Tag: harvard
group name: depression
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March 03, 2008 11:09 AM EST --
When I treat patients for anxiety, depression, or other mental health problems, I usually recommend psychotherapy as part of the treatment plan because it helps in recovery. Some patients ask two logical . . . more
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January 21, 2008 11:06 AM EST --
Recently I had coffee with a friend who is worried about her 86-year-old mother, who lives in the Midwest. "Lately it seems like she's worried about everything," my friend told me. "She . . . more
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March 10, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
Several patients I'm treating for depression also suffer from migraine headaches. One of them asked me recent if there is any connection between the two. Definitely—but it's a bit complicated. . . . more
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October 01, 2007 03:03 PM EDT --
From time to time, people ask me whether diet really can have an effect on mood.
The answer is yes, though diet doesn’t usually provide a quick fix for depression. It may seem silly to say it, but . . . more
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November 12, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
I was waiting on the checkout line at the hardware store the other day, when a man in front of me started yelling at his son, who was about six or seven years old. The boy had grabbed a candy bar, and . . . more
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November 19, 2007 10:11 AM EST --
A few years ago, a patient of mine noticed some changes when he exchanged his brand-name antidepressant for the generic form. For the next month or two, he felt slightly apathetic and made some mistakes . . . more
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January 04, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
About 20% of people who make an appointment with a mental health professional never show up, and another 20% never come for a second visit. Forty percent of patients who start taking an antidepressant . . . more
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February 04, 2008 01:32 PM EST --
Depression is so common that it is sometimes easy to overlook. This is especially true when it occurs in men, who seem to have a harder time than women recognizing it in themselves. And they also are . . . more
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January 28, 2008 11:24 AM EST --
Depression is more common in women than in men all over the world, and in the United States, the ratio is two to one. One out of eight women will have an episode of major depression at some time in her . . . more
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February 11, 2008 03:16 PM EST --
Recently one of my patients described a frightening experience. She was driving over a bridge when she suddenly felt afraid. Her heart beat hard and fast, her chest ached, and she began to sweat profusely. . . . more
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February 18, 2008 11:22 AM EST --
If you suffer from anxiety, it may help you to learn how to breathe deeply.
Most of us are shallow breathers: we breathe from the chest. Deep breathing originates in the abdomen. It may take a while . . . more
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June 02, 2008 11:20 AM EDT --
I have a neighbor who prides himself on having the perfect lawn. He spends hours each week tending, mowing, and weed-whacking his yard. I get tired just watching him.
Perfectionism can be exhausting. . . . more
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April 18, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
As a general internist, much of my work involves assessing people's symptoms and helping them decide what we can do to help them feel better. It is very common for me to notice symptoms of depression . . . more
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March 24, 2008 10:06 AM EDT --
Like many people, I enjoy a late-night snack—especially when the Boston Red Sox are playing a late game or if I'm burning the midnight oil to get some work done. The occasional late-night snack . . . more
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October 29, 2007 12:43 PM EDT --
It’s been an unseasonably warm October here in the northeast, so it is hard for me to imagine that winter is coming soon. But it is, and some of us will be taking it hard.
A sunny disposition . . . more
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February 25, 2008 01:47 PM EST --
It's become a tradition in my family. After we drop our kids at camp near Augusta, Maine, we stop in Freeport on our drive back to Boston.
Freeport is the home of clothing retailer L.L. Bean, which . . . more
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December 03, 2007 05:55 PM EST --
One of my colleagues is married to a man who suffers from severe depression. “Sometimes I get so frustrated,” she told me recently. “I know this is an illness, but when he becomes depressed . . . more
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April 21, 2008 04:25 PM EDT --
The National Institute of Mental Health has estimated that more than 60% of men and more than 50% of women in the United States have experienced some type of traumatic event. Fortunately, the vast majority . . . more
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October 09, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
I know a lot of people who worry when a loved one — especially a spouse or a child — gets into therapy. They fear the therapist will drive a wedge in the relationship.
And in some cases there’s . . . more
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October 22, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
When I was first in training to be a psychiatrist in the 1970s, I was skeptical about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The procedure seemed primitive to me, and I suppose I — like many people of . . . more
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