Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from September 2006

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from September 2006

Improving care for depression.
September 1, 2006... New approaches to managing a chronic illness Patients with depression are much more likely to receive effective treatment today than in the 1990s, but the results often fall short of what most patients want and deserve -- full relief. The...

Solution-focused therapy.(methods of psychotherapy)
September 1, 2006... Psychotherapy usually begins when a client or patient comes for help with a problem or symptom. Therapist and patient discuss the problem and its roots and how to eliminate or manage it. Solution-focused therapy, originally developed as a...

Intermittent explosive disorder.(Disease/Disorder overview)
September 1, 2006... Everyone has heard of road rage or read newspaper stories about a usually calm and responsible person who "snaps" and commits a violent act. Some people lose their tempers in this way repeatedly and dramatically, causing serious emotional or...

In Brief; The genetics of autism.
September 1, 2006... The three main features of autism are impaired capacity for social interaction, impaired speech, and restricted, repetitive behavior and interests. A study by British researchers suggests that these characteristics are inherited separately, and...

In Brief; Why drug addicts die.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... It may not usually be the drugs, a Swedish study suggests. Young adults who are treated for drug abuse and addiction have a high death rate, and that might be expected to result from drug-induced overdoses, disease, violence, and accidents. But...

In Brief; When expectation fails.(treating Alzheimer's disease)
September 1, 2006... Treating the physical symptoms of people with Alzheimer's disease is difficult because they cannot easily identify or explain their needs. An experiment reveals another problem. Any treatment is likely to be less effective for them, because...

Questions & Answers; Is anorexia ever a problem for men?(anorexia nervosa)
September 1, 2006... Q. Is anorexia ever a problem for men? A. Anorexia nervosa -- the name means "nervous lack of appetite" -- is a disorder that involves intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted body image, leading to self-starvation and emaciation....