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- What to Do the Second Two Weeks You're Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In
- I Knew I Had a Good/Bad Psychiatrist When...
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- You Can't Fight Depression on Your Own
- What to Do the First Two Weeks You're Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In
- What to Do (On and Off the Web) While You're Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In
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- Recognizing the Early Signs of Depression
- Treating Depression: Don't Go it Alone
- Paging Dr. Gupta - Insomnia and depression
- Quieting the Demons and Giving Art a Voice
- What do you do if your child is being bullied?
- Who Are We? Coming of Age on Antidepressants - NYTimes
- Childhood Bullying and Depression
- Why Suicide Rates Increase in the Spring
- Talking to a Man about Depression
- Antidepressants are No Better than Sugar Pills? Well...
- The Antidepressant Saga Continues
- Antidepressant Studies
- Antidepressant Side Effects
- Depression in the Golden Years
- Jump-Start Your Year with Exercise (Yes, Even if You're Depressed)!
- Do You Lie to Your Therapist?
- What You Need to Know Before Joining an Online Support Group
- A Dark Underbelly of Therapy?
- Mental illness on campus: A quiet danger no longer
- Mental Health Parity: Why it's not a hot political topic
- Are You Addicted to Shopping?
- The Experience of Depression During Pregnancy
- The link between sleep deprivation and psychiatric disorders
- Holiday Blues Quiz
- Ten Tips for Surviving the Holidays with Depression
- Mental Health & the Search for Mastery
- The Holiday Blues
- A Grieving Period
- Five Excuses that Might Prevent You from Getting Help for Depression
- I hate side effects!
- Coping with Abandonment: Keeping my Distance
- What are the risk factors for childhood depression?
- A Slip On The Road of Recovery
- Victim To Surviving To Living
- Why can't we talk about it?
- Have Suicide Rates in Adolescents Gone Up?
- A Tale of Two Photos
- Women, Hormones & Depression
- Recognizing Depression in Children
- What You Need to Know Before Joining an Online Support Group
- Mental Health and High School: The Good, the Bad and the Pitfalls
- Are mentally ill celebrities obligated to share?
- Hey, Where'd all the SSRIs go?
- Shameful Media and Public Scrutiny May Hinder Recovery: an Example
- Is it depression or your thyroid?
- Mental Health and College: Treatment vs. Self-Medication
- What to Do When Your Partner is Depressed
- Back to School – Time for Depression?
- Why Sunday Nights Stink, or How We try to Escape Depression
- How to Minimize Your Chances of Becoming Depressed in College
- What You Need to Know Before Joining an Online Support Group
- Fending Off Depression with Exercise: Five Ways to Stay Motivated
- Housecleaning & Depression
- Depression Stigma Sometimes Deadly
- Do you know what your real personality is?
- A Thought On What To Say To Explain Depression To Someone Who Has No Idea
- Do you know what your real personality is?
- Writing about Mental Health
- Recognizing the Early Signs of Depression
- Treating Depression: Don't Go it Alone
- Paging Dr. Gupta - Insomnia and depression
- Quieting the Demons and Giving Art a Voice
- What do you do if your child is being bullied?
- Who Are We? Coming of Age on Antidepressants - NYTimes
- Childhood Bullying and Depression
- Why Suicide Rates Increase in the Spring
- Talking to a Man about Depression
- Antidepressants are No Better than Sugar Pills? Well...
- The Antidepressant Saga Continues
- Antidepressant Studies
- Antidepressant Side Effects
- Depression in the Golden Years
- Jump-Start Your Year with Exercise (Yes, Even if You're Depressed)!
- Do You Lie to Your Therapist?
- What You Need to Know Before Joining an Online Support Group
- A Dark Underbelly of Therapy?
- Mental illness on campus: A quiet danger no longer
- Mental Health Parity: Why it's not a hot political topic
- Are You Addicted to Shopping?
- The Experience of Depression During Pregnancy
- The link between sleep deprivation and psychiatric disorders
- Holiday Blues Quiz
- Ten Tips for Surviving the Holidays with Depression
- Mental Health & the Search for Mastery
- The Holiday Blues
- A Grieving Period
- Five Excuses that Might Prevent You from Getting Help for Depression
- I hate side effects!
