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1. Are ADHD Drugs safe For Our Children November 19, 2009 Recent findings into the prescription medication used to treat conditions like ADHD are prompting serious medical concerns amongst medical experts, reports The Daily Telegraph. Of course as natural therapists we have long had concerns about these drugs that have had very little studies done on the potential and deadly side effects that these drugs can have. Leading Australian Child psychiatrist Dr Jon Jureidini, head of psychiatry at Adelaide’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital, says he is worried by new figures showing an increase in psychotic episodes among children taking the medications... (read more) Author: Erik E

2. Trent Consultants News Virtual Reality Games Could Help Bullying Victims November 13, 2009 Trent Consultants News Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick. Trent Consultants News Children who took part in a three-week anti-bullying virtual learning intervention in schools in the UK and Germany showed a 26% decrease in victimisation. In the study, published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Maria Sapouna and Professor Dieter Wolke from Warwick Medical School and the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick led a team of researchers to examine t... (read more) Author: Mary Kay

3. Foxophobia, Triskaidekaphobia - Fickle Phantasms from the White House? October 25, 2009 Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13, and while it may seem silly to some then we discover friggatriskaidekaphobia which is fear of Friday the 13th. Superstitious, silly perhaps, but some people are stricken with real trepidation over them both. Here comes Foxophobia, what is a nation to do? President Obama’s persistence in singling Fox News out for scoffing and scolding has generated more disbelief than relief for most Americans. It is hard for anyone to imagine a President using the advantage of the office of the President to single out any one individual, corporation, state o... (read more) Author: Michael Bresciani

4. New "Elixir" Claims Success in Treating Cocaine Addiction October 08, 2009 A study supported by NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) conducted by Thomas Kosten, M.D., of Baylor College of Medicine, “Cocaine Vaccine for the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence in Methadone-Maintained Patients: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Efficacy Trial” published this October by the Archives of General Psychiatry claimed that an experimental anti-cocaine vaccine resulted in a reduction in cocaine use in 38 percent of the people in the trial that were vaccinated. NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkaw said, “The results of this study represent a promising step toward an effecti... (read more) Author: addiction professor

5. THE MYSTICAL WORLD OF PSYCHIATRY October 08, 2009 Many believe that psychiatry is not real; it’s a pseudoscience, trash, and a make belief science, it’s all about hypnotism etc. However, psychiatry is a medical science of a different order that deals with the mind and its intrinsic and complicated nature. Many mental disorders or illness often having an effect on the mind as well as the body can be treated by a psychiatrist. Insomnia, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, abnormally high pressure moods, various personality disorders etc are some of the common cases under psychiatry. Mental health professionals and staff thrive across the glo... (read more) Author: Praveen P

6. Things You Need to Know About Fighting Dogs September 24, 2009 Fighting dogs are the ones that cause their owners the most worry. It is this vice that many owners hope a psychiatrist will be able to probe and cure, but since this is the process of investigating into the past of the dog's mind, which cannot be probed because the dog cannot answer questions, no progress can be made with psychiatry. We don't know which motive fits each individual case. What we do know is that dogs pretend to fight in play, mauling each other in a rough and tumble which nobody minds. Puppies have mock fights all the time to strengthen their limbs and develop their jaws a... (read more) Author: Lamar Deane

7. How to solve anxiety disorders with family constellations September 02, 2009 There are various moments in our lives when we do not feel at ease with our body, when without apparent reason we are not happy or, even worse, we suffer panic attacks and depression that we often can not explain. Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) tries to solve these troubles with methods quite different from traditional scientific psychiatry by postulating different and innovative concepts to help us break these knots that disturb us so much. Panic attacks are periods of intense fear or discomfort, typically with a sudden start and usually lasting less than thirty minutes. Symptoms in... (read more) Author: Martina Meneghetti

8. What is Fibromyalgia? July 25, 2009 Fibromyalgia! If you have it, you certainly know that you have it! It is so "similar" to "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" that the two are often lumped together -- if you have one, you have the other. These are abbreviated as FMS and CFS. They are invented diseases -- invented by the hidden world of psychiatry for the sole purpose of selling psychiatric drugs. They are common. See: http://www.chelationtherapyonline.com/anatomy/p18.htm for a brief information at "connective tissue disorder disease" – another invented disease. These are also often called the "hopeless diseases" becau... (read more) Author: Karl Loren

9. Vitamin D: Anti-Aging Therapy For The Brain? June 09, 2009 Vitamin D may be among the most important anti-aging therapies for the brain, according to a major new European study. The European Male Aging Study, which focused on more than 3300 men between 40 and 80 years old, showed that low levels of the vitamin are definitely associated with slower mental processing, reduced cognitive function, and concentration problems. The study authors, reporting their results in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, said that while high levels of the vitamin correlated with high scores on cognitive function tests, more clinical tests are n... (read more) Author: RA Butters

