Biopsychosocial model. Interesting article in today’s New York Times about incorporating family therapy for bipolar disorder. Family therapy, as the article points out, doesn’t always assume that the “identified patient” is the cause of the problem. Usually there are other dynamics within the family that contribute to the problem, even with a disorder conventionally looked [...]
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Two indicators: Research and practice. Well a new study seems to indicate that overdiagnosis is the order of the day. Furious Seasons has two stories on this topic, April 6 and 7, both quotes are straight from Furious Seasons.
Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, advocating a Bipolar Overawareness Week, has an extensive treatment of the topic, with [...]
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In case you were skeptical of the April 2 post. Here’s Furious Seasons (April 4 entry) with a quote from the maker of Seroquel describing it as an antidepressant.
A bizarre incident in Mississippi: a middle school student gave the antipsychotic Seroquel to several friends, the friends took the drug, the students began acting oddly, the [...]
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Those darn kids.
More and more, children that are unmanageable, disagreeable, or just plain moody are getting diagnosed with bipolar disorder or ADHD. What do I hear from more and more clinicians on this issue? Let’s take a look at the parenting. Are the parents willing to take charge of their children? Are they setting limits? [...]
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Depressed? You may have come to the right place, at least today. The excellent PsychCentral website has a list of the “top ten best blogs on depression”. One of those blogs, Finding Optimism, has a list of 94 resources for those suffering with depression. You might find it useful.
Kalea Chapman, Psy.D.
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A post from Wired on the over-medication of America. It dovetails nicely with another observation at Furious Seasons. The Furious Seasons post may be a flat-out rant, but it’s rant worth reading. Excerpts from both. First Wired:
Sometime in the 1990s, the concept of better living through chemistry turned a corner, thanks to drug companies’ efforts [...]
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The popular and worthwhile blog Furious Seasons, written by a guy diagnosed with bipolar disorder, asks the following: Does bipolar disorder exist? Here’s an excerpt, a quote from psychiatrist Paul Minot, from a thought-provoking post well worth reading in its entirety:
Bipolar disorder isn’t actually a disease.
It’s a collection of signs and symptoms lumped together in [...]
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Here’s a link to Frontline’s piece on the medication of what they are calling “pediatric bipolar disorder“. A 2007 article by David Healy and Joanna Le Noury in the International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine (citation below) has some sobering and thought-provoking assertions about the marketing and medical treatment of manic [...]
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