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Awhile back a reader asked me if I’d cover the topic of intimacy complications with regard to antidepressants.   Ah. Yeah. Every time I write about this controversial topic, I usually get hammered by the left, right, and center–this is obviously delicate ground–so let me tread lightly. In a recent Johns Hopkins Health Alert called…

The following blog is a guest post by By Judith J. Wurtman, PhD, Co-author of The Serotonin Power Diet: Eat Carbs — Nature’s Own Appetite Suppressant — to Stop Emotional Overeating and Halt Antidepressant-Associated Weight Gain. Antidepressants have been associated with weight gain since they were first used about 50 years ago. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCA)…

Roughly a quarter of people age 65 or older suffer from depression. More than half of doctor’s visits by the elderly involve complaints of emotional distress. Twenty percent of suicides in this country are committed by seniors, with the highest success rate belonging to older, white men. According to a recent report in the “Journal…

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The following is a guest post by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, a widely celebrated teacher know for his skill in making the full richness of Buddhist wisdom accessible to modern minds. His latest book, Rebel Buddha, (Shambhala Publications) is due to release in November 2010. There is a story about a farmer who owns a buffalo.…

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Cole Bitting, who writes an intriguing blog called “Good Fables,” a site that distills lessons from the science of our complex human nature. Cole writes essays and fables to demonstrate valuable life practices and enliven our intuitive sense of psychology. He focuses on the topics of personal development,…

A friend of mine defines depression this way:   “The thought of a loss, real or perceived, of a person, place, or thing that you consider essential to your wellbeing.” I don’t know why, but that definition was somewhat freeing for me.

I absolutely loved what reader Elissa wrote on being what she calls a “complicated soul”: the perks and the permissions we, persons with chronic illnesses, get for routinely dealing with our massive piles of animal waste. I’ve combined what she wrote in her comment to my “Complaint-Free? Not!” post and a personal e-mail to me…

In his newest book, “After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters,” Anglican bishop and biblical scholar N. T. Wright advises his readers not to cheat on their tax returns. Because that deceitful act may very well carve a neural pathway inside the brain that makes it easier to cheat on other things or people. Scary…

David Ian Miller posts a fascinating interview with Andrew Newberg, a neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “How God Changes Your Brain” on The San Francisco Chronicle’s website: SFGate.com. Newberg’s book discusses the results of brain scans conducted on more than 100 people who engaged in meditation and prayer. Writes Miller: The…
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