Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from December 2006

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from December 2006

Insomnia in later life.
December 1, 2006... Overcoming obstacles to a good night's rest. The older you are, the more likely you are to have a sleep disorder. According to a National Institute on Aging study, more than 50% of people over age 65 report regular sleep problems that...

Resilience.
December 1, 2006... For a half-century, long-term studies of child development have shown that some people remain psychologically healthy even after years of severe deprivation and trauma. These findings surprised many clinicians, who tended to regard such...

In Brief; Off-label drug use.
December 1, 2006... A study of Medicaid recipients in Georgia shows that antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and antipsychotic drugs are widely prescribed off-label -- that is, in the treatment of disorders for which they do not have FDA approval. The analysis...

In Brief; Who is homosexual and the difference it makes.
December 1, 2006... A review in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science contends that we can't say much that is useful about the mental health of gay men and women until we get clearer about a definition of homosexuality. Sexual orientation...

Commentary; Older father, autistic child.
December 1, 2006... The risk of autism rises in children with older fathers, according to a study based on a broad sample of the Israeli population and published in the September, 2006, issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. We've known for a long time...