Depression

Does ‘depression and anxiety’ reside within both your body and your mind?

November 23, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Does depression and anxiety reside within both your body and your mind? “I am a great believer in the mind – body connection and have for quite some time implemented this way of treating patients as a whole person and not just treating the symptoms that they present with. Emotions that are [...]

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The Nature and Nurture within Psychotherapy.

September 30, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Psychotherapy research has been done for many years, proving beyond any doubt that therapy is a valid and reliable treatment method. It is important to report on what actually does work and why? So why does it work?

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What is Communication?

December 16, 2009

What is Communication? Is it a two way street of dialogue and understanding of each other? Image via Wikipedia Communicating our emotions and feelings can for most, be a difficult process and one that I feel is responsible for many arguments, and conflicts. We are creatures of learnt behaviors. We learn from the environment in [...]

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Drug Information

June 16, 2008

Prescription Drug use as a depression treatment for dealing with depression is individual and unique to the patient some improve others get worse. Is it placebo? Or do they really help with depression symptoms. I believe in antidepressants and regular counseling, both constitute to help with depression and aid the objective, which is to find a depression cure. Depression has become so common [...]

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Good Education Can lead to depression

June 5, 2008

I read an article on the web and thought it was quite interesting yet very alarming. The article explored the stresses and strains that students endure in becoming high achievers. Yes, it is a great feeling for us and our children when they get the opportunity to have a good education. But just how much [...]

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Define Drug Dealers?

May 2, 2008

In the late 1970′s there was a decline in the marketing of tranquillisers and the big drug companies made great effort to remedy this. One particular way was to distribute to 1000′s of GP’s a book, called ‘Recognising the depressed patient’ (Frank Ayd)   At the same time they were promoting a drug for the diagnosis of depression. [...]

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