Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from June 2007

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from June 2007

The use and misuse of self-esteem.
June 1, 2007... How important is it, and should psychotherapy promote it? Self-esteem is one of the subjects personality researchers and mental health professionals most like to study. Thousands of journal articles have been devoted to it, along with...

The treatment of schizophrenia: Making it work.(Disease/Disorder overview)
June 1, 2007... We know a great deal about how to care for people with schizophrenia, but often that knowledge is difficult to act on. Insufficient resources and an inefficient public health system are partly responsible, but an equally serious problem is that...

In Brief; Uncovering diagnostic biases.(psychiatric diagnosis)
June 1, 2007... Mental health professionals presented with a realistic, brief, fictional case history describing a troubled young man provided diagnoses that varied with the age and theoretical orientation of the clinician, the race of the client or patient,...

In Brief; Alternative medicine for depression.(National Comorbidity Survey Replication)
June 1, 2007... According to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, only about 40% of people with major depression receive adequate conventional treatment, so it's important to get a better understanding of the other measures depressed patients are...

Questions & Answers.(varenicline in smoking cessation)
June 1, 2007... Q. How well does the new drug varenicline work for people who want to stop smoking? A. Varenicline (Chantix) is a drug approved in 2006 by the FDA as an aid for cigarette smokers who want to quit. It is chemically similar to an extract...