The Forgotten Patients

 

Alexsandra Wixom started experiencing uncontrollable bouts of sadness when she was 15. "I was emotionally off. I cried all the time," recalls the Seattle-area resident, who is now 25. Her mood swings eventually became so wild the former honors student had to quit going to high school. Over the next eight years she saw a psychiatrist every other week. Her doctors tried everything from Zoloft to mood stabilizers to heavy-duty antipsychotics, but none of them helped for long...

http://www.forbes.com/global/2010/0913/health-mental-health-industry-suicide-forgotten-patients.html

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The Science of Anxiety

 

It's 4 a.m., and you're wide awake--palms sweaty, heart racing. You're worried about your kids. Your aging parents. Your 401(k). Your health. Your sex life. Breathing evenly beside you, your spouse is oblivious. Doesn't he--or she--see the dangers that lurk in every shadow? He must not. Otherwise, how could he, with all that's going on in the world, have talked so calmly at dinner last night about flying to Florida for a vacation?

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The Science of Anxiety

New danger for teenagers: Huffing Freon

New danger for teenagers...

Supporting Fathers' Emotional Health is Essential for Children

 http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/childinmind/2011/11/supporting_fathers_emotional_h.html

Study finds happiness predicts longevity

USA Today reported on a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that links feeling happy on one day in time to survival five years later.  Seems like the study was pretty well done.  Certainly validates the importance of attending to our mental health.

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/mind-soul/story/2011-10-31/Happy-You-may-live-35-longer-tracking-study-suggests/51016606/1

Behavior Therapies Can Work for Weight Loss

This article summaries a review of 58 clinical trials.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/10/04/review-behavioral-therapies-work-for-weight-loss/