- Coping with Abandonment: Keeping my Distance
- What are the risk factors for childhood depression?
- A Slip On The Road of Recovery
- Victim To Surviving To Living
- Why can't we talk about it?
- Have Suicide Rates in Adolescents Gone Up?
- A Tale of Two Photos
- Women, Hormones & Depression
- Recognizing Depression in Children
- What You Need to Know Before Joining an Online Support Group
- Mental Health and High School: The Good, the Bad and the Pitfalls
- Are mentally ill celebrities obligated to share?
- Hey, Where'd all the SSRIs go?
- Shameful Media and Public Scrutiny May Hinder Recovery: an Example
- Is it depression or your thyroid?
- Mental Health and College: Treatment vs. Self-Medication
- What to Do When Your Partner is Depressed
- Back to School – Time for Depression?
- Why Sunday Nights Stink, or How We try to Escape Depression
- How to Minimize Your Chances of Becoming Depressed in College
- What You Need to Know Before Joining an Online Support Group
- Fending Off Depression with Exercise: Five Ways to Stay Motivated
- Housecleaning & Depression
- Depression Stigma Sometimes Deadly
- Do you know what your real personality is?
- A Thought On What To Say To Explain Depression To Someone Who Has No Idea
- Do you know what your real personality is?
- Articles about Depression
- Children and Depression
- Darren's Letter
- Depression and the Holidays Survival Guide
- For Teenagers with Depression
- I Knew I Had a Good/Bad Psychiatrist When...
- My Experience with Depression
- Postpartum Depression
- Recovering from Depression
- Reflections on Depression
- Scented Baths
- The Gift of the Magi
- What to Do (On and Off the Web) While You're Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In
- What to Do the First Two Weeks You're Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In
- What to Do the Last Two Weeks You're Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In
- What to Do the Second Two Weeks You're Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In
- When Someone You Know is Depressed
- Women and Depression
- You Can't Fight Depression on Your Own
- Treating Depression
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- FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
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- Warning on Storage of Health Records - NYTimes
- Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Are Rejecting Industry Pay
- Google to store patients' health records
- I’m Ill, but Who Really Needs to Know?
- Health Plans Put Onus on Insured
- Patients Turn to the Internet for Health Information
- Hands to Hold When Health Care Becomes a Maze
- Drug trials go unwatched, study says
- Medication & Treatment News
- When one antidepressant doesn't work, another may
- Folate and Deplin: Effective Treatments for Depression?
- Aromatherapy Falls Short, Study Finds
- Depression drugs 'little better than placebos': study
- Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia
- Getting 'off meds' has consequences
- Epilepsy drugs linked to suicidal behavior
- F.D.A. Requiring Suicide Studies in Drug Trials
- Antidepressant Studies Unpublished
- Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds
- Depressed pilots no risk -- as long as they're on their meds: study
- Antidepressant success may vary by race
- Abilify Approved for Adolescents With Schizophrenia
- Value of Most Post-Traumatic Stress Treatments 'Uncertain'
- Winter blues: When to consider drugs
- Elderly benefit from depression maintenance therapy
- Mass. tracks children on psychiatric drugs
- Antidepressants Boost GI Bleeding Risk
- Drop in antidepressant use seen during pregnancy
- Antidepressant response may predict cardiac event
- Lilly Adds Strong Warning Label to Zyprexa, a Schizophrenia Drug
- Talk Therapy Pivotal for Depressed Youth
- Genes Tied to Bad Reactions to Antidepressant Drug
- The ‘Poisonous Cocktail’ of Multiple Drugs
- Tamoxifen Helps Treat Bipolar Disorder
- Antidepressant as Good as Antipsychotics for Dementia
- Suicide Rises in Youth; Antidepressant Debate Looms
- Prescription drug abuse grows in U.S.
- Teen antidepressant warning had ripple effect
- Experimental Antidepressants Offer Faster Relief
- Therapies: Family Sessions Found to Help Treat Bulimia
- ADHD drug cuts adults' calorie, fat intake
- Breakthrough drug for schizophrenia
- Placebo effect may influence depression treatment
- The FDA approves a powerful anti-psychotic for use in children (seriously?)
