Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters some stereotypes along the way. Her experiences with good therapists and not-so-good therapists are essential reading for client and therapist alike. Ms. Burton's own experience of therapy convinces her, for example, that trauma survivors don't always make the best trauma therapists. This is especially true if they never completed their own therapy. She has seen them react with fear and dissociation in response to traumatic material or negative emotions expressed in a session. While we don't learn who her current therapist is, it is clear that they are working together toward healing. She writes with clarity and maturity; and without a chip on her shoulder. It is a privilege to publish an article from a guest author who is such an articulate therapy client. This article will help me be a better therapist. Read Bonnie Burton's insightful article.

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If you have been wondering how to benefit from antiviral medications if you suffer from the Swine Flu, you will gain some expertise on the topic in this how to medical guide. The Swine Flu or the 2009 H1N1 virus is a condition that has evidence of compounds from a bird virus, a swine virus, as well as a human virus. This is a new strain of the virus, never before seen. It is an uncomfortable condition that can result in serious health complications, including death. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC has determined that the best course of action for individuals who have been confirmed as having this condition is to take antiviral medications, such as Tamiflu, in order to overcome the obstacles that the sickness may cause. In this guide, you will learn of the benefits associated with these antiviral medications when an individual has contracted the Swine Flu.

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Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters some stereotypes along the way. Her experiences with good therapists and not-so-good therapists are essential reading for client and therapist alike. Ms. Burton's own experience of therapy convinces her, for example, that trauma survivors don't always make the best trauma therapists. This is especially true if they never completed their own therapy. She has seen them react with fear and dissociation in response to traumatic material or negative emotions expressed in a session. While we don't learn who her current therapist is, it is clear that they are working together toward healing. She writes with clarity and maturity; and without a chip on her shoulder. It is a privilege to publish an article from a guest author who is such an articulate therapy client. This article will help me be a better therapist. Read Bonnie Burton's insightful article.

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Q. Could a vitamin and mineral supplement help my depression?
A. The answer to this question is "maybe". There are several vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can cause symptoms of depression. If you happen to have one of these deficiencies then a supplement will indeed help you. If your depression is caused by something else then obviously supplements will not be the answer. It certainly well worth a try, however, to take a good quality supplement before trying prescription medications.

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Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters some stereotypes along the way. Her experiences with good therapists and not-so-good therapists are essential reading for client and therapist alike. Ms. Burton's own experience of therapy convinces her, for example, that trauma survivors don't always make the best trauma therapists. This is especially true if they never completed their own therapy. She has seen them react with fear and dissociation in response to traumatic material or negative emotions expressed in a session. While we don't learn who her current therapist is, it is clear that they are working together toward healing. She writes with clarity and maturity; and without a chip on her shoulder. It is a privilege to publish an article from a guest author who is such an articulate therapy client. This article will help me be a better therapist. Read Bonnie Burton's insightful article.

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Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters some stereotypes along the way. Her experiences with good therapists and not-so-good therapists are essential reading for client and therapist alike. Ms. Burton's own experience of therapy convinces her, for example, that trauma survivors don't always make the best trauma therapists. This is especially true if they never completed their own therapy. She has seen them react with fear and dissociation in response to traumatic material or negative emotions expressed in a session. While we don't learn who her current therapist is, it is clear that they are working together toward healing. She writes with clarity and maturity; and without a chip on her shoulder. It is a privilege to publish an article from a guest author who is such an articulate therapy client. This article will help me be a better therapist. Read Bonnie Burton's insightful article.

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Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters some stereotypes along the way. Her experiences with good therapists and not-so-good therapists are essential reading for client and therapist alike. Ms. Burton's own experience of therapy convinces her, for example, that trauma survivors don't always make the best trauma therapists. This is especially true if they never completed their own therapy. She has seen them react with fear and dissociation in response to traumatic material or negative emotions expressed in a session. While we don't learn who her current therapist is, it is clear that they are working together toward healing. She writes with clarity and maturity; and without a chip on her shoulder. It is a privilege to publish an article from a guest author who is such an articulate therapy client. This article will help me be a better therapist. Read Bonnie Burton's insightful article.

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Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) had greater improvements in measures of worry, depression and mental health when they received cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a study published in the April 8, 2009 issue of JAMA.
GAD is common among the elderly, said the report, with a prevalence of 7.3% among the community and 11.2% in primary care.
Melinda A. Stanley, Pd.D. and her her colleagues at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, conducted a trial evaluating CBT as a treatment for GAD in later life. The trial included 134 older adults, with an average age of 67 years, in two primary care settings, with treatment being administered over a period of three months.
Patients randomly assigned to the cognitive behavioral therapy group received education and awareness, relaxation training, cognitive therapy, problem-solving skills training and behavioral sleep management. Usual care patients receive phone calls on a biweekly basis during the first three months of the study to provide support and ensure patient safety. These patients were reminded to contact a staff member if their symptoms worsened.
The patients were assessed at the beginning of the trial, immediately after the cessation of treatment at three months, and over 12 months of followup, with assessments occurring at 6, 9, 12 and 15 months.
When levels of anxiety, worry, depression and physical and mental health quality of life were measured, the team found that CBT significantly improved these measures compared to usual care.
"This study," the authors wrote, "is the first to suggest that CBT can be useful for managing worry and associated symptoms among older patients in primary care.

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Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters some stereotypes along the way. Her experiences with good therapists and not-so-good therapists are essential reading for client and therapist alike. Ms. Burton's own experience of therapy convinces her, for example, that trauma survivors don't always make the best trauma therapists. This is especially true if they never completed their own therapy. She has seen them react with fear and dissociation in response to traumatic material or negative emotions expressed in a session. While we don't learn who her current therapist is, it is clear that they are working together toward healing. She writes with clarity and maturity; and without a chip on her shoulder. It is a privilege to publish an article from a guest author who is such an articulate therapy client. This article will help me be a better therapist. Read Bonnie Burton's insightful article.

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Apparently a group called Alliance for Childhood agrees with me. Alliance for Childhood, which bills itself as a childhood advocacy group, recently sent out a press release regarding a new trend of giving kindergartners monthly standardized tests. In a new report released on March 20 entitled "Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School," the authors Edward Miller and Joan Almon say that kindergarten testing is "out of control."
Testing and test preparation in kindergarten is spreading, says the report, with teachers increasingly using test scores to make decisions about promotion, retention and placement in gifted programs. This testing, according to Alliance for Childhood, does not make sense. "Standardized testing of children under age eight, when used to make significant decisions about the child's education, is in direct conflict with the professional standards of every educational testing organization."
"A major problem with kindergarten tests is that relatively few meet acceptable standards of reliability and validity," says the National Association for the Education of Young Children. "The probability of a child being misplaced is fifty percent - the same odds as flipping a coin. ...Flawed results lead to flawed decisions, wasted tax dollars, and misdiagnosed children."
The National Association of School Psychologists agrees, stating that "evidence from research and practice