A study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, June 2007 issue addressed the effect of sibling relationships on a person later developing depression. We’ve known for years that troubles in childhood significantly impact one’s future risk of developing depression or other emotional disturbances. However, the childhood troubles mostly focused on our relationship with our […]
Is it me or my illness?
Individuals with an disorder such as bipolar disorder can behave in ways that make them question whether their actions are part of their personality or part of their illness. For example, two common symptoms with bipolar disorder are hypersexuality and hyperreligiousity. However, defining what is “hyper” is not always an easy task. It can be very […]
Postpartum Depression – Getting Help
Postpartum depression hurts mom and the entire family. Some epidemiologic studies have revealed that postpartum depression can have the following negative consequences: increases the chance of alcohol and illicit drug use in teenaged mothers adversely affects temperament and cognitive development in the infant increase the negative interactions with their toddlers and preschoolers There are other […]
Postpartum Depression – Who Gets it?
Postpartum depression is defined as depression that develops within the first four weeks after childbirth and occurs in about 10% of women. Postpartum depression statistics have shown the following risk factors: a history of a mood disorder unwanted pregnancy unemployment of the mother lack of breast-feeding the mother as head of the household (source: Journal […]
Everything’s Great, Why am I Depressed?
I can’t tell you how many times I hear this. I see people at the top of their game. They have everything they want, work is going well, family in place, finances established, yet they’re depressed. How can this be? It’s simple. You don’t need a “reason” to be depressed. Depression is a biological process/disorder […]
Most Women Aren’t Sleeping
A recent article in the Psychiatric News periodical discusses a survey that reveals a large number of women in the United States are sleep deprived. There’s a quote saying “Americal women struggle to do it all…” The women in the poll said they lacked the time to meet all of their obligations in addition to […]