- Smaller light device useful for winter blues
- FDA Approves First Anti-Psychotic for Kids
- To Reap Psychotherapy’s Benefits, Get a Good Fit
- Prenatal antidepressants linked to preterm births
- Psychology & Behavior News
- When People Drink Themselves Silly, and Why
- Girls who feel unpopular may gain weight
- Putting Your Best Cyberface Forward
- Personal Convictions May Control Both Behavior and Emotions
- Desk rage: Workers gone wild
- Breaking Up Is Not So Hard to Do
- How to Break a World of Warcraft Addiction
- That Yawn After Lunch Is Perfectly Normal
- Girls Really Do Prefer Pink
- Secret to beating shyness revealed ... tentatively
- Study: women prefer feminine faces
- Clinical Trials
- Mental Health News
- Tallying Mental Illness' Costs
- The Growing Wave of Teenage Self-Injury - NYTimes
- Virtual Reality Therapy May Help PTSD Patients
- Several Therapies Show Promise for Vascular Depression
- Iraq war strains U.S. army mental health system
- NYTimes - Psychiatry Handbook Linked to Drug Industry
- Autistic Kids More Likely to Have Parents With Mental Illness
- Migraine often associated with psychiatric disorders
- You Name It, and Exercise Helps It
- Risk of depression dims hopes for anti-addiction pills
- Democrats seek resignation of top VA mental health official
- Work Conflicts Can Do a Job on Your Sleep
- 300,000 vets have mental problem, 320,000 had brain injuries - AP
- Patrick Kennedy says personal struggles help him in Congress
- Childhood mental health may affect adult work life
- Better Mental Health, Down on the Farm
- The Tension Builds (It’s Almost Monday) - NYTimes
- Recognizing adolescent depression and fostering resilience
- The Murky Politics of Mind-Body - NYTimes
- Wife's mental state key to cancer-survivor couples
- FDA: Merck drug may have suicide link
- Social Problems in Youth Contribute to Anxiety, Depression
- Court hears mentally ill defendent case
- Have You Been Bullied at Work? - NYTimes
- Know Suicide's Warning Signs
- Home bipolar disorder test causes stirs
- Asylum's renaming insults advocates
- Teenage Suicides Bewilder an Island, and the Experts
- Psychological scars: the hidden legacy of Iraq
- Gene may help explain stress disorder
- Metabolic syndrome: a risk factor for depression?
- Meet the Work Bully
- Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment
- Soldiers show mental strain from combat tours
- Substance Abusers With PTSD Face Poorer Outcomes
- Depression After a Heart Attack Dangerous for Years
- Aggression on Job More Harmful Than Sexual Harassment
- New Hope for Depressed Teens
- The Hunt for an Addiction Vaccine
- Scientists pinpoint why some people become addicts
- Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers
- Menopause Tougher in the Boonies
- Dementia Risk May Be Dropping
- Depression plus hostility poses heart risk
- Unlike Fine Wine, Crabby People Don't Age Well
- New drug can treat alcoholism: study
- VA chief addresses veteran suicides
- Depression Rarely Discussed With RA Patients
- Depression in Young Doctors Tied to Medication Errors
- Chronic pain seen altering how brain works
- Nature and nurture play role in mental illness
- Bullying harms kids' mental health: study
- Older Women More Likely to Suffer Depression
- Kids with ADHD may be more likely to bully
- Key Risk Factors for Suicide Consistent Across Globe
- Soldier Suicides at Record Level
- Exercise reverses weight gain from antipsychotics
- Study ties soldiers' maladies to stress
- Middle Age a Low Point for Most
- Genetics May Determine Antidepressants' Effectiveness
- Post-concussion depression more than emotional
- Study Says DNA Flaw May Raise Autism Risk
- Study: Anxiety may be bad for your heart
- California autism cases continue to grow
- A Clutter Too Deep for Mere Bins and Shelves
- Happy? It may help keep you healthy
- Anxious Depression Predicts Poorer Treatment Results
- Relatives of Parkinson's Patients at Higher Psychiatric Risk
- Women Who Stay Religious Less Likely to Have Anxiety Disorder
- Happy Marriage Eases Wife's Workday Tension
- Researchers work on cocaine vaccine
- Most Psychiatrists Open to Discussing Spiritual Concerns
- Post-Holiday Letdown Can Be Avoided
- Generic Wellbutrin: A Less Effective Alternative?
