Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from April 2007

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from April 2007

Dependent personality disorder.(Disease/Disorder overview)
April 1, 2007... Threatened by self-reliance, they take shelter in submission. To be sure, people need people. We survive as social creatures. Mental health is partly defined by strong emotional attachments to the people we love and a supple...

When children assault children.(Survey)
April 1, 2007... A study based on more than 2,000 telephone interviews suggests that child-on-child violence should be taken more seriously than it usually is. Researchers collected information from children ages 10-17 and the parents of children ages 2-9. They...

In Brief; Depression at menopause.
April 1, 2007... Two new studies find that the transition to menopause is linked to depression and imply that the depression is at least partly the result of hormonal changes. In one study, 231 Philadelphia women, ages 35-47, were followed for eight years....

In Brief; Names will often hurt you.(words may hurt children)(Survey)
April 1, 2007... The children's rhyme denies it, but it may be true. Words are weapons that can cause lasting wounds, especially when wielded by parents against children. The damage is sometimes more serious and lasting than injuries that result from beatings,...

In Brief; Schizophrenia and physical illness.
April 1, 2007... Two new studies explore different aspects of medical illness in schizophrenic patients. In one study, conducted in Iowa, researchers collected medical claims from Blue Cross Blue Shield records for more than 1,000 people with schizophrenia and...

Questions & Answers.(trichotillomania, a view)(Disease/Disorder overview)
April 1, 2007... Q. Is there an effective treatment for hair pulling (trichotillomania)? A. Treatment for this psychiatric disorder -- trichotillomania or pathological hair pulling -- is still poorly defined. In the American Psychiatric Association's...