Articles Tagged ‘depression’
Living with a Brain Disorder | By July 10, 2006 | By Shaheen E Lakhan, MS, MEd, PhD | 1 Comment
Living with a Brain Disorder: Joy, 31-35, Cancer and Anxiety
Interviewee: Joy, age 31-35, from Washington with anxiety and cancer.
I was happily married, life was good wonderful even. My husband left when I found out I had cancer, stating he is gay. I am cancer free now. I have never been diagnosed. Have been treated for anxiety in 2003 used effexor, no therapy
- Living with a Brain Disorder: Hua, 16-20, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Living with a Brain Disorder: Kelly, 41-45, Bipolar, PTSD, Anxiety, Insomnia, Fibromyalgia
- Prince Hamlet’s Depression and its Neuroanatomical Correlate
Interviewee: Hua, age 16-20, from China was diagnosed with “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I was diagnosed in May 2004 in China but suffered from it for four years.” Well, I can write a book to describe everything. I’m an OCD expert. Internet is where i obtained all those infos. Reading... Read more →
Interviewee: Kelly, age 41-45, from Washington was diagnosed with “BiPolar 1 with rapid cycling-PSTD-Anxiety-Insomnia-Fibromyalgia. With Psychiatrist and Rumatologist in February 2000″. I have done alot of research online and reading books and from my Psychiatrist. I have learned how to tell... Read more →
“How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!” Shakespeare’s arguably depressed and suicidal Prince Hamlet uttered those words to himself almost five centuries ago. But what if he had confessed them in his doctor’s office today, how would his... Read more →
Sunday, July 6, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- 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
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Integrating Schizophrenia Management
- Is War A Psychosis?
- Encephalon, Forthy-Third Edition
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Staying the Course Prescribed for Major Depressive and Bipolar Disorders: A Family's Journey Thus Far
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Brain Blogging, Thirty-Sixth Edition
- Breaking News - Exercise is Good for You!
- 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
- thanks for including my post on creativity and depression!...
- Starlight,
Good post. Yes 2% is not a cealing. Yes HHS and some other hi...
- Cyberbian,
Hi. You are right - It is a choice. Some plastic surgens live th...
- You have made the argument as if this were a simple personal choice. It is not.
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- A recent national survey by Inside Out showed that only one in five people say o...
- This news certainly is a study in the bleeding obvious isn't it?
The answer t...
- Sorry - that last post was mine.
We have better medical care than they did in...
- What a great, informative article! I'm new to the blogging world, and found your...
- Thanks Toby, Yes, the numbers are frightening.
So it would be 39 million d...
- Starlight,
On the HHS webcast with teh OSHA folks they did admit that 68% ...
- GASP! Breaking news... Excuse me while I go lay down for a bit... whew
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- Bless you starlight for your realistic math. The WHO numbers don't relate to re...
- 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...
- I agree about the necessity of DHA. However, DHA from fish is not ideal as it i...
- 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...

