Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from April 2004

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from April 2004

Countering domestic violence.
April 1, 2004... It's no longer a family secret. We are learning how to trace its causes, prevent it, and cope with its aftermath. Advances in public consciousness have made the plight of battered women an acknowledged social issue and an explicit concern...

Anticonvulsants in psychiatry.
April 1, 2004... Although epilepsy is not counted among psychiatric disorders, it has strong links to them. The increasingly widespread use of anticonvulsant drugs in mental health treatment is a sign of that connection -- and one more piece of evidence that...

In Brief; From child to adult.
April 1, 2004... The signs of future adult psychiatric disorders are usually noticeable in childhood, but diagnostic labels don't help much in making the prediction. That's one conclusion of a long-term study including 1,000 residents of Dunedin, New Zealand,...

Questions & Answers; How safe are sleeping pills, and what are the alternatives?
April 1, 2004... Q I've been taking a sleeping pill, Ambien, for three months, and it's worked great for me. But now my doctor doesn't want to renew the prescription because she's afraid I may become dependent. Do you have any suggestions? A You have a...