Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from July 2003

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from July 2003

Cancer and the mind.
July 1, 2003... Cancer does not come from thoughts or feelings, but psychosocial treatment can help cancer patients. As physicians and scientists try to puzzle out the causes of cancer, some of them have been driven to think about the relationship between...

Prisoners of mental illness.
July 1, 2003... A Texas woman who has had many episodes of psychotic postpartum depression is convicted of murder and given a long prison sentence for drowning her children. A federal appeals court determines that prison officials in Arkansas have a...

In Brief - Fit for thinking.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Aerobic exercise improves cognitive capacity in people over 55, according to a meta-analysis of 18 controlled studies conducted since the 1960s. The effect was greatest for "executive control" functions - judgment, planning, and the...

Questions & Answers.(antidepressants)
July 1, 2003... Q There is an antidepressant, escitalopram (Lexapro), that is a cousin of citalopram (Celexa). How are these two different and does escitalopram have any advantages? A Both escitalopram and citalopram are in the family of selective...

Questions & Answers (2).(Does city living really cause schizophrenia?)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2003... Q I've read that urban environments are associated with schizophrenia. Does city living really cause schizophrenia? A For almost 75 years, epidemiologists have known that urban populations have higher rates of schizophrenia than rural ones,...