- Brought on by Darkness, Disorder Needs Light
- A Blue Holiday May Be a Red Herring
- Excessive tantrums in preschoolers may indicate serious mental health problems
- Many Children Struggling After '05 Storms
- Relatives of Parkinson's Patients at Higher Psychiatric Risk
- Many Katrina Survivors Suffered Psychological Symptoms
- Depression, anorexia, childbirth affect sex life
- Depressed Moms' Kids at Higher Injury Risk
- Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You’re Just a Perfectionist
- Smaller babies prone to depression, study finds
- Exercise may boost brain's natural antidepressant
- More Teens Victimized by Cyber-Bullies
- Inflammation Can't Explain Depression's Link to Heart Disease
- Diet Drug Rimonabant Tied to Depression, Anxiety
- Moms-to-be often anxious, depressed: study
- Eyeglasses Upgrade Helps Elderly Battle Depression
- Slower brain maturity seen in ADHD kids
- Ten percent of NYC suicides involve tourists
- Mental illness in parents tied to higher SIDS risk
- Bush signs vets' mental health bill
- In the Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All
- Sleep apnea treatment improves depression
- House Backs Plan to Reduce Vet Suicides
- Adolescents need support during family breakups
- Depression, anxiety tied to allergies in kids
- Depressed older adults enter nursing homes sooner
- Military Bars Soldiers with 'Personality Disorders'
- A Tragic Risk of Weight-Loss Surgery
- US touts studying postpartum depression
- Mental health coverage advances
- Report Ranks Jobs by Rates of Depression
- Family involvement may help with repeat depression
- Special courts help mentally ill stay crime-free
- Workplace woe: Are abusive bosses or inferior employees to blame?
- Meditation a Quick Fix for Stress
- Docs and suicide: "Let's not talk about it"
- As Sunlight Fades, Look Out for SAD
- Anorexia may represent an addiction
- Work stress tied to higher depression risk
- 15% of Women Struggle With Pregnancy-Related Depression
- 15% of Women Struggle With Pregnancy-Related Depression
- Study: Firms Should Help Unhappy Workers
- Doctors Often Fail to Spot Suicidal Patients
- Elderly at highest risk for suicide
- Online 'soapie' game to help troubled youth
- FDA warns of heart risks with schizophrenia drug
- Depression Pushes Middle-Aged Workers to Retire
- Winter may herald SAD epidemic for millions in U.K.
- Experts Question Study on Youth Suicide Rates
- Not Autistic or Hyperactive. Just Seeing Double at Times
- Schizophrenia Gene May Have On/Off Switch
- Pregnant smokers may suffer depression
- Mental Health Woes Strike Half of Cancer Patients
- Mentally ill undertreated globally: study
- Depression more damaging than some chronic illnesses
- Some Food Additives Raise Hyperactivity, Study Finds
- American girls' suicide rates spike
- ADHD preschoolers helped by structure, consistency
- Parents' PTSD May Boost Stress in Offspring
- Chinese colleges to track students' mental health
- Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis for the Young
- Poorer nations asked to aid mentally ill
- 9% of U.S. Kids Have ADHD
- New bipolar disorder treatments tested
- Not a Game: Simulation to Lessen War Trauma
- Damp, Moldy Homes May Cause Depression
- Media Spin, Celebrity and Mental Health
- Bupropion doesn't prevent smoking in ADHD patients
- Police log shows call to Wilson's home was for suicide attempt
- Exhaustion, anger of caregiving get a name
- California homeless program is cut
- New Database to Help Speed Search for Bipolar Disorder Genes
- Depression boosts blindness risk for diabetics
- Parental Stress Can Keep Kids Obese
- Battle Continues Over Vietnam PTSD Numbers
- Gene May Help Spur Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Study Probes Roots of Fearful Memories
- Survey: Post-storm mental health worsens
- Staying silent in marital spats a killer for women
- Work-Family Conflict Dogs Air Force Women After Deployment
- Does Pathological Shyness Make for School Shooters?
