This is a non commercial website with practical information about depressionBeyondblue is a national, independent, not-for-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and related substance misuse disorders in Australia. Beyondblue is a bipartisan initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments with a key goal of raising community awareness about depression and reducing stigma associated with the illness. Related posts: Roses should be red not blue Blue Rain Wonder what Blue Snow is like, Check this Website ..read more »

.flickr-photo { }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } A busy day at work in the ER!, originally uploaded by kelsana. Shrink Rap: L.A. E.R. Tragedy . . . Emergency Mental Health Care If this is true, psychiatry in the USA is in a deplorable state.Related posts: Shrink Blogs Shrink Rap: Lifestyles of the Shrink Rappers Deinstitutionalization of Mental Health Care ..read more »

Always thought John Travolta was an intelligent actor, kind to others and understanding the less well todo, alas. Travolta Echoes Cruise On Psychiatry, Travolta Says No To Psychiatric Medication - CBS NewsRelated posts: Good News and Bad News about The Medical Weblog Award 2009 Journalists Recycle News Scientia Pro Publica ..read more »

How to make up your mind about choosing psychiatry as a speciality in medicine. An excellent introductionRelated posts: Shrink Rap Survey on Attitudes Towards Psychiatry Shrink Rap: L.A. E.R. Tragedy . . . Emergency Mental Health Care Shrink Rap Grand Rounds: The iPhone 3G Edition ..read more »

Sure, ranomized controlled trials are better than naturalistic trials, but what we need is better memory tests, study other types of memory (everyday memory and semantic memory), longer follow-up and basic research to the question why some of the patients treated with ECT get memory deficits.In his letter to the editor Prof Sackeim defends his findings of a naturalistic 7 centre trial to the side effects of ECT. He also used a biographical memory test. These tests are at the least not the best tests to examen retrograde amnesia. We should develop more specific and sensitive test for retrograde amnesia. .....read more »

I read this interesting post on ECT.org will comment on it as sson as possible. Now on vacation in Italy.Related posts: Sackeims letter to the editor about memory loss due to electroshock Electroshock (ECT) Round Up How does short-term memory work in relation to long-term memory? ..read more »

A clear and concise desription about ECTRelated posts: Excellent Review of A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness Electroconvulsive therapy 10 Video’s on Electroconvulsive Therapy ..read more »

According to this study and article Yoga may help treat depression and anxiety. Even some data on brain scans and evidence for changes in neurotransmittors after YogaRelated posts: Technology Review: Brain Electrodes Help Treat Depression Magnetic brain stimulator touted as treatment for depression – Engadget Massage Therapy is not working for Depression ..read more »

This article by Laura D. Hirshbein is a clear description how depression became a specific disease category with concrete criteria. I thought depression was one of the most clearly described categories in human history. Depression was not a classification in the DSM I (1952). Depression as we know it today became only a diagnostic category in DSM III in 1980. There were certainly descriptions of melancholia in physicians writing throughout human history but the author states that depression as we know it is a twentieth-century phenomenon.As a psychiatrist working on a depression unit I can most of the time clearly .....read more »

Forgetting May Be Part of the Process of Remembering - New York TimesInteresting article in Nature Neuroscience.In all, this research suggests that memories are more often crowded out than lost. An ideal memory improvement program, Dr. Anderson said, “would include a course on how to impair your memory. Your head is full of a surprising number of things that you don’t need to know.”Related posts: The New York Times rTMS update part 2 3 Times Walking 50 minutes a Week for Treatment Resistant Depression ..read more »