Author Archive for Shamala Pulugurtha, MS
Psychiatry & Psychology | By July 11, 2007 | By Shamala Pulugurtha, MS | 1 Comment
New Tool to Diagnose Adolescent Depression
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between 1992 to 2004, the rate of hospitalization for depression has increased approximately 81% for females and 30% for males aged 5-19 years. In 2004, more than 5,000 US children and adolescents committed suicide and an additional 171,870 non-fatal self harm injury cases were reported. About 15-20% of American teens have experienced a serious episode of depression, which is similar to the proportion of depressed adults. Read more →
- Problem Eating Behavior in Preschool Children
- Personality and Disease
Greek physician Hippocrates once said, “If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.” According to the National Institutes of Health, at least one out of five kids in the U.S. is... Read more →
An Indian sage said some 4000 years ago, “There are two classes of disease–bodily and mental. Each arises from the other. Neither can exist without the other. Mental disorders arise from physical ones, and likewise, physical disorders arise from mental ones.” The debate between duality... Read more →
Monday, October 13, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- The Bipolar Trend
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Are You Vegetarian? How Do You Get Enough Protein?
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- ADHD - A Very Incomplete Puzzle
- Stop Talking, You Might Get Cancer
- Health Care and Politics II - The Democrats
- Health Care and Politics I - The Republicans
- Brain Blogging, Fortieth Edition
- China’s Tainted Reputation
- The Silent Epidemic of Health Illiteracy
- Managed Care Kills a Provider’s Reputation
- Writing Away Your Worries
- Sleep Deprivation, Behavior, and the Young
- Preventative Care in Medicine
- Cheating Husbands - What His Genes Tell Us
- Reduced Empathy Following Traumatic Brain Injury
- Craniosacral Therapy – Healing Through Touch
- Brain Blogging, Thirty-Ninth Edition
- Are Doctors Super Human?
- Taking Care of Those Who Take Care of Us
- Water - How Much is Too Much?
- Involving Physicians in Military Interrogations
- What Does Your iPod Say About You?
- We've been non meat eaters now for over 10 years. I use the term advisedly, as ...
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- Electro Convulsive Therapy - or as many mentally ill patients refer to as LRT - ...
- It depends on situation like, a doctor with lots of money and patient from wide ...
- Your health is a commodity...
Police, fire-safety, roads, education (rudimentar...
- Kathleen,
found the info,
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- thanks for the feedback Kathleen.
I looked on your website but did not find s...
- I want the government to stop being everyone’s father. Grow up, get a job, and b...
- We need to set up a healthcare system and in that a government that has the publ...
- tran, how old are you, 12?...
- Actually, our organization, CodeBlueNow! has been asking the public what they wa...
- ..."Most Americans are willing to pay higher taxes to make health care reform po...
- I am one of the minority who is _not_ willing to pay higher taxes to make health...
- Deregulation, thats McCains plan. Well heck, it worked so well for the financia...
- And just what kind of "health coverage" are we talking about here, with either c...
- Obama's plan is infinitely better but this problem will never be fully solved un...
- Great articles!
Doctors are now busy with schedules. They are running with clo...
- Let's think about John McCain's plan from the prospective of a lower income indi...
- .Who is really paying health insurance aka desease care in America.
Folks lets ...