- War Stress Pushing Army Suicides Higher
- Mountain climbing for mental health
- Class Action Lawsuit Filed For Alleged Mistreatment of Veteran’s Mental Health/PTSD
- Clinically depressed people may have damaged brain circuits
- Mental Abilities: Caffeine Helps Women, but Not Men, Stay Sharp
- De-Criminalizing Mental Illness
- Brain blood flow helps treat depression
- Army starts new psychiatric program
- Web Sites Serve Up Dangerous Eating Disorders Advice
- Genetic Variation Helps To Understand Predisposition To Schizophrenia
- Beating the College Blues
- Gene Predicts Better Outcome As Cortex Normalizes In Teens With ADHD
- Stuck and Suicidal in a Post-Katrina Trailer Park
- Cosmetic Breast Surgeries Tied to Increased Suicide Risk
- Mental Abilities: Good Readers Better Able to Retain Brain Skills
- Prenatal stress may affect babies' sleep
- Malt Liquor Drinkers at Higher Risk for Substance Abuse: Study
- Lengthy deployment tied to mental health disorders
- Brain Studies Show ADHD Is Real Disease
- Bullying tied to mental health problems later
- Mental Health News
- Tallying Mental Illness' Costs
- The Growing Wave of Teenage Self-Injury - NYTimes
- Virtual Reality Therapy May Help PTSD Patients
- Several Therapies Show Promise for Vascular Depression
- Iraq war strains U.S. army mental health system
- NYTimes - Psychiatry Handbook Linked to Drug Industry
- Autistic Kids More Likely to Have Parents With Mental Illness
- Migraine often associated with psychiatric disorders
- You Name It, and Exercise Helps It
- Risk of depression dims hopes for anti-addiction pills
- Democrats seek resignation of top VA mental health official
- Work Conflicts Can Do a Job on Your Sleep
- 300,000 vets have mental problem, 320,000 had brain injuries - AP
- Patrick Kennedy says personal struggles help him in Congress
- Childhood mental health may affect adult work life
- Better Mental Health, Down on the Farm
- The Tension Builds (It’s Almost Monday) - NYTimes
- Recognizing adolescent depression and fostering resilience
- The Murky Politics of Mind-Body - NYTimes
- Wife's mental state key to cancer-survivor couples
- FDA: Merck drug may have suicide link
- Social Problems in Youth Contribute to Anxiety, Depression
- Court hears mentally ill defendent case
- Have You Been Bullied at Work? - NYTimes
- Know Suicide's Warning Signs
- Home bipolar disorder test causes stirs
- Asylum's renaming insults advocates
- Teenage Suicides Bewilder an Island, and the Experts
- Psychological scars: the hidden legacy of Iraq
- Gene may help explain stress disorder
- Metabolic syndrome: a risk factor for depression?
- Meet the Work Bully
- Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment
- Soldiers show mental strain from combat tours
- Substance Abusers With PTSD Face Poorer Outcomes
- Depression After a Heart Attack Dangerous for Years
- Aggression on Job More Harmful Than Sexual Harassment
- New Hope for Depressed Teens
- The Hunt for an Addiction Vaccine
- Scientists pinpoint why some people become addicts
- Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers
- Menopause Tougher in the Boonies
- Dementia Risk May Be Dropping
- Depression plus hostility poses heart risk
- Unlike Fine Wine, Crabby People Don't Age Well
- New drug can treat alcoholism: study
- VA chief addresses veteran suicides
- Depression Rarely Discussed With RA Patients
- Depression in Young Doctors Tied to Medication Errors
- Chronic pain seen altering how brain works
- Nature and nurture play role in mental illness
- Bullying harms kids' mental health: study
- Older Women More Likely to Suffer Depression
- Kids with ADHD may be more likely to bully
- Key Risk Factors for Suicide Consist
- General Health News