Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from September 2003

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from September 2003

Dual diagnosis Part II.
September 1, 2003... A look at old reliable and promising newer approaches to the treatment of mental illness with substance abuse Because of their mixed symptoms and the great individual variation in underlying problems, the diagnosis of dual disorders can be...

Depression in old age.
September 1, 2003... Most people, surveys show, become happier, or at least more serene, as they grow older. But that does not mean depressive symptoms and clinical depression necessarily become less common. They persist and recur, complicating all the ills of...

In Brief - A gender difference in schizophrenia.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Like autism and most other developmental brain disorders, schizophrenia is more common in men than in women, according to an analysis of pooled data from published research. The meta-analysis reviewed 39 studies that recorded the incidence of...

Questions & Answers.(moclobemide)
September 1, 2003... Q My friend swears by her antidepressant, moclobemide, which she gets from Canada because it is not available in the United States. She is content with the relief she is getting and happy about the absence of sexual side effects. What is...