10. All About Clinical Depression May 22, 2009 All About Clinical Depression Depression, a mental illness that is often characterized by prolonged periods of sadness and melancholy, experts from the field of psychiatry say. But just because one person is moping around and just generally hating the world around him or her, doesn't mean that it's already depression, but if this kind of behavior, the feeling of emptiness, loss of self-worth and absolutely no hope for happiness just goes on and on, then, yes, that individual is very much, indeed, depressed. Still, there are various types of depression, from Manic or Bipolar dep... (read more) Author: Bryan Childers

11. Worried About Memory Loss? Working Later In Life And Keeping Active Such As With Steam Mopping Coul May 19, 2009 Worried about memory loss? New research suggests that working longer may help prevent dementia. For those with time on their hands,this article talks about voluntary work, such as steam mopping a local church, as a possibly way of keeping both mind and body active, Poor economic conditions are making people work longer in life but there may be advantages. A recent study from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London found that men who continue working later in life helped keep their brains' sharp. What's interesting is that the scientists now believe that this retirement delay... (read more) Author: J Timothy Mitchell

12. OCD: More than obsession and compulsion - A Complex Disorder May 19, 2009 You might discover yourself shuddering in horror at the notion of grasping hands with anyone. One of the most well-known class of anxiety-related illnesses is obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The stereotypical characters that we think of are TV figures such as Jack Nicholson's character from the movie As Good as It Gets. These personalities are depicted desperately trying to scrub and bleach things around them, a manifestation of a compulsion to be spotless and germless. As a condition, real OCD can truly be debilitating. Minimization of perceived risk, a main concern of people with... (read more) Author: David Cambria

13. 5 reasons to choose Medical Consulting Rooms May 08, 2009 Consulting Rooms can be renting for a variety of Medical Purposes. Among them are chiropracty, physiotherapy, psychiatry, and complementary therapies. There are many advantages to renting Medical Consulting Room, whether part-time or full-time, short-term or long-term. CAN RENT ON A SHORT TERM BASIS If you only need to rent a Consulting Room for a short period, this can be done at a relatively low cost. Long term leases are not usually necessary. Therefore if you only need it for 3 months, you only pay for three months. If you are only practicing in a certain area on a short term basis,... (read more) Author: Andrew Marshall

14. Aiding Psychiatry with Complementary Medicine - The Holistic Approach April 21, 2009 Aiding Psychiatry with Complementary Medicine – The Holistic Approach Abstract One of the most interesting and effective ways of treating mental health problems is by using special diagnostic methods such as channeling and bio-energy to help make contact with the patient's physical, mental, and spiritual components. In this way, the sources of the patient's problem can be revealed, thereby enabling treatment to be carried out. Therapists should be experienced in using these diagnostic methods and know how to make sure that the patient feels safe and secure in the trea... (read more) Author: Oren Nutovitz

15. Doctor Reprimanded by Texas Medical Board for Having Sex with Patient April 16, 2009 Television and movies sometimes like to make fun of the practice of psychiatry and treat its relevance in a trivial light. For example, a dad unintentionally scares his children when he jumps into their bedroom dressed as a clown and mom is heard saying, "Well, I guess we'll be using those college savings for years of therapy bills instead." In reality, millions of men and women seek psychiatric treatment for genuine and serious problems of depression, abuse, and relationship problems. Their medical diagnoses are much more than a punch line. In no legitimate course will a hopeful doctor learn ... (read more) Author: Tony R. Bertolino

16. Neurotransmitter Testing: How Detecting Neurotransmitter Imbalance Can Help You to Feel Better, Fas April 08, 2009 Neurotransmitters, chemicals in our brains that work as messengers between brain cells, are responsible for most of what goes on in our bodies. They regulate our behavior, our emotions, our ability to learn, and the way we sleep. When these chemicals are not present in the proper balance, it can affect everything from our energy levels to our ability to focus to how we feel. Studies have shown that neurotransmitters have a tremendous influence on our mood, and insufficient levels of certain neurotransmitters have been identified in patients with emotional disorders and mental illness. ... (read more) Author: Valerie Balandra NP

17. Indepth Look at Dermatology March 25, 2009 Internal medicine is concerned with systemic diseases of adults, i.e. those diseases that affect the body as a whole, or with all adult non-operative somatic medicine, thus excluding pediatrics, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, and psychiatry. Practitioners of such specialties are referred to as physicians. Practitioners of internal medicine however are called differently based on their subdisciplines. A popular subdiscipline is Dermatology and the doctors who specialize in this field are called dermatologists. Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases. T... (read more) Author: Sterre Lauridsen

