Your brain is a thinking organ that learns and grows by interacting with the world through perception and action. Mental stimulation improves brain function and actually protects against cognitive decline, as does physical exercise. The human brain is able to continually adapt and rewire itself. Even in old age, it can grow new neurons. Severe mentalRead More
[Continue reading…]SAMHSA Launches Health Insurance Enrollment Webpage
SAMHSA’s new health insurance enrollment webpage. Whether you are looking for a place to find information about insurance coverage or are researching what other States are doing to improve enrollment processes, the SAMHSA health insurance enrollment webpage has launched to help connect you to that information. On the page you will find a number ofRead More
[Continue reading…]Branded vs Generic Psychotropic Medication: Is One Better Than the Other?
Economic considerations have led to the increasing availability and use of generic medications to replace more expensive, branded drugs wherever possible. This therapeutic exchange raises the question of whether these formulations are equivalent. As psychiatric conditions often involve long-term therapy, cost-effectiveness is particularly important in this field, but nonbranded products typically provoke mistrust. Is generalRead More
[Continue reading…]Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy Yields Quicker Recovery From PTSD
After experiencing an event in which one’s life is in imminent danger and one feels completely helpless, the conditional risk for the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is 9% to 14%. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) are efficacious treatments of PTSD, but few studies have directlyRead More
[Continue reading…]Art Therapy Yields No Improvement in Schizophrenia Symptoms
According to the current study by Crawford and colleagues, schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder affecting as many as 1 in 100 persons during the lifespan. In addition to positive symptoms of hallucinations and delusions, patients also experience negative symptoms of loss of energy, impaired attention, and impaired motivation. Although drug therapy is often offeredRead More
[Continue reading…]What A Surprise: Eating Fast Food Linked To Depression
Do those depressed pursue fast food or is it the fast food that creates depression? According to a recent study headed by scientists from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Granada, eating commercial baked goods and fast food is linked to depression. Published in the Public Health Nutrition journal,Read More
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