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American Family Physician May 15, 2004 Birrer & Vemuri	Depression in Later Life: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge Depression in elderly persons is widespread, often undiagnosed, and usually untreated. Because there is no reliable diagnostic test, a careful clinical evaluation is essential.
American Family Physician August 15, 2001 Thomas P. Guck	Assessment and Treatment of Depression Following Myocardial Infarction Depression is an independent risk factor in the development of and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy persons...
American Family Physician January 15, 2003 Ables & Baughman	Antidepressants: Update on New Agents and Indications Many antidepressants have been released in the United States over the past two decades. This article is an update of information about the newer agents for depression and new indications for older antidepressants.
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American Family Physician December 1, 2001 John Koo	Psychodermatology: The Mind and Skin Connection Psychodermatology, or psychocutaneous medicine, focuses on the boundary between psychiatry and dermatology. Understanding the psychosocial and occupational context of skin diseases is critical to the optimal management of psychodermatologic disorders...
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American Family Physician November 1, 2002 Nusbaum & Hamilton	The Proactive Sexual Health History Physicians consistently underestimate the prevalence of sexual concerns in their patients. By allocating time to discuss sexual health during office visits, high-risk sexual behaviors that can cause STDs, unintended pregnancies, and unhealthy sexual decisions may be reduced.
American Family Physician September 1, 2000 Vincent Morelli & Roger J. Zoorob	Alternative Therapies: Part I. Depression, Diabetes, Obesity Natural supplements are widely used in the United States and, while claims of their therapeutic effects abound, medical research does not always support their effectiveness...
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Salon.com July 11, 2001 Amy Benfer	A history of failure Author and psychologist Bruce Levine pummels psychiatry, psychotropic drugs and the role both may have played in the case of Andrea Yates...
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American Family Physician July 15, 2004 Robertson & Montagnini	Geriatric Failure to Thrive Some elderly patients, including those who do not have acute illness or severe chronic disease, eventually undergo a process of functional decline, progressive apathy, and a loss of willingness to eat and drink that culminates in death.
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Carol Marie Cropper	A Cloud Over Antidepressants Do some popular drugs cause suicidal behavior in teens?
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AskMen.com January 6, 2001 Joshua Levine	Dealing With Depression Clinical depression is an illness characterized by a cluster of feelings, thoughts and behaviors that are strikingly different from a person's normal range of feeling and functioning...
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Reason October 2005 Maia Szalavitz	In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so.
Salon.com March 9, 2000 Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.	Kids on drugs A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children.
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