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Antipsychotic Medications Increase Diabetes Risk

September 5, 2013 / By / Mental Health

Antipsychotic medications are a diverse assortment of medications designed to treat psychosis, the collective term for a number of symptoms found in people with schizophrenia and several other mental disorders. Doctors generally divide antipsychotics into two groups: older medications called typical antipsychotics and newer medications called atypical antipsychotics. Recent findings indicate that people who take …

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Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Rett Syndrome

September 5, 2013 / By / News and Research

Autism spectrum disorder  (ASD) is the collective term used for diagnosing a range of autism-related conditions centered on communication deficits, impaired social interaction skills and the presence of certain ritualized or repeated behaviors. One especially severe form of ASD, called Rett’s disorder or Rett syndrome, is a genetic condition that profoundly alters the course of …

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A New Wrinkle on Old Research

September 5, 2013 / By / Eating Disorders, News and Research

Damaging  ‘Old Talk’ Is Pervasive Among Middle-Age Women, Researchers Find The vast majority of eating disorders appear in girls and women between the ages of 9 and 26. However, doctors and researchers are beginning to understand that significant numbers of older women also cope with these disorders on a regular basis. In a study published …

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Tips for Living With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

May 25, 2022 / By / Personal Resources

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (often referred to as simply OCD) is a complex and challenging mental health condition that impacts millions of people. Symptoms that typically begin in childhood or adolescence will often plague an individual throughout his or her lifetime, especially if the disorder is never treated. Even with proper treatment, the nagging symptoms of OCD …

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New Information on Sports-Related Brain Injuries in Teens and Adults

September 4, 2013 / By / News and Research

Teens and adults who participate in contact sports have substantially heightened chances of experiencing concussions and other forms of significant brain injury. In some individuals, brain injury leads to the onset of a progressively worsening form of brain degradation called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In a study published in August 2013 in the journal Neurology, …

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Female Combat Vets at Higher Risk for Mental Disorders, Study Finds

September 4, 2013 / By / Trauma & PTSD

Military service is honorable, but it can also be damaging. Many vets come home from battle with serious physical scars. They also return with mental and emotional scars. For a long time, the mental health status among veterans was not much discussed, and only minimally studied. Today, the vets returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are …

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Psycho-dynamic Psychotherapy Good Option for Many Teens & Children

September 4, 2013 / By / News and Research

Psychodynamic psychotherapy, also known as psychoanalytic psychotherapy, is a modern form of talk therapy that has its roots in psychoanalysis, the technique first developed by Sigmund Freud and other pioneering doctors. Mental health professionals use psychodynamic psychotherapy in adult populations to address the effects of a number of disorders, including major depression, anorexia, borderline personality …

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The Insidious Connection Between Depression, Unwanted Weight Gain and Obesity

September 4, 2013 / By / Mood Disorders, News and Research

If you’re struggling with weight gain and depression, you know how difficult life can be. Perhaps your depression symptoms make it hard to get out of bed, much less exercise. Maybe you’ve experienced feelings of sadness, shame, self-loathing, or guilt about your body since the pounds have been slowing accumulating. Depression all-too-frequently occurs with both …

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Off-Label Use of Antipsychotics Alarms Experts

September 3, 2013 / By / News and Research

Turn on the TV for two or three hours and you’re likely to see a commercial for Abilify – one of the newer antipsychotic medications being used to treat a variety of symptoms and disorders.  It’s advertised as an adjunct medication for those taking antidepressants for depression who aren’t quite experiencing the benefits they’d hoped …

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