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Overall smoking rates in Indiana and across the nation are on the decline, but not for people with psychiatric illnesses. If you are a smoker and are under treatment for depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar or another mental disorder or addiction, ditching your cigarettes could not only add years to your life it could improve your mental health. Twenty-two percent of adults have a psychiatric disorder, yet they consume 45 percent of cigarettes smoked in the U.S., said Dr. Eric Heiligenstei
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Tobacco use an important part of case assessment
September 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Mental health and personal growth depression as an adaptation
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According to The National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 21 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of people 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder, including major depression, dysthymia (chronic, mild depression), and bipolar disorder. From my article Making Good Use of Depression . Photo: actor Hayden Christensen from the book Crying Men , by photographer Sam Taylor-Wood. As someone with a long-term but (usually) mild form of it, I have viewed depression a
August 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sociologists: pharmaceutical ads do little to stem stigma attached to mental illness
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STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL ILLNESS REMAINS DESPITE ABUNDANT PHARMACEUTICAL ADS The medicalization of such mental illnesses as depression and bipolar disorder, which have seen prescription drug advertisements on TV skyrocket since such advertising became permissible in 1997, has done nothing to remove the harmful stigma attached to the illnesses, according to sociologists from Indiana University and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. read more
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New Book Challenges Current Thinking on Depression and Finds Advantages in the Condition
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Sleep Disorder Treatment May Cure Psychological Problems
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Treat sleep disorder and you can address the psychological issues that a person has. The type of sleep disorder and its impact on mental health vary by psychiatric diagnosis. But the overlap between sleep and psychiatric disorders is so great that researchers have long suspected both types of problems may have common biological roots. Doctors have traditionally viewed insomnia and other sleep disorders as symptoms of depression and other mental health problems. But recent studies suggest that