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A Novel Mental Health Treatment Program Dramatically Reduces Suicides
If you've seen the photos of crumbling Detroit buildings that are being circulated lately, you'd probably expect the whole city to be full of miserable, despairing people, a place where...

Mental Health and the Holidays
As Christmas and New Year's draw closer, many of us are bracing for changes to our routines that could shake anyone's mental health. Travel and jetlag, a break from the...

APA Releases New Depression Treatment Guidelines
The American Psychiatric Association (not to be confused with the American Psychological Association) has released new treatment guidelines for depression. According to Medscape Today, the guidelines include: A clinician- and/or patient-administered...

Can Toxoplasmosis Cause Schizophrenia?
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that infects mice and makes them less afraid of cats. The fearless mice are more likely to be eaten by cats, and the parasite reproduces...

May is Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month. Across the country the National Alliance on Mental Illness will be hosting walks and other events to address the need for an improved mental health treatment...

Shootings at Fort Hood; alleged gunman is mental health worker
Thirteen people were killed and several more wounded in a shooting in Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday. The alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a psychiatrist at Darnall Army Medical Center...

Trauma Therapy from the Client's Perspective
Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters...

Resilience
Why do some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder after a trauma and others remain symptom free? We are still trying to understand resilience, one characteristic of good mental health....

Sustained Release Schizophrenia Drug may be available Soon
AstraZeneca announced last week that they have submitted a New Drug Application to the FDA for a sustained release version of their antipsychotic medication Seroquel (quetiapine). The company reports...

FDA issues an advisory on the Use of Triptans and Antidepressants
The U.S.Food and Drug Administration has issued a public health advisory about potential risks of taking certain migraine medications - triptans - together with certain antidepressants. The advisory states, "A...