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All PTSD is not the same, A VA Psychiatrist Makes the Case for “Complex PTSD”...

Shaili Jain MD, a VA psychiatrist makes the case for a “complex PTSD” for those who’ve experienced prolonged, repeated trauma By Shaili Jain, MD Posted: November 7, 2012 on Mind the Brain,...

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Boy does this make common sense!

First the bad news… Over all, however, 15 percent of employers in the United States do not offer mental health coverage to employees, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Then the...

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Final DSM-5 Puts Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome in “Needs More Review”… Means...

Here’s how this DSM5 News was reported on Psych Central: Disorders that will be in the new DSM-5 — but only in Section 3, a category of disorders needing further research — include: Attenuated...

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What I Wish I Could Have Said to Nancy Lanza and How We Can Prevent Another...

On day five of what has for so many of us become a waking nightmare, it is increasingly apparent that the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy has ripped open a deep wound in the American heart —...

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Increased Prevalence of Depression and Insufficient Treatment Options among...

As the lede of this article says, an increase in teen depression and the continuing problem of insufficient treatment options are  especially relevant in light of the Sandy Hook tragedy. In a nutshell,...

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A Neuroscientist on the Dangers of Separating Mental Health from “Health”

Neuroscientist Fabiana Kubke in the PLOS blog, Mind the Brain writes: “Mental Health”. The word “Mental” seems to be there just so that the whole thing can be disposed of when it becomes inconvenient,...

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Andrew Solomon’s “Anatomy of a Murder-Suicide” is A Must Read

Solomon treats each “cause” thoughtfully, but what I love from this opinion piece in today’s NY Times is his proposal that we treat mental health as we do dental health with regular checkups and...

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Do antidepressants work? The answer is yes. Find out how the media got the...

As someone whose life has been saved by taking antidepressants for depression, I’ve been incensed and frustrated by the dominant media narrative of the last several years, the one that says...

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 13,000 views in 2012....

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In Light of Newtown “Families As First Responders”

Here’s a particularly powerful paragraph from a great article by psychiatrist Lloyd Sederer in The Atlantic. He’s talking about families as first responders in mental illness, in the wake of Newtown....

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Ten Essential Qualities of Science Bloggers, from PLOSBLOGS

(Dec 31 2012) My year end post celebrates great science blogging. With most of our regular PLOS Network bloggers taking some time off to cool their laptops and pop some corks, I set out this morning to...

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More Active Duty Military Suicides (177) than Combat Deaths (176) in 2012:

Unbelievable: 176 die in combat, while 177 take their own lives This is an awful statistic and proof of how we’ve failed our military men and women: READ THE WHOLE REPORT HERE  I also recommend these...

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A List Far Too Long, from Boston Globe

This post made my heart ache — remembering what it was like trying to find the right therapists for my sons — and then figuring out how to pay for their care. Truly, as the author points out, parity...

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Is PTSD Contagious? from Mother Jones

I’ve excerpted a piece from an important article on PTSD in active duty and veterans’ families — showing it as a contagious mental disorder. A friend of mine is one of the therapists the military has...

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New Study: Significant genetic overlap found for 5 different mental...

What comes to my mind after reading of this sort of genetic finding is that it lends support to the view of mental illness as a cluster of related but different disorders that play out over generations...

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“A Mind in Danger” Wins 2013 ASJA June Roth Best Medical Journalism Award

I’m thrilled to share today’s news from the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) that my 2012 article in Scientific American MIND, “A Mind in Danger,“ is the 2013 winner of the June Roth...

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How Much Do You Know About Depression?

 Six Common Questions (Plus answers with research citations!) There is constant warfare among and between “experts” and  non-experts about the basic facts surrounding depression in adults. This quiz...

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Praising the child’s effort…“you tried hard!”, not the person…”you’re a good...

I just caught this TIME article covering a new Stanford/Univ of Chicago parenting study…it’s something that makes a lot of sense but as parents we need the “proof” to really get us to adhere to the...

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PTSD in Children: How to Recognize the Symptoms, Understand the Neuroscience...

What works in treating childhood PTSD? Shaili Jain MD, a VA psychiatrist, interviews Stanford researcher Dr. Victor Carrion who’s doing cutting edge work on this little understood children’s mental...

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The Diagnosis (Unfortunately) Left Out of DSM5: Attenuated Psychosis Disorder

As the much debated DSM5 finally enters the hands of doctors, policymakers, insurers and other interested parties next month (MAY/2013), I am reposting an article I wrote last fall. It concerns what I...

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