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Depression: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is depression?... What causes depression?... Symptoms of Depression... How is depression diagnosed?... etc. |
ifeminists
May 10, 2006
Tony Zizza |
Is It Time To Boycott Parade Magazine? Once again Parade magazine is helping pharmaceutical companies sell depression and its drugs. If we are to take AstraZeneca seriously, and bipolar disorder seriously, then we must completely reject the idea of free will, personal responsibility, and good/bad consequences. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2002 |
Medicines for Mental Health During Pregnancy What mental problems may occur during pregnancy?... Can pregnancy cause these mental problems? Does it make them worse?... Are mental health medicines safe to use during pregnancy?... What should I do if I have a history of a mental disorder and want to get pregnant?... etc. |
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Three Medication Pathways for Bipolar Disorder No matter where you work, you're likely to care for patients with bipolar disorder, which affects about 2.6% of people age 18 and older per year. |
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The zitty face of depression Drugs for depression and drugs for acne don't always mix well... |
AskMen.com
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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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January 15, 2003 |
How Do I Know If I Have an Eating Disorder? What is an eating disorder?... Why are eating disorders dangerous?... What are the symptoms of eating disorders?... How will my doctor know if I have an eating disorder?... Where can I learn more about eating disorders? |
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High Blood Pressure An informative pamphlet on what high blood pressure is, what the numbers mean and how and when the condition may be treated. |
AskMen.com
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Are You A Hypochondriac? The facts are that only 16% of patients that see their General Practitioners for common ailments actually have physiological causes for their sicknesses... |
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Tips for Using Medicines Wisely A patient guide and suggestions for safe medicine use. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2007
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Childhood and Adolescent Depression Safe and effective treatment of major depression in this age group requires accurate diagnosis, suicide risk assessment, and use of evidence-based therapies. |
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Anxiety and Panic: Getting Control over Your Feelings A patient guide: What is anxiety?... Are there different types of anxiety?... Panic Attack Symptoms... What is generalized anxiety disorder?... etc. |
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January 1, 2006 |
Medicines to Prevent Migraine Headaches A patient hand-out on the painful condition, its causes, treatment options and prevention recommendations. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2003
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Health Problems and Your Sex Life People with chronic illnesses can feel tired and depressed a lot of the time. They may have pain, stiffness, or trouble sleeping. They may need medicines or other treatments that affect their sex life. |
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American Family Physician
December 1, 2004 |
Heart Failure-What Do I Need to Know About It? A patient bulletin discussing what heart failure is, its most common causes, treatment options, ways to prevent the disease, etc. |
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March 1, 2004 |
Chronic Pain Medicines Description of the different types of pain medicines for chronic pain. |
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Pass the Prozac Sparring spouses seek counseling, where they are diagnosed with "relational disorder," meaning the relationship is causing problems, not the people. Relational disorder is not a recognized mental illness. Yet. If two psychiatrists convince enough people, RD could be added to the DSM. |
Psychology Today
Mar/Apr 2009
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Good Morning, Heartache Depression is a daily reality against which millions struggle. Many have found a variety of strategies to help them not just survive, but thrive. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2004 |
Eating Disorders A general overview of eating disorders including anorexia nervosa and bulimia. |
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Kids on drugs A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2005 |
Tuberculosis: What You Should Know A patient hand-out on the disease, who is susceptible, its treatment and medication recommendation. |
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March 29, 2006
Tony Zizza |
Is Debra Lafave A Bipolar Disorder Publicist? Debra Lafave, a teacher who had sex with one of her 14-year-old students, became a celebrity through a crime and through the smoke and mirrors of mental illness posturing and pandering. |
AskMen.com
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Sleep Disorders Explained Sleep disorders can do more than just make you drowsy; if untreated, they can cause high blood pressure, increased heart rate and heart disease. And the first step in treatment is identification. |
Reason
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The Great Depression Is an epidemic of depressive disorder really sweeping America? Book review: The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder, by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield. |
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American Family Physician
April 15, 2001
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Sex Isn't Working for Me. What Can I Do? When you have problems with sex, doctors call it "sexual dysfunction." Men and women can have it. There are four kinds of sexual problems in women. |
AskMen.com
December 21, 2003
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Overcoming The Winter Blues Over 10 million Americans start feeling the onset of depression as soon as the skies begin to darken and the days shorten. This type of depression, known as seasonal affective disorder, is well-documented and is a contributing factor to higher suicide rates during the winter months. |
BusinessWeek
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American Family Physician
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Reason
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Head Games What are the rules for defining mental illness? |
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American Family Physician
September 1, 2006 |
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Eddie Chandler |
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ifeminists
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Tony Zizza |
Are Affluent Teens The Latest Victims Of Mental Illness? Everything in America is viewed through the prism of alleged mental illness. Affluent teenagers are just today's advertising copy for the next psych drug and insurance billing code. |
Wired
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From Benzedrine to Abilify, Chronicling America's Love of Psychiatric Drugs A history of what Americans have used to battle depression. |
IEEE Spectrum
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American Family Physician
August 15, 2003 |
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TIME Asia
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American Family Physician
July 15, 2003 |
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American Family Physician
September 1, 2000
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