Saturday, February 24, 2007
V. Conditions of Confinement: Mental Health
Human Rights Watch - needs for mental health interventions by professional mental health staff, including individual therapy and medication, as cutting is more prevalent among adolescent girls than other groups, and is usually diagnosed as a symptom of an anxiety disorder
Source: hrw.org
Is Behavior Therapy as Effective as Pharmacologic Treatment?
Medscape News - Approximately one third of the sample had a comorbid anxiety disorder. The primary finding of this study was that behavioral treatment was not as effective at reducing ADHD symptoms as medication. Secondary findings included (1) patients in all
Source: www.medscape.com
Mental Health Disorders
KWWL - According to new research in the archives of general psychiatry, 31 percent of the population will have an anxiety disorder or depression and that advances have been made over the last several years both in psychotherapies and in medication
Source: www.kwwl.com
Online Press Release
PRWeb - Jason Lowen shared his own story of bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder and attending the same university as concentration difficulties at home or school, the advice from a leading dietary doctor is, "Don't give them medication
Source: www.prweb.com
Poetic madness in Edinburgh's lunatic asylum
Scotsman - the time to see what, if any, medication is needed and try to use other methods of control in combination with medication. Lest anyone think I'm bashing meds and I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm on Effexor for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Source: news.scotsman.com
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