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Social Effect of DSM

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I keep two dictionaries on my desk.  The first is a 1964 Webster’s; the second is a 2009 Webster’s.  This morning I looked up the word “depression” in both books. 1964: n. 1. a depressing or being depressed.  2. a depressed part or place; hollow or low place.  3. low spirits; dejection.  4. a decrease in… Continue Reading

Bereavement: An “Opportunity” for Psychiatry

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There’s a new post on Mick Bramham’s website called “A time to grieve, a time to console, and a time to profit?”  You can see it here. You might have thought that, given the adverse publicity that pharma has been receiving in recent years, they would be easing up on their expansionist agenda. But you… Continue Reading

More Antidepressant Risks

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There’s an article in Science Daily (April 29, 2013) titled “Antidepressants Linked with Increased Risks After Surgery,” which I found courtesy of Monica on Twitter.  You can see it here.  The article is a report of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.  You can see an abstract of the study here. The study was… Continue Reading

Mood Disorders and Stem Cells

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Thank you to Tallaght Trialogue for drawing my attention to Blue Horizon Stem Cells (you can see their website here) and a recent article they’ve written titled Mood Disorder (here). The article contains a very brief discussion of the term mood disorder, including a mention of “major depressive disorder” and “bipolar disorder.”  It then goes… Continue Reading