Light therapy might be a promising augmentation strategy for treatment-resistant depression and three other nonseasonal depressive disorders. The evolving applications of light therapy are discussed in a recent article. Beside seasonal affective disorder light therapy can be of use or subject of study for:1. This articles suggests that light therapy might also be useful for nonseasonal depression. Evidence is based on an inconclusive meta analysis and a recent study which showed good result for light therapy compared to placebo treatment (low-output negative air ionizer placebo).This was done with patients suffering from chronic depression (at least 2 years) and without seasonal .....read more »

Excellent lecture on ECT with his own experience with the treatment. Sherwin Nuland, the surgeon and author, talks about the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression. Midway through, his story turns personal. It's a moving and deeply felt talk about relief, redemption, second chances. About Sherwin NulandA practicing surgeon for three decades, Sherwin Nuland witnessed life and death in every variety. Then he turned to writing, exploring what there is to people beyond just anatomy. Read full bio » Thanks to There are black dogs and black dogsRelated posts: 10 Video’s on Electroconvulsive Therapy Is Electroconvulsive .....read more »

This is a comment in a blog post on Trusted.MD about this years conference. Get a taste and check the prices before you sign up for next years conference in SydneyI've been thinking about happiness more than usual for a few days, ever since receiving a brochure describing a grand conference in Sydney, Australia on Happiness And Its Causes. The event, sponsored by the Vajrayana Institute, a Buddhist think tank, took place in early June. It attracted a sellout audience of over 3,000 delegates. The featured speaker was The Dalai Lama. A conference report at the event website noted that .....read more »

This video shows the preparations before ECT.Related posts: Update on ECT treatment, video 9 Videos on ECT, electroconvulsive therapy. Hands on experience on video about electroshock therapy ..read more »

I mainly write about depression, electroconvulsive therapy, psychiatry, neuroscience, education and other medical topics. And in this order. Mostly I try to write articles, sometimes links to interesting news related to health and health care. Today I have some interesting links for you, a summary of recent news related to health care and health. Hope you like them. Happy reading.1. Do you know what a hospitalist is? Well I didn't until I read these posts on Clinical Cases and Images: definition of hospitalists and blogs from hospitalists2.Bush is sending government officials to The Netherlands to learn from their health insurance. .....read more »

For about $25, students and employees can buy excuse notes that appear to come from doctors or hospitals. Other options include a fake jury summons or an authentic-looking funeral service program complete with comforting poems and a list of pallbearers.If you are feeling like you need a day of work you can contact this company: The Excused Absence Network. Customers receive templates so they can print the notes after typing the name and address of a local doctor or emergency room. Those who choose jury duty as an excuse to miss work enter their county courthouse information on the form.There .....read more »

42.5% of psychiatrist working in Michigan would consider self-medicating or would self-medicate if afflicted with mild to moderate depression.46% would treat a friend and/or a relative for mild to moderate depression. These numbers decrease dramatically when afflicted with a severe depression with suicidal ideation: 7% and 18.2%.Nevertheless this practice is against the Code of Medical Ethics:....physician generally should not treat themselves or members of their immediate family. Professional objectivity may be compromised when ...the physician is the patientThe reason why psychiatrists treat themselves would more likely be influenced by the presence of a permanent insurance record (40.4%) than the stigma .....read more »

Whether it is all those articles you still have to read, or all those blog post you have to write, or all those feeds you have to check, read these 7 tips how to deal with all that informationLoved this one:Don't train your brain to become a visual, unreflective, passive recipient of information. If you are the average American, stop watching TV 5 hours a day. You may have heard the expression "Cells that fire together wire together." Our brains are composed of billions of neurons, each of which can have thousand of connections to other neurons. Any thing you .....read more »

Read here to understand the difference between an article and a blog post.Related posts: Gopubmed and linking to search or article The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging The Blog Readability Test ..read more »

Dr Shock frequently discusses peer reviewed articles from different journals. BPR3 or bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting has developed an icon for identification of such articles on blogs. 9 Guidelines for using the icon were published in a recent post on the BPR3 blog 1. The "Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research" icons are to be used solely to denote individual blog posts about peer-reviewed research. 2. While there is no hard-and-fast definition of "peer-review," peer reviewed research should meet the following guidelines: * Reviewed by experts in field .....read more »