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How do you recover from treatment-resistant depression? Possibly ECT, TMS, or VNS? Brain-stimulating techniques.

Here is a concise summary of four brain-stimulating techniques being used today to treat severe chronic depression. The summary appeared in the Fall 2006 Issue of the Johns Hopkins’s Bulletin.   1. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the oldest and the best known and, in fact, is still recognized as the most effective treatment for severe…

I found this review of Neuronetics’ NueroStar TMS Therapy system which I thought was worthy of passing on. Sean Fallow of Gizmodo.com writes:   Last year, Neuronetics’ NeuroStar TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Therapy system became the first device of its kind to be cleared by the FDA for treating depression. Although, the similarity to a…

Why stepmother is the "perfect storm" for depression.

I started a discussion thread on Group Beyond Blue called “Stepmothers and Depression,” where I asked stepmoms to weight in on whether or not stepmothering is the “perfect storm” for depression, as author Wednesday Martin suggests. To get to the conversation, click here. * Click here to subscribe to Beyond Blue and click here to follow…

I’ve read plenty about the psychology of Major Hasan, and what would cause one to open fire like the tragedy at Ft. Hood. Of all the articles I’ve read, I think John Grohol of Psych Central makes the best case for why this happened and what we can learn from it. In his post called…

John McManamy weighs in on deep thinking versus depression.

Psych Central's Margarita Tartakovsky interviews me on how I recovered from an eating disorder in my adolescence.

Haley Scott who was paralyzed teaches lessons in perseverance and determination.

Figuring out the cause of a relapse, or even a rough spot bordering on relapse, is a bit like solving a riddle or working on a hard crossword puzzle. It’s like a long, dreaded hour in Advanced Calculus class (even though, you know, I never made it to that room). There are the new triggers.…
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