Mental health

Alabama workers to pay for extra pounds

Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat. The state has given its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit — or they’ll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free. Alabama will be the ...

Half of college students consider suicide

More than half of American college students have considered suicide at some points in their lives, a new survey reveals. The survey, results of which were presented Sunday at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Boston, adds to the growing body of evidence that the pre...

Shock therapy makes a quiet comeback

When Bill Russell tells people that his severe depression was relieved by shock therapy, the most common response he gets is: "They're still doing that?" Most people might be quicker to associate electroshock therapy with torture rather than healing. But since the 1980s, the practice has been quie...

In era of pills, fewer shrinks doing talk therapy

Cartoons about the psychiatrist’s couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a museum. A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. psychiatrists. The expanded use of pills and insurance policies that favor short off...

Missing DNA chunks tied to schizophrenia

Two huge international studies show that people who lack certain chunks of DNA run a dramatically higher risk of getting schizophrenia, a finding that could help open new doors to understanding and diagnosing the disease. These deletions are rare, each found in less than 1 percent of schizophrenia p...

22,000 veterans have called suicide hot line

More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says. According to a recent RAND Corp. study, roughly one in five soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan displays symptoms of post-traumatic stress...

22,000 veterans have called suicide hot line

More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says. According to a recent RAND Corp. study, roughly one in five soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan displays symptoms of post-traumatic stress...

Body language: What McCain, Obama reveal

Barack Obama spoke in front of 200,000 Germans in Berlin on Thursday at the start of a European tour, while John McCain talked to small business leaders at a fourth-generation German restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. But regardless of the audience, people undoubtedly paid as much attention to the nonver...

Report: More older kids diagnosed with ADHD

More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday. Some experts called the finding surprising, noting that most childhood diagnoses traditionally occur by a...

Sometimes more mess means less stress

Learning to tolerate the natural chaos of life can free your time, spark surprising discoveries and help you feel happier than ever. var hasRelatedPhotos = 'false';if (hasRelatedPhotos=='true'){var vRPL = document.getElementById("viewRelatedPhotosLink");if (vRPL!=undefined) vRPL.style ......

Depression Counseling

Many people suffer from a feeling of anxiety, guilt, unworthiness and constant fatigue. All these signs indicate depression, a mood disorder. Depression is a stage of extreme dejection or feeling of inadequacy and hopelessness. It is often characterized by certain physical symptoms. There are variou...

The Mental Performance of Ginkgo

A new study has found that the extract from the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree may improve memory and reduce the risk of cognitive decline in the elderly, so long as they remember to take it. The study results, to be published in the journal Neurology, were published online ahead of print on Febru...

Depression And Congestive Heart Failure- Efficient Treatments

Congestive heart failure, or CHF, is one of the most commonly found chronic health problems in the United States. Nearly five million people suffer from this disease, and 500,000 more are diagnosed with it every year. This condition can be slightly problematic, or it can become disabling and impair ...

Depression Treatment – Natural Depression Remedies

Depression and anxiety become a way of living for many of us. It is not the way life is supposed to be. The big advancement in the medical field is undeniable. Mind issues though are more difficult to deal with. Your brain is more complex than the myocardial muscle. Leave aside the risks associated ...

Herbal Remedies for Depression

During certain period of your life, you may feel upset and frustrated. You may also suffer from a feeling of guilt, anxiousness and unworthiness and constant fatigue. All these signs are associated with depression, which is a mood disorder. It is characterized by a sense of despair, hopelessness and...

Warning Signs of Depression

Those who suffer from warning signs of depression and related disorders may know the warning signs of depression all too well. They also know that these disorders tend to manifest themselves as repeated episodes of the depressive condition with the typical patient having many distinct episodes durin...

Depression In Men: Danger Signs Of Male Depression

Depression is a malevolent disease that affects around 10% of women and 3 to 5% of men worldwide. While there is no clinical classification that separates male depression from female depression, clinicians have reason to believe that depression in men may take a different curve from the way women fa...

Depression Blog - Knowing The Signs

Some say that an epidemic exists in cyberspace - one that causes continuous suffering every day. This epidemic involves that spontaneous occurrence of blogging. It continues to develop more and more under the influence and control of blogging veterans. More and more bloggers begin to feel the disapp...

Understanding Signs of Teenage Depression - Dealing with Adolescent Depression

Teenage is the most vulnerable period when one would strike depression with an ongoing transitional phase from childhood to adulthood. This is the phase of turmoil when an adolescent has to address physical, emotional and social changes that cause anxiety as a reaction to stressors. Optimal worries ...

Do OCD Treatments Work? Mentally Mad or Just Plain Sad

Do OCD treatments work; good question and one that can have one of two answers "Yes they do, and no they don't if the prescribed treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder are not of the appropriate nature purposely formulated for treating specific symptoms. Although symptoms are greatly alike d ....