18. Natural Ways to Reduce Memory Loss and Improve Your Memory Skills March 23, 2009 Do you occasionally have one of those “senior moments” where you walk into a room and then totally blank out on why you went in there, or scramble mentally to remember the name of a person to whom you were just introduced? These small memory lapses happen to everyone – they are simply part of the brain’s constant efforts to sort out, prioritize and file away the information it is constantly receiving. Minor forgetfulness is a normal part of getting older and generally does not affect your life in any significant way. On the other hand, if lapses in memory start to get in the way of your a... (read more) Author: Valerie Balandra NP

19. What Technical Doctor Can Do for Your Organization February 09, 2009 Maintaining your organization’s electronic medical records or EMR gastroenterology can be a daunting task for your staff. The processes involved can be stressful, time-consuming and expensive. Aside from making sure that your records are in the right order, you also have to worry about the usual hassles involved in the purchasing, installation and maintenance of your computer equipment. Working with Technical Doctor can solve all these problems for you. A typical physician’s office will spend a minimum of 5 to 8 hours monthly attending to IT needs. These needs include: • Installation... (read more) Author: Manly Regacho

20. Is Alcoholism Hereditary? Yes and No February 06, 2009 Is Alcoholism Hereditary? Yes and No Children of alcoholics are four times more likely to grow up to be an alcoholic than any other children, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (NCADI: Fact is Alcoholism Runs in Families). This does not mean that alcoholism is hereditary. Alcoholism can and does skip some generations. But if one of our parents is an alcoholic, we are at a higher risk of developing it, too. Just like most diseases, alcoholism definitely has genetic factors. My Dad drank heavily every night after my Mom passed away. Was he an alcohol... (read more) Author: Vivian Eisenecher

21. Psychiatry Private Practice Marketing November 17, 2008 Marketing a mental health practice, whether psychiatry or social work requires the most important ingredient--non-stop, low cost, high frequency, touches of the prospective referral resources with useful information that indirectly presents your services has high quality and effective. You must communicate in a continuous, almost automatic way emotional, newsworthy and compelling messages about mental health and human goal achivement that will cause the reader to see themselves in the story. Do this say, twelve times a year, and you will achieve something called "top of mind" visibility.... (read more) Author: Daniel Feerst

22. Brain Injuries Increase Risk of Developing Dementia October 20, 2008 Brain Injuries Increase Risk of Developing Dementia A study recently published in the journal of Biological Psychiatry has discovered a link between accelerated dementia and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and brain infections. Individuals affected by dementia may see an acceleration of their condition when inflammation of the brain occurs because of a brain injury that also leads to an infection. Scientists had already been aware of systemic inflammation, in which the body becomes inflamed as a whole, to have an affect on brain function, according the study; however, until recently, li... (read more) Author: Peter Kent

23. ‘BURN-OUT' - THE ANATOMY OF A BREAKDOWN October 13, 2008 There is an affliction gaining notoriety which affects hard working people and it has therapists often baffled and unable to read the signals a patient is relaying. The end result is a terrible state of inertness with intensive medical treatment and a very slow recovery. Therefore, a person heading for such a mental catastrophe needs to be able to read and interpret early signals in order to recognise them and prevent the end result. This report will detail with the symptoms and stages leading up to total inertness. Researchers discovered that people in the service industry and those with low... (read more) Author: PETER FREDERICK

24. Evolution of Mood Disorder Wonder Drugs September 22, 2008 Evolution of Mood Disorder Wonder Drugs Prior to the 20th century mood disorders and mental illness were treated with a variety of obscure and often barbaric methods including frontal lobotomies (with no anesthesia), exorcisms, and shamanistic potions. Dr. Benjamin Rush, the "father of American psychiatry," was the first to believe that mental illness is a disease of the mind and not a "possession of demons." His classic work, Observations and Inquiries upon the Diseases of the Mind, published in 1812 promoted the belief at the time, that "madness" was an arterial disease, an inflammati... (read more) Author: Rodger Murphree

25. Information About Clinical Depression July 16, 2008 Depression, a mental illness that is often characterized by prolonged periods of sadness and melancholy, experts from the field of psychiatry say. But just because one person is moping around and just generally hating the world around him or her, doesn't mean that it's already depression, but if this kind of behavior, the feeling of emptiness, loss of self-worth and absolutely no hope for happiness just goes on and on, then, yes, that individual is very much, indeed, depressed. Still, there are various types of depression, from Manic or Bipolar depression - characterized by sudden ... (read more) Author: John Samson

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