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Is Coffee Making You Crazy? By some researchers' estimations, caffeine withdrawal produces "enough physical symptoms and a disruption in daily life to classify it as a psychiatric disorder." |
Managed Care
October 2002
John Carroll |
National Mental Health Parity Bill Poised To Pass This Time Around After years of skirmishing over mental health parity, the battle lines are drawn. Troops are armed with a cache of talking points and data -- pro and con. And, after a brief summer truce, another big showdown looms on Capitol Hill. |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Josh McHugh |
Yale Lecturer Advises: Flush the Prozac and Hack Your Own Happiness Drugs are over-prescribed and therapy under-utilized. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000
Michael F. Gliatto, M.D. |
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Patients with generalized anxiety disorder experience worry or anxiety and a number of physical and psychologic symptoms... |
AskMen.com
Leandre Low |
Sexual Addiction There's actually a pretty long list of criteria to be considered a victim of hypersexual disorder. |
Managed Care
July 2005 |
Two Major Studies Focus On Mental Health Two major studies on mental health say that while strides have been made in awareness of the problem and the willingness of patients to seek help, much more needs to be done. |
Reason
January 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Head Games What are the rules for defining mental illness? |
ifeminists
August 11, 2004
Tony Zizza |
The New Child Abuse: Mandatory Mental Health Screenings Politicians and pharmaceutical companies must believe there is something noble in the entire U.S. population being labeled with a mental disorder, and subsequently drugged. |
ifeminists
June 21, 2006
Tony Zizza |
Tom Cruise Was - Right! In American, when even choosing to be a jerk in your automobile is now viewed as suffering from a mental disorder that requires therapy and drugs, psychiatry is 100% -- pseudoscience. |
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. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2003
David J. Mersy |
Recognition of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Ten percent of the population abuses drugs or alcohol, and 20 percent of patients seen by family physicians have substance-abuse problems, excluding tobacco use. These patients can be identified by relying on regular screening or a high index of suspicion based on "red flags." |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2003
Jones et al. |
Common Problems in Patients Recovering from Chemical Dependency This article describes how to care for patients recovering from chemical dependency, including special concerns that arise during the treatment of common medical conditions, to avoid adverse outcomes or relapse into addiction. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2004
Randy K. Ward |
Assessment and Management of Personality Disorders Patients with personality disorders are common in primary care settings; caring for them can be difficult. The characteristics of these patients' personalities tend to elicit strong feelings in physicians, lead to the development of problematic physician-patient relationships, and complicate the task of diagnosing and managing medical and psychiatric disorders. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2006
Jen Lin-Liu |
China's e-Junkies Head for Rehab Beijing Military Clinic's Internet addiction center is often fully booked. Concerned about teenagers falling prey to the Internet's allure, China has even sought to ban youths under the age of 18 from going to Internet cafes. |
ifeminists
October 22, 2002
Tresa McBee |
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. |
Managed Care
February 2002
Heidi A. Sauder & Sheri Wallace |
Push Is On for Improved Treatment of Women's Psychological Maladies Sure there are diagnostic and treatment challenges, but the money that can be saved for society might make this fertile ground for investment... |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2001
Carla T. Herrerias |
The Child with ADHD: Using the AAP Clinical Practice Guideline The American Academy of Pediatrics developed an evidence-based clinical practice guideline that provides recommendations for the assessment and diagnosis of school-aged children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder... |
AskMen.com
Jeff Bayer |
Training Addiction Training addiction is a very real thing for many men, and if it isn't addressed quickly enough, it can lead to overtraining syndrome, eating disorders, bigorexia, and a generally unbalanced lifestyle. |
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... |
Managed Care
April 2005
Martin Sipkoff |
Insurers Give Substance Abuse New Identity: It's a Disease After years of short shrift from payers and insurers, substance abuse services get renewed interest. Health Plans in particular are re-evaluating their approach. |
