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CBT Treatment for Depression

...  Treatment For Depression –   Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Depression More Than Electric Shock Therapy … Doctors currently use electric shock therapy (ECT) on patients suffering from depression, which is currently considered one of the safest and most effective treatments for clinical depression when medication does not work, according to WebMD. To use … Read more on Headlines & Global News How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works for Depression Still, after seven decades of use, ECT remains the most effective treatment known for severe depression — and a new study offers intriguing hints as to why. ...

IMF Directed Régime Change in Ukraine

...  therapy” has not yet been firmly established. In all likelihood, the regime will attempt to delay …. “Depressed farm incomes” are not “the cause” they are the “consequence” of the IMF … Read more on Axis of Logic Sherwin Nuland, the academic who revolutionised attitudes to death with his … But Dr Nuland, who suffered a depressive illness in the 1970s and came close to being made to undergo a lobotomy before a younger doctor intervened and cured him with electric shock therapy, was himself strongly opposed to assisted suicide, describing … Read more on The Independent Read ...

UPDATE 2-Shire Scraps Vyvanse for Depression After Failed Trials

by benchilada UPDATE 2-Shire scraps Vyvanse for depression after failed trials LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Pharmaceuticals group Shire has halted development of its top-selling hyperactivity drug Vyvanse as a treatment for depression after it failed to treat patients successfully in two late-stage clinical trials. The news sent the … Read more on Reuters UK Naroda Patiya massacre: Maya Kodnani given electric shock therapy AHMEDABAD: Maya Kodnani (58), BJP ex-MLA from Gujarat convicted to 28 years of prison for involvement in 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre, was given electric shocks — considered the last line of treatment in major depressive disorder — on Thursday. Read more on Times of India Read ...

Depression Recovery Is Possible With Call for Therapy

  Depression Recovery is Possible with Call for Therapy – http://www.callfortherapy.com Talk to a therapist to get out of depression so that you can start being more positive and assertive again. The road to depress…   Without a Trace She had recently been hospitalized at Sacred Heart Medical Center for her bipolar disorder. While she was there, her apartment had …. And maybe it's kind of like a therapy, but I've always been that way,” she says. “If I can help somebody, give them … Read more on Pacific Northwest Inlander Read more... ...

Bipolar With No Health Insurance?

Question by Kel: Bipolar with no health insurance? I was diagnosed with “manic depression” when I was a teenager. I’ve been medicated pretty much continually ever since. My manic phases consist of irritability, insomnia, extreme anxiety. What I’ve found helped my depression the best was Lexapro, but it got too expensive and had to switch to Celexa. I’ve been on this now for several years and it seems I’m not getting the “effect” anymore. I don’t know if something else should be added or if I should start a totally new medication. I also take Xanax and Klonepin for anxiety. Problem being I don’t have any health insurance and all the new anti psychotics are way too expensive. I am also not eligible for assistance through the drug companies for medication cost help. Anybody have recommendations of medications they have had any luck with that aren’t horribly expensive? We have a psychiatric counseling place here lik ...

Putting the Humanity Back Into Healthcare – Medical Xpress

...  the humanity back into healthcare – Medical Xpress Policy makers and professionals accept that mental health service users need help to recover but until now little attention has been paid to the possibility that the professionals who provide them with treatment and care might share this need. The same … Read more on Medical Xpress Lacey's House by Joanne Graham – FemaleFirst Depression was treated with electric shock therapy and lobotomies in the 60s so how much research was required for this novel for the medical element? Some of the research was a mix of internet surfing and library book reading, I gathered information … Read more on FemaleFirst.co.uk Read ...

When and Where

...  to noon in the fifth-floor conference room at Wheaton Franciscan Rehabilitation Services, 201 N. Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa. … Families Anonymous, support group for people … Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel NJ lawmakers consider bill outlawing anti-gay "conversion" therapy The alleged treatment persists despite being discredited by many professional associations and other counseling groups. As noted by the New York Times, “harsh aversion techniques” like using electric shock therapy and nausea-inducing drugs to counter … Read more on Salon Tags: shock therapy, support group, electric shock therapy, new york, rehabilitation services, new york times, milwaukee journal sentinel ...