Katherine Stone at Postpartum Progress has written an interesting article about Kirstie Alley’s statements on Twitter: “The goal is to pre-screen pregnant mothers for depression. If they fit the bill, it is mandated treatment which is drugs. And for her baby.” Read Katherine’s blog by clicking here.

I’m reposting this piece on recession anxiety since I will be discussing it on ABC News Radio with Host/Correspondent Richard H. Davies. The show is called “Hey! It’s Your Money!” “It’s Gone!” Just kidding. (The last sentence.) Like most dinner conversations last night, ours was about Wall Street, the economic recession, and our course of…

I always get a little irritated with articles like the one just published in Time magazine: “Why Antidepressants Don’t Live Up to the Hype” by John Cloud. Why? Because I know that somewhere out there is a person who is desperately in need of treatment for severe depression, but an article like that could be…

I read with curiosity Beliefnet’s new blog called “One City: A Buddhist Blog for Everyone,” in particularly the post titled “To What Extent Can Buddhism Help With Depression?” because was sort of waiting for the anti-med talk. But Denise Abatemarco presents a much more intelligent and nuanced perspective. She writes: After reading Daphne Merkin’s A…

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