Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from March 2007

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from March 2007

Couple therapy.
March 1, 2007... Psychotherapy for two and two for psychotherapy The problems that confront the clients and patients of mental health professionals arise mostly in marriages and other intimate relationships. Marriage and family difficulties account for...

Folate for depression.
March 1, 2007... A B vitamin found in leafy green vegetables, citrus fruits, and beans may be useful in the treatment of depression and other psychiatric symptoms. Folate or folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is already known to be important for health....

Antipsychotic drugs: The costs and benefits.
March 1, 2007... More disappointing news has emerged from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE), a National Institute of Mental Health-funded project involving more than 1,400 patients with chronic schizophrenia. In its first...

In Brief; The evolution of romance.(Excerpt)
March 1, 2007... Romantic love, passionate love, being in love -- it's been exalted as an ideal state and derided as a delusion, the only socially acceptable form of psychosis. Anthropologists writing in a British scientific journal argue that it's neither, but...

In Brief; $ is for self-sufficiency.
March 1, 2007... A series of psychological experiments shows that thinking even casually about money makes people feel more independent and self-reliant. They become less interested in helping others, more reluctant to accept help, and even more likely to avoid...

Questions & Answers.(use of transference interpretations)
March 1, 2007... Q. Who is helped most by transference interpretations? A. It has always been difficult to show whether one kind of psychotherapy is better than another, or which psychotherapeutic techniques are most effective for which patients. A study in...