Articles Tagged ‘depression anxiety’
BioPsychoSocial Health | By March 22, 2008 | By Lindsey Kay, MD | 2 Comments
The Increasing Influence of Biopsychosocial Medicine
The biopsychosocial model of health and disease was originally a fringe idea, and is still criticized by some. But its popularity is growing as more healthcare professionals and patients recognize the link between emotional health and physical disease. A recent literature search on Medline, the U.S. government database of medical literature, found 1,973 articles relating to the biopsychosocial model, with 433 published within the last three years alone. Read more →
- Chronic Pain and the Brain
- Curb Domestic Violence/Abuse and Slash the Incidence of Mental Disorders
- Brain Blogging, Fourth Edition
- Mental Illness - It’s Not Talked About
- Researching Drug Interventions in Bipolar Offspring: Current Ongoing Research
- Integrative Psychiatry: Mental Symptoms and Nutrients
- Living with a Brain Disorder: Richard, 46-50, Depression, Anxiety, Schizoaffective Disorder
The brains of chronic pain patients fail to maintain the state of “activity equilibrium” seen in healthy patients. New research has demonstrated that a key emotional control center in the frontal lobe remains active constantly in chronic pain, while in pain-free patients it shuts down in... Read more →
A new study presented by the World Health Organization points to the international community’s efforts to curb interpersonal violence and its mental and physical consequences. This past week nearly 200 experts on violence prevention assembled in Scotland for “Milestones 2007,” a gathering... Read more →
Welcome to the fourth edition of Brain Blogging - a semi-monthly blog carnival that aims to review posts “related to the brain and mind that go beyond the basic sciences into a more human and multidimensional perspective.” Read more → Read More →
Are you reading this at work during your lunch break? Has anyone come into the lunchroom to tell you about the cold they had lately, or their children’s chicken pox, or their aging father’s hip replacement? I bet this happens quite a bit. Just about everyone talks about these maladies, small... Read more →
Last August, at the Stanford University Medical Center, Packard Research findings reported additional research on drug therapy for juveniles predisposed to bipolar disorder. They had found that children with psychiatric problems - who appear to be at high risk for bipolar disorder - already had done... Read more →
One of the benefits of visiting a psychiatrist who also specializes in holistic, complementary or alternative medicine is that he or she can determine whether or not a nutritional deficiency is the cause of some mental symptoms. Nutrients play a critical role in mental health. They are the building blocks... Read more →
Interviewee: Richard, age 46-50, from Maryland was diagnosed with “major depression, anxiety disorder, schizoaffective disorder. 1997. Portland, Oregon”. I was diagnosed with major depression for engaging in self-mutiliation and having suicidal ideation. I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder... Read more →
Friday, July 4, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- The Bipolar Trend
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Encephalon, Forthy-Third Edition
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Staying the Course Prescribed for Major Depressive and Bipolar Disorders: A Family's Journey Thus Far
- Ethical Obligations of Health Care Workers During a Pandemic
- Treating Psychiatric Disorders - Something Smells Fishy
- Going Beyond Informed Consent
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn’t Mess Around
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Prescriptive Authority - Are Pharmacists “Write”?
- Should Patients with Schizophrenia Receive Free Medication?
- Should Doctors Unionize?
- Blood Glucose and the Brain: Sugar and Short-Term Memory
- Should Doctors be Paid by Drug Companies for Research?
- How Do We Feed Our Children?
- Ethics 101 - Patients Who Hide The Truth
- Food Additives, Hyperactivity, and Common Sense
- Concierge Medicine - The Future or the Past?
- Brain Blogging, Thirty-Fifth Edition
- Are Placebos A Betrayal?
- New Technology for Intracranial Aneurysms
- Stem Cell Research - Man vs. God
- Using Infrared Light to Diagnosis Alzheimer’s
- Mozart, MD - Music for the Mind and Body
- I'm writing in RP, too. Once at Ivillage, (sorry, I've been signed in for awhile...
- My father passed away from bladder cancer caused by secondhand smoke. The 38,000...
- Since my vote is supposed to represent who I think would best serve my prioritie...
- Also, regarding the "Presidential Elect" (ughhh....) don't blame me - I was a RP...
- We have a lot in common. I pay "little attention" to GMF's (bad I know, but the...
- The WHO's numbers are not accurate.
There are approximately 6.5 Billion peopl...
- Thanks, Kobie.
I appreciate the heads-up regarding the upcoming event. I will d...
- Thanks for the article. Dept of Health and human services is having a webcast on...
- What benefits would a patient with schizophrenia have if they were to have a MRI...
- How ironic to address these issues on the anniversary of our "independence", as ...
- Hi,
I followed a conscious feeding regime with my eldest boy many years ago. ...
- LOL - I know too well of the revolving door of FDA/NIH and Pharma... if you real...
- Dr. Sherry Tenpenny's theory is that if mainstream medicine dares to question '...
- if you are really interested in this topic, volunteer to be on your local human ...
- Tia: I have a vaccine injured cousin and nephew (autism). Unfortunately, my fami...
- And thank you, Herd Rebel, for making the world safer for YOUR children. I spend...
- thank you...
- Thanks for your contributions Tia, you opened the forum. HCN, I'm not sure what ...
- In my experience, doctors are not capable of discussing side effects of a treatm...
- Looks like HCN might just be a hack-blogger for some vested vaccine interest.......

