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Reason October 2005 Maia Szalavitz |
In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
Job Journal May 28, 2006 Rich Heintz |
Do You Have a Head for Mental Health Work? Would working in the field of mental health make you happy? Here is a look at some professions. |
Nursing April 2008 Kathryn Murphy |
Shedding the burden of depression & anxiety Learn about types of depression and available treatments. |
Reason January 2003 Jacob Sullum |
Head Games What are the rules for defining mental illness? |
Investment Advisor July 2007 Olivia Mellan |
Therapeutic Finance Once, finance was finance and psychotherapy was psychotherapy. That's different now -- to the benefit of many financial advisors and their clients. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Rick Kahler |
What is Financial Therapy, Really? It is a well known fact that therapists and psychologists have historically avoided dealing with money in therapy. By the same token, financial planners have avoided dealing with their clients' emotions during planning sessions. |
ifeminists February 16, 2005 Byron Fraser |
Marginalized No Longer! In Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts--What Causes Mental Illness, Ty C. Colbert elucidates his very innovative concept of a forced choice: the emotional pain model does not lay the blame on the individual, but eventually opens the door for him to take charge of his own life and set of choices. |
ifeminists November 17, 2004 Byron Fraser |
Review: Your Drug May Be Your Problem Excerpts from the book Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications by Peter Breggin and David Cohen delineating the adverse effects of these medications and how to stop taking them. |
Salon.com October 4, 2001 Lauren Sandler |
The trauma to come A city reels -- and braces for the psychic fallout of its monstrous ordeal... |
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. |
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... |
Reason September 2005 Satel & Sommers |
The Mental Health Crisis That Wasn't How the trauma industry exploited 9/11. |
Psychology Today Mar/Apr 2009 Kathleen McGowan |
Good Morning, Heartache Depression is a daily reality against which millions struggle. Many have found a variety of strategies to help them not just survive, but thrive. |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2009 Carlin Flora |
The Pursuit of Happiness Has the happiness frenzy of the past few years left you sad and anxious? Herein we report the surest ways to find well-being. |
AskMen.com January 28, 2003 William Glass |
Do You Need Therapy? There is no shame in visiting a therapist. The desire to seek help does not mean that you are crazy, nor that you have a major problem. It is just a way to help yourself get out of a rut. Think of it as a workout for the mind. |
American Family Physician January 1, 2006 Rupke, Blecke & Renfrow |
Cognitive Therapy for Depression Family physicians usually are the first to diagnose and treat patients with depression. They should inform patients that psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are valid options, and that cognitive therapy is the most studied psychotherapy. |
AskMen.com January 6, 2001 Joshua Levine |
Dealing With Depression Clinical depression is an illness characterized by a cluster of feelings, thoughts and behaviors that are strikingly different from a person's normal range of feeling and functioning... |
Job Journal April 13, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Occupational Therapist Occupational therapists help people regain the skills they need to live and work unassisted. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Roy Diliberto |
Whose Discovery Is It? The questions we ask our clients in our quest to serve them may end up being therapeutic for them. |
Salon.com May 26, 2000 Dawn MacKeen |
Shrinks under scrutiny Should shrinks probe the violent fantasies of patients? They often don't. And that failure can be tragic. |
Job Journal February 3, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Physical Therapist As America ages, physical therapists will be more in demand than ever. |
Salon.com May 25, 2000 J.B. Orenstein |
Who will care for the crazy? She was 18 and had been found hanging by a noose. But the moment I saw her insurer, I knew she was one of the lucky ones. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2006 Lurie et al. |
Seasonal Affective Disorder Patients with seasonal affective disorder have episodes of major depression that tend to recur during specific times of the year, usually in winter. Like major depression, seasonal affective disorder probably is underdiagnosed in primary care settings. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
If Affluenza Strikes, Take Naps and Stop Consuming In Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, authors John de Graaf, David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor describe "a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more"... |
Job Journal July 25, 2010 Josh Stone |
Physical Therapists Physical therapists have the satisfying job of helping patients make steady progress. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: Getting Your Act Together There is considerable therapeutic value in the ability to 'act as if' you are confident in the midst of a serious setback. |