Get the latest on 5htp and related topics like mental health and psychology, getting healthy sleep, managing fibromyalgia, and more with our regular roundup of news items, stories, and articles from around the web:
- Post-Prozac Nation: The Science and History of Treating Depression
by The New York Times
Few medicines, in the history of pharmaceuticals, have been greeted with as much exultation as a green-and-white pill containing 20 milligrams of fluoxetine hydrochloride — the chemical we know as Prozac…Fast forward to 2012 and the same antidepressants that inspired such enthusiasm have become the new villains of modern psychopharmacology — overhyped, overprescribed chemicals, symptomatic of a pill-happy culture searching for quick fixes for complex mental problems.
- Depression blood test for teens may lead to better treatment, less stigma
by CBS News
Researchers are hopeful that diagnosing depression may soon be as easy as diagnosing high cholesterol. A new study describes a blood test that that distinguished depression among teenagers.
- Walking Can Help Relieve Symptoms of Depression
by EmpowHER.com
A recent study shows that the mildest form of exercise, walking, is an effective intervention for depression. Moreover, the beneficial effects were similar to other more intense forms of exercise.
- Social anxiety disorder goes beyond occasional nervousness
by the Chicago Tribune
It’s natural to feel some nervousness in certain social situations, such as talking in front of others, confronting a problem with someone or being among strangers. But social anxiety disorder goes beyond this, causing an excessive anxiety or fear of activities and situations in which you believe that others are watching you or judging you.
- Does Exposure Therapy Lead to Reduction or Avoidance of Anxious Symptoms?
by GoodTherapy.org
According to a recent study led by Alicia E. Meuret of the Department of Psychology at Southern Methodist University, exposure to fearful situations may actually cause clients to avoid their anxious symptoms and may create a false sense of mastery.
- Women Experience Sleep Disorders 40% More Than Men
by PsychCentral.com
Unknown to many is the fact that sleep disorders are more widely reported in women than men with women 1.4 times more likely to experience insomnia than men.
- Perceptions of painful stimuli are not ‘exaggerated’ in fibromyalgia patients
by ProHealth.com
A recent study shows that fibromyalgia patients do not consciously exaggerate or pay abnormally increased attention to pain in comparison with healthy control subjects; nor do their brains exaggerate the severity of the inflicted pain.
- Worry Gets Worse: Anxiety disorders and the act of worrying linked to individual fear response
by DailyRX.com
Anxiety disorders are not always linked to traumatic experiences. The source of these disorders is often times a minor negative event, but the reason a disorder develops in some remains a mystery. Worry, some believe, can help increase the association of ‘fear memories’ to completely neutral objects or situations.
