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What side are your lines?

Michael 12:01 PM bipolar, depression, infographic, media / television, Mental Health, musings/thoughts/ideas, Network/Community, Personal Post, Progress, the lines project. #thelinesproject No comments

Mine will be on my left. I will also have some on the right. Those lines will be hearts and stars, signifying that the hopes and dreams of those suffering will one day come tr...

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Banana Power

Michael 2:43 AM banana george, Banana Power, depression, media / television, Medical Studies, Mental Health, treatment No comments

This is interesting. After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again.Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.Research has proven that just two bananas provide...

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Direct Association Between Type 2 Diabetes And Obesity Found

Michael 3:04 AM Direct Association Between Type 2 Diabetes And Obesity Found, Medical Studies, Mental Health No comments

Obesity has been historically known as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, and now a key mechanism has been found in the immune system that plays a part in the development of obesity-linked type 2 diabetes.The outcome was found in a study led by researchers from King's College London, UK and was published...

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Late-Life Depression Associated With Prevalent Mild Cognitive Impairment, Increased Risk of Dementia

Michael 2:13 AM depression, Late-Life Depression, Medical Review, Medical Studies, Mental Health No comments

Depression in a group of Medicare recipients ages 65 years and older appears to be associated with prevalent mild cognitive impairment and an increased risk of dementia, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Neurology, a JAMA Network publication. Depressive symptoms occur in 3...

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Diabetes + Depression = Increased Risk of Death

Michael 2:07 AM depression, Diabetes + Depression = Increased Risk of Death, Medical Studies, Mental Health No comments

Review Finds People living with diabetes who also have untreated depression are at increased risk of death, according to a new evidence review in General Hospital Psychiatry. More than 42,000 patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and depression were analyzed in the review. The reviewers discovered...

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Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Triple the Risk of Death

Michael 2:03 AM Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Triple the Risk of Death, depression, Medical Studies, Mental Health No comments

People who are depressed after a stroke may have a tripled risk of dying early and four times the risk of death from stroke than people who have not experienced a stroke or depression, according to a study released January 12 that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 65th Annual...

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Link Between Creativity and Mental Illness Confirmed in Large-Scale Swedish Study

Michael 2:38 AM depression, Link Between Creativity and Mental Illness Confirmed in Large-Scale Swedish Study, Medical Review, Mental Health, mental health issues No comments

People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet, whose large-scale Swedish registry study is the most comprehensive...

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Understanding Bipolar Disorder

Michael 3:46 AM Bipolar, depression, Mental Health No comments

The biology and genetics of bipolar disorder are not well understood, thus making understanding of the disorder challenging. Now, in a new study, researchers utilize an integrative approach in order to investigate the biology of bipolar disorder. Dr. Inti Pedroso and colleagues examined results of three...

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Delivering Family-Focused Therapy To Youths And Adolescents With Mental Health Problems

Michael 3:32 AM Bipolar, depression, family focused therapy, Mental Health, teen mental health No comments

Approximately 14 percent of individuals suffering from depression and other mental health issues in the United States are minorities in underserved communities, yet very few medications or psychosocial interventions have been developed utilizing the participation of these groups. This year, Bowen Chung,...

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Parents Whose Children Move Far Away From Home Are Less Likely To Become Depressed Than Parents With Children Living Nearby

Michael 3:37 AM depression, empty nest, Mental Health, parental depression No comments

Parents whose children move far away from home are less likely to become depressed than parents with children living nearby, according to a new study of rural districts in Thailand. The study, led by scientists at King's College London, suggests that children who migrate to urban areas are more likely...

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Depression - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Works When Drugs Don't

Michael 3:16 AM antidepressants not working, depression, medication, Mental Health No comments

Combining cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with antidepressants as treatment for people with depression is three times more likely to make them feel better when antidepressants alone fail to work. This news, published Online First in The Lancet, is very promising for the two thirds of those with...

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Gene Variations Linked To Higher Risk Of Bipolar Disorder

Michael 3:08 AM Bipolar, bipolar disorder, depression, genes linked to bipolar, Medical Review, Medical Studies, Mental Health No comments

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified small variations in a number of genes that are closely linked to an increased risk of bipolar disorder, a mental illness that affects nearly six million Americans, according to the National Institute of Mental...

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Link Between Multiple Media Use And Depression, Anxiety

Michael 3:56 AM anxiety, depression, help, media / television, Mental Health, mental health issues No comments

Using multiple forms of media at the same time - such as playing a computer game while watching TV - is linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression, scientists have found for the first time.Michigan State University's Mark Becker, lead investigator on the study, said he was surprised to find such...

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Risk Genes In Bipolar Disorder

Michael 3:53 AM Bipolar, bipolar disorder, depression, disorders, Mental Health, mental health issues 1 comment

One of the biggest challenges in psychiatric genetics has been to replicate findings across large studies.Scientists at King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry have now performed one of the largest ever genetic replication studies of bipolar affective disorder, with 28,000 subjects recruited...

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Risk Of Depression, Learning Issues When A Person Is Exposed To Light At Night

Michael 3:25 AM depression, learning issues, Mental Health, night lights No comments

For most of history, humans rose with the sun and slept when it set. Enter Thomas Edison, and with a flick of a switch, night became day, enabling us to work, play and post cat and kid photos on Facebook into the wee hours.According to a new study of mice led by a Johns Hopkins biologist, however,...

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Postpartum Depression May Be Reduced By Eating More Fish

Michael 3:14 AM depression, fish oil, Mental Health, new baby, omega-3, Postpartum Depression, treatment No comments

Emerging evidence suggests many pregnant women are deficient in omega-3Low levels of omega-3 may be behind postpartum depression, according to a review lead by Gabriel Shapiro of the University of Montreal and the Research Centre at the Sainte-Justine Mother and Child Hospital. Women are at the highest...

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Effective Strategies To Prevent Teen Depression And Suicide

Michael 3:08 AM depression, help, Mental Health, suicidal thoughts, suicide, teen No comments

Untreated depression is one of the leading causes of teen suicide, and signs of depression can also be a warning that a teen is contemplating suicide. In an article published in the quarterly journal, The Prevention Researcher, University of Cincinnati researchers are describing how positive connections...

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mental health issues

Michael 11:03 AM depression, Mental Health, mental health issues No comments

You might think that mental health issues are fairly rare in modern American society, but far more of us are self medicating than you might imagine – and mental health issues are far more prevalent than one might at first suspect. This infographic shines a light on the facts, breaking down the numbers...

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Could Your Child Have This?

Michael 4:01 AM ADD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, Medical Review, Medical Studies, Mental Health, OCD, ODD No comments

As any parent can attest, certain stages of children's developmental process include periods where they are especially difficult, such as the so-called terrible twos. However, sometimes children exhibit troubling behavior that's beyond what we'd normally expected at that age and stage of development....

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