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Total Antidepressant Prescriptions Rise By 16 Million, USA - Prescriptions filled for antidepressant drugs increased from 154 million in 2002 to 170 million in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Among the prescriptions (not including refills) which were written after patients talked with doctors in-person or over the phone.
Mental Health Could Be Improved By Three-Point Plan In Wake Of Healthcare Commission Report, UK - A three-point plan to improve mental health services in England has been proposed today by Unite, the country's largest union. The template for action follows stinging criticism of the mental health system by the Healthcare Commission. One finding revealed that 45% of psychiatric nurses and 15% of patients had been physically attacked in the last year.
Celebrity Designer And ADHD Spokesperson Ty Pennington Partners With Shire To Announce The Launch Of VYVANSE™ For Adult ADHD Treatment - Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has launched VYVANSE™ (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) for the treatment of adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This launch follows the recent FDA approval of VYVANSE to treat ADHD in the adult population. VYVANSE is now available in U.S. pharmacies nationwide in six once-daily dosage strengths.
Reflecting On Values Promotes Love, Acceptance - No one enjoys being told that their behavior is harmful to themselves or others. In fact, most people respond defensively when confronted with evidence that their behavior is irrational, irresponsible, or unhealthy. Fortunately, research has shown that just a few minutes of writing about an important value can reduce defensiveness.
Health Professions Council Launches Call For Ideas On The Statutory Regulation Of Psychotherapists And Counsellors, UK - HPC has launched its 'call for ideas' seeking the views of stakeholders on the potential statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors. In February 2007, the government published a White Paper on the future of regulation, 'Trust, Assurance and Safety - The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century'.
End Of Life Physician-Patient Communication: Ensuring Final Chapter Is Enacted With The Greatest Skill And Compassion Possible - Although a growing body of research supports a link between effective communication and patient, family and physician satisfaction, doctors, including oncologists and other specialists who frequently care for terminal patients, do not routinely receive training in end-of-life conversations during medical school, residency training, or after they start to practice medicine.
Royal College Of Psychiatrists Responds To The Healthcare Commission's Review Of NHS Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services - The Royal College of Psychiatrists welcomes this detailed review of NHS acute inpatient mental health services by the Healthcare Commission. It is encouraging to see that two-fifths of trusts exceeded the minimum level of service provision. However, it is disappointing that no trusts were scored excellent on all four of the key criteria against which performance was assessed.
Mouse Spatial Recognition Memory Significantly Disrupted By Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields - Exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields is known to disrupt spatial cognition. Researchers found that mice exposed to extremely low ELFs over a long period had a significant disruption in spatial recognition memory. In the study, mice were exposed to 25 or 50 Hz of electromagnetic fields for either 7 or 25 days, and then tested in the Y-maze.
CO-MED Trial: Two-Drug Test Approach To Depression - Hoping to answer a question raised by the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have designed the Combining Medication to Enhance Outcomes of Depression (CO-MED) trial to test multiple-medication treatment of depression. "We are trying two active, Food and Drug Administration-marketed antidepressant medicines available by prescription from your local drugstore," said Dr.
Troubled Youth: Common Wisdom Falls Apart When Race Considered - One of the most widely accepted beliefs about the differences between troubled boys and girls may need to be revised, according to new research. Experts have long believed that girls tend to internalize their problems, becoming depressed or anxious, while boys externalize, turning to violence against people or property. But a new study found that this oft-repeated idea didn't hold true for African-American youth who were in the juvenile justice system.

February 2, 2006

Why I Hate Beauty??

Filed under: Life Questions and Answers, North America, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology — Admin @ 11:25 pm

Poets rave about beauty. Brave men have started wars over beauty. Women the world over strive for it scholars devote their lives to deconstructing our impulse to obtain it. Ordinary mortals erect temples to beauty. In just about every way imaginable, the world honors physical beauty. But I hate beauty.
I live in what is likely […]

Human Sexuality

Filed under: Psychology of Sexuality, North America — Admin @ 11:23 pm

Which of the above definitions of sex/sexuality most fit you? While those two definitions are, of course, gross exaggerations, they contain significant truth, even today.
Women have received more negative training and sexual education about their human sexuality than men. To have a primary belief that one’s human sexuality is serious first and pleasurable a […]

Men and Sex

Filed under: Life Questions and Answers, Psychology of Sexuality, North America — Admin @ 11:21 pm

What the headline should read is “What Men Need to Know About Women and Sex.” That’s what this area covers, ladies and gentlemen. So, if you are a woman wanting to know about men and sex, head over here.
Alright guys, they’re gone now. Let’s get down to the details.
When I originally started putting the site […]

Women and Sex

Filed under: Life Questions and Answers, Psychology of Sexuality, North America, Personality Psychology — Admin @ 11:20 pm

I know it says “women and sex.” This area, though, is really for women who want to know more about men and sex. This is our little insight into how you guys work.
If you’re a man and you want to know how we women work, go to men and sex. I’m happy to clue you […]

The Psychology of Sex

Filed under: Life Questions and Answers, Counselling Room, Psychology of Sexuality, North America — Admin @ 11:17 pm

VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED: Language on this site is sexual in nature. Not recommended for younger or sensitive viewers.
I’m Krista. Welcome to The Psychology of Sex website for both women and men.
I don’t know about you, but I used to have very mixed feelings about sex and/or a relationship with someone else. When I was in […]

Emotional Programming To “Fall in Love”

Filed under: Psychology of Sexuality, North America, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology — Admin @ 11:08 pm

Most of us emerged from childhood
believing that romantic love is a natural phenomenon.
When we ‘fall in love’, we seem to be possessed
by an irresistible passion, filling our hearts.
So, how could these romantic feelings be a cultural creation,
invented only 800 years ago?
Before the Middle Ages, some people probably experienced
exaggerated, fantasy feelings close […]

The Love Hate Flip-Flop

Filed under: Psychology of Sexuality, North America, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology — Admin @ 11:02 pm

One of Freud’s early disciples, Melanie Klein, took up the task of applying the techniques of psychoanalysis to children. She considered her work a natural extension of Freud’s theories, rather than any sort of innovation in psychoanalysis; still, she met considerable criticism from her psychoanalytic colleagues. And rightly so, for her work is characterized […]

Fear of Love

Filed under: Psychology of Sexuality, North America, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology — Admin @ 11:00 pm

Believe it or not, most of us are brought up in modern culture to fear love. This is a radical statement, so pause a bit and consider it.
How often were you, as a child, criticized and laughed at for expressing your honest feelings? How often are you now used, in our culture of merchandising, […]

What is Love?

Filed under: Psychology of Sexuality, North America, Personality Psychology — Admin @ 10:56 pm

Most persons don’t realize this, but the common, or popular, view of love involves an element of receiving something. “I love chocolate” really means that “I enjoy getting the experience of the taste of chocolate.” Similarly, “I love you” commonly implies “I enjoy touching your body,” or “I enjoy believing that you will give […]

December 28, 2005

How alcohol works in the brain!

Filed under: Addiction, North America, Social Psychology, Neuroscience and Psychophysiology — Admin @ 11:45 pm

The gap where an electrical signal jumps from one neuron to another is called the synaptic cleft. This is a closeup of the cleft between one neuron and another.
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