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Vaccines, Depression, and Type-1 Diabetes—Going Beyond Your Doctor
CONCLUSIONS As per doctor recommendation, I would receive flu shots, my children would continue to be vaccinated, I would live through the nightmare of antidepressants, and our daughter would receive uncontrollable amounts of insulin that caused frequent and potentially life-threatening side effects. Doctors can be dead wrong, partially right, and completely right in their diagnosis, analysis, and treatment recommendations. As per my own research and in consulting with experts, I will never receive a flu shot again, and my children will not be vaccinated again until independent studies proof safety and effectiveness of vac...
Source: vactruth.com - July 22, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Markus Heinze Tags: Markus Heinze Top Stories 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) Adverse Reaction Depression type-1 diabetes Source Type: blogs

Managing Anxiety with Biofeedback
Worrying is natural. In some cases, anxiety can be beneficial, such as before a big sports event or dance recital. However, some of us are overwhelmed by worry on a daily basis. The worry becomes excessive and can interfere with daily tasks. The anxiety or panic felt is gripping for those who have experienced it. Having an anxiety disorder is difficult and frustrating. It is considered a silent killer and most people who see you upset will just say “calm down” or “stop worrying so much” and not truly understand. The feeling anxiety creates and the worried thoughts it causes do not have an immediate ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Kristi DeName Tags: Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Treatment Anxiety Attack Anxiety Disorders Control Anxiety Daily Basis Environmental Causes Experience Panic Generalized Anxiety Disorde Source Type: blogs

Guest blogger Dr. Manuel Mota-Castillo on the overdiagnosis of ADHD
We don't shy away from controversy here at Shrink Rap, and today, child psychiatrist Dr. Mota-Castillo joins us to discuss the idea that children with bipolar disorder are being misdiagnosed with attention deficit disorder and then being inappropriately treated with stimulants, which may be causing them more harm than good. I've already written about my thoughts on the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder as a catch-all category, and if you'd like to revisit that, see my article on Rethinking Bipolarity in Clinical Psychiatry News. And now for our guest blogger: * * ...
Source: Shrink Rap - June 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs

What RDoC Research Might Look Like
The month of May is a violent thingIn the city their hearts start to singWell, some people sing, it sounds like they're screamingI used to doubt it, but now I believe itMonth Of May ------The Arcade FireToday is Mental Health Month Blog Day, sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA). It's designed to:...educate the public about mental health, decrease stigma about mental illness, and discuss strategies for making lasting lifestyle and behavior changes that promote overall health and wellness.If the public has been following the recent hullabaloo about how to diagnose mental illnesses, the...
Source: The Neurocritic - May 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 13th 2013
In this study we used the hMTH1-Tg mouse model to investigate how oxidative damage to nucleic acids affects aging. hMTH1-Tg mice express high levels of the hMTH1 hydrolase that degrades 8-oxodGTP and 8-oxoGTP and excludes 8-oxoguanine from both DNA and RNA. Compared to wild-type animals, hMTH1-overexpressing mice have significantly lower steady-state levels of 8-oxoguanine in both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA of several organs, including the brain. hMTH1 overexpression prevents the age-dependent accumulation of DNA 8-oxoguanine that occurs in wild-type mice. These lower levels of oxidized guanines are associated with in...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Crushing Anxiety: From Xanax To Zen
This is a guest post from therapist Linda Esposito and an excellent one it is too. As I said in my previous post on defining the differences between fears and a phobias, I have suffered (and still can do on occasions) from anxiety and I know the importance of this issue. If you are anybody you know is on anti-anxiety meds like Xanax, then read this post. It’s a long one, but if you can’t be bothered to spend the necessary 5 minutes or so to get through it, then it’s unlikely you will ever manage to crush your anxiety. I have two free ebooks you can grab one on meditation (also available on audio) and incr...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - February 17, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching anxiety anxious benzodiazepines fear Zen Source Type: blogs

Using Mindfulness to Treat Anxiety Disorders
An anxiety disorder is much more than being very nervous or edgy. An anxious person will report an unreasonable exaggeration of threats, repetitive negative thinking, hyper-arousal, and a strong identification with fear. The fight-or-flight response kicks into overdrive. Anxiety is also known for producing noticeable physical symptoms, such as rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, and digestive problems. In General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) the symptoms become so severe that normal daily functioning becomes impossible. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a common treatment for anxiety dis...
Source: World of Psychology - January 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: George Hofmann Tags: Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Psychotherapy Self-Help Treatment Anxiety Disorders Anxious Person Bodily Sensations CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Digestive Proble Source Type: blogs

Better Ways to Manage Anxiety Than Eating
On the whole, disregulated eaters are people with high anxiety. In fact, I’d guess that many of you would qualify for the diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Anxiety is manageable, however, so here are some ways to chill you out rather than eat. None of them will come as a surprise, so consider them just a simple reminder. Although you might think of exercise as an activity that jazzes you up, it’s actually a great way to calm yourself down. According to Sweating away all that anxiety (Sarasota Herald Tribune, Health and Fitness, 10/30/12), “Studies published by the American Psychological Associati...
Source: Normal Eating - January 7, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs

Visionary Alternatives to the DSM
This is a call for submissions to a zine I am compiling, which will include self-portraits and descriptions of one’s own madness/mental health issues as a DSM alternative. The idea for my zine is that labels like Bipolar I, Schizophrenia, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder are dehumanizing and cannot capture how beautiful and diverse and complex madness is. I want to create a translator from DSM to mad pride- sort of like an alternative guidebook for understanding madness rather than the DSM. read more (Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between ...
Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness - December 17, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: scatter Tags: Community Source Type: blogs

Gore Saves Canada's Healthcare System
Is it possible that more than 50% of Canadians have some type of a generalized anxiety disorder, or for that matter, a specific anxiety disorder? With healthcare in Canada failing on any scale we wish to implement, and this having a direct impact on their lives NOW, the majority of Canadians would seem to think global warming should be out number one priority. Without getting into the debate about humans ’ contribution to global warming and the various discussions that rage in the MSNM (mostly with the theme that we are in crises mode) I am continually reminded of the patients I have cared for over the years that felt th...
Source: What's Wrong with Healthcare? - December 21, 2007 Category: Primary Care Source Type: blogs