April 2014 – DBSA San Gabriel Valley

Psychologists

April 10, 2014 impiou5 Comments Off

Beliefs run your genes. Gene expression is actually affected by consciousness (perception) and environment. Good therapy helps change self-destructive beliefs. […]

ECT

April 7, 2014 impiou5 Comments Off

The hallmark of clinical depression is diminished capacity, so a patient often has no qualms about making self-destructive or life- altering decisions in hopes of relief. […]

Helping a Friend or Family Member

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Helping a Friend or Family Member with Depression or Bipolar Disorder Mood disorders such as bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depression) and depression affect millions of people. Their family members and friends are affected too. […]

Structured Interview Guide for the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

January 16, 2014 Comments Off

The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) is the most widely used scale for patient selection and follow-up in research studies of treatments of depression. Despite extensive study of the reliability and validity of the total scale score, the psychometric characteristics of the individual items have not been well studied. In the only reliability study to report agreement on individual items using a test-retest interview method, most of the items had only fair or poor agreement. Because this is due in part to variability in the way the information is obtained to make the various rating distinctions, the Structured Interview Guide for the HDRS (SIGH-D) was developed to standardize the manner of administration of the scale. A test-retest reliability study conducted on a series of psychiatric inpatients demonstrated that the use of the SIGH-D results in a substantially improved level of agreement for most of the HDRS items. […]

Bipolar Affective Disorder – A Guide to Recovery

July 5, 2014 Comments Off

Individuals with bipolar disorder often spend many years seeking professional help and may get from three to four diagnoses from doctors before receiving a correct diagnosis. Early diagnosis is important as it can lessen the effects of the disorder on the individual. Individuals with bipolar disorder have an approximately 75-80 percent risk for alcohol and substance abuse. Marital fluctuation, chronic unemployment, and suicide are also prevalent. […]

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How a child learns to respond to pain, new research shows, can affect how they deal with it as adults. So how parents talk to kids in pain matters—and many of us are getting it wrong.

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An increasing number of people are cutting off contact with toxic family members—and some are blaming therapists for encouraging it. Here's why that's just wrong.

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Are you feeling overwhelmed or stressed out? Here are some simple ways to bring more calm into your daily life.

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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Month: April 2014

Psychologists

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