking a medicine that will cause me to flare up terribly, or have to worry about all the scary side effects of medicines. I used to be so carefree and outgoing. I feel like I have lost sight of who I am. I know that I am a good worker, a good ...
Source: Life with Crohn's - December 17, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Crohn's disease community Crohn's lifestyle Crohn's treatment IBD Uncategorized anxiety anxiety triggers blog building a Crohn's disease community Crohn's disease blog digestive health emotions Everyday Health exercise hobbies Source Type: blogs

6 Ways to Manage Anxiety: Holiday Stress TipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you are like me, you’re going to need some tips to manage your holiday stress. Here’s my small contribution to your problem, some Holiday stress management. If your mind were a diesel engine, anxiety would be the leaded gas that was accidentally poured in and responsible for all the burps and stutters. Even more so than depression, I think, anxiety is the big disabler in my life, with a capital D, which is why I try to nip it in its early symptoms. That doesn’t always happen, of course, but here are some techniques I try. 1. Recognize the reptilian brain. My therapist friend Elvira Aletta gives a brill...
Source: World of Psychology - December 16, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic General Health-related Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness On the Couch Personal Psychology Psychotherapy Random Brain Bits Relationships Stress Treatment Aletta Amygdala Array Burps Comb Source Type: blogs

What Makes a Family Functional vs Dysfunctional?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The other day I was responding to someone who was dreading the holidays with her ‘dysfunctional family’ (her words). It got me thinking about that word, dysfunctional, and how it implies that there is an opposite, functional, family somewhere. What does that look like? Is it a Perfect Family? Some Stepford-like pod of people who never fight, are always neat and smiling? Yeesh! That sounds horrible. In fact it sounds downright dysfunctional! So what is a functional family? How do we know if we have one? How would you define a functional family? The study of family dynamics, family therapy and treatment are compl...
Source: World of Psychology - December 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. Tags: Alcoholism General Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Relationships Self-Esteem Stress Women's Issues anxiety Atrocities Counseling Couples Couples Counseling Depression Desires Divorce Dreams Dysfunctional Family Fam Source Type: blogs

Anxiety, step-work, and gratitudeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One of the primary insights that I want addicts to gain from reading this blog is the similarity between their own thoughts, feelings, and pattern of use and the thoughts and patterns of use of other opiate addicts. We are all dealing with the same beast, we have all felt the same desperation, and we have all experienced the same distorted thinking. I hope that reading the desperate stories of others will help the reader understand that he or she is not alone, and will help readers identify their own distorted thinking. But tonight I finished the final performance of a Holiday play with Community Theater (I played th...
Source: Suboxone Talk Zone - December 14, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: SuboxDoc Tags: 12 steps Suboxone addiction benzos buprenorphine recovery subutex terminal uniqueness AA anxiety fond du lac psychiatry gratitude heroin junig meetings opiate addiction oxy twelve steps xanax Source Type: blogs

Long Term Care LivingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://longtermcareliving.com/LongTermCareLiving.com provides consumers with needed information nursing homes, assisted living/residential care, and other types of long term care. For: Anyone, ConsumersTopics: Anxiety, Child and Adolescent, Depression, Emotional Health, Life, Quality of Life, Quality of Life Assessment, VariedFeatures: Articles, Collaborative News, Databases, Glossary, Information, Links, Patient Handouts, e-learning LongTermCareLiving.com provides consumers with needed information nursing homes, assisted living/residential care, and other types of long term care. Learn how to: Find and select a ...
Source: PsychSplash - December 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Anxiety Anyone Articles Child and Adolescent Collaborative News Consumers Databases Depression Emotional Health Features For Glossary Information Life Links Patient Handouts Quality of Life Quality of Life Assessment To Source Type: blogs

Child Mental HealthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.childadvocate.net/childmentalhealth/Addresses mental disorders, behavioral disorders, child abuse, trauma, among other things. For: ConsumersTopics: ADHD, Anxiety, Attachment, Autism, Behaviour Management, Child and Adolescent, Depression, Educational Psychology, Emotional Health, Family Therapy, General Psychology, General Science, Life, Mental Health, Pediatric Depression, Self-harm and suicide, Sexual Assault, Stress, Substance Abuse, YouthFeatures: Articles, Databases, Information, Links, e-learning Addresses mental disorders, behavioral disorders, child abuse, trauma, among other things. Gives lo...
Source: PsychSplash - December 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Anxiety Articles Attachment Autism Behaviour Management Child and Adolescent Consumers Databases Depression Educational Psychology Emotional Health Family Therapy Features For General Psychology General Science Infor Source Type: blogs

Anxiety and Crohn’s DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The phrase that one of our blog community members, Todd, writes often in our comments is, “Keep your mind in the game.” That has sort of become my mantra lately. I have to tell myself this so I can remember what is important in the big picture so I will stop worrying about the little stuff. I have had problems with anxiety for a while now and I think that it has been building up the last few years. One of my problems (probably due to the fact that I am female) is that I tend to over analyze everything. Things happen to my husband, he acknowledges them, and then he forgets them and moves on. Things happen to...
Source: Life with Crohn's - December 10, 2009 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Crohn's disease Crohn's disease community Crohn's lifestyle Uncategorized anxiety blog building a Crohn's disease community chest pain Crohn's disease blog dance Everyday Health exercise family heart attack home husband Kel Source Type: blogs

The 7 Kinds of HopeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Awhile back Anthony Scioli, coauthor of “Hope in the Age of Anxiety” discussed nine forms of hopelessness and how you can overcome them. This week, I’ve invited Julie Neraas, author of “Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times,” to tell us about the different kinds of hope. Julie is an ordained minister, spiritual director and associate professor at Hamline University, and speaks regularly about hope, where it can guide you, how it can sustain you, and what meaning it can bring to your life. For more information visit www.julieneraas.com. Here’s Julie … Not all hopes ...
Source: World of Psychology - December 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: General Grief and Loss History of Psychology Mental Health and Wellness Psychotherapy Random Brain Bits Age Of Anxiety Array Associate Professor Cavities Coauthor Confidence Crashes Cure For Cancer Dentist Different Kinds D Source Type: blogs

Sex is Better at 50 than Age 30 or 40Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Men in their 50s have more satisfying sex lives than men in their 30s Men in their fifties are more satisfied with their sex lives than men in their thirties and forties, recording similar levels to 20-29 year-olds, according to a survey published in the February issue of BJU International. A team of experts from Norway and [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com)
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - December 8, 2009 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships 239 Addictions Co-dependency Emotions Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Healthy Men Recovery Relationships Sexuality Sobriety Spirituality Women age 30 anxiety depression diabetes ejaculation erection fifti Source Type: blogs

Scrambled brain connections linked to generalized anxiety disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By Stephanie Pappas Stanford University School of Medicine Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The findings could help researchers identify biological differences between types of anxiety disorders as well as such disorders as depression. The study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, examined the brains of people with generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, a psychiatric condition in which patients spend their days in...
Source: Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info - December 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Anxiety Insights Tags: amygdala generalized anxiety disorder Source Type: blogs

Believe in YouEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What do you see when you look at yourself in the mirror? Do you feel confident or do you shrink away from it as soon as you can? Do you experience positive or neutral self-talk or do you start to notice doubt whispering or screaming at you? How you answer those questions helps to determine how you feel about yourself. The key to confidence is believing in you. So what exactly is doubt? Doubt is thinking about yourself in a negative, vulnerable way or thinking you’re not equipped to handle things when the facts show otherwise. Doubt causes you to stop actively participating in life and enjoying the world around you b...
Source: World of Psychology - December 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Marci G. Fox, PhD and Leslie Sokol, PhD Tags: Brain and Behavior General Mental Health and Wellness Personality Psychology Self-Esteem Stress anxiety Assumptions Confidence Credibility Doubt Faces Favorable Outcomes Fear Feelings Frustration Information Skills Know Source Type: blogs

Season of Cheer or Season of Fear?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"With the holidays season upon us, people everywhere are beginning to prepare for parties, get-togethers and gatherings with neighbors, families and friends.Such occasions are generally festive, but for the millions of Americans who suffer from anxiety disorders, the "season of cheer" can be the "season of fear."One form of anxiety is called social phobia, or social anxiety disorder. As with many psychological conditions, the diagnosis is made when feelings and symptoms that are normal in everyone become amplified to the extent that they affect one's daily life.The condition commonly starts during the teen years and, for s...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - December 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: anxiety Source Type: blogs