Gary Direnfeld
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
The psychiatrist helps mainly through the prescribing of medication. Many issues related to mental illness or health have a medical basis and medication, while perhaps controversial or not always helpful for some, are quite helpful to the vast majority where indicated.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The Department of Psychiatry, Nair Hospital, Mumbai, with support from the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, has made an effort to develop two short videos (enclosed) for creating awareness on two major mental health issues in adults and children – Mental Depression, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) respectively.
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Bipolar Bandit
APRIL 30, 2024
I had treatment-resistant bipolar depression, and I tried over 20 meds to no avail. I was stable but I was still depressed. My psychiatrist added the MAOI tranylcypromine (Parnate) to the lithium I was taking, and this combination lifted my treatment-resistant bipolar depression within a week. Fast forward to 2013.
Bipolar Bandit
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
At different times called “circular insanity,” “manic depressive psychosis,” and “manic depression,” Bipolar Disorder was not officially recognized as a standalone mental illness until 1980. Depression vs. Bipolar Disorder. Depression can be so powerful that people will not recall ever having felt manic or hypomanic.
Social Work Blog
JANUARY 19, 2023
Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. By Carla B. People who need help should turn to trusted sources.
Social Work Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
A study from Psychiatry International found possible benefits of mindfulness to help with self-compassion, quality of life, well being, depression, and anxiety. Zylowska believes that clients who are in a deep depression may find it difficult to focus on the present moment without depressive rumination.
Beautiful Voyager
JANUARY 3, 2022
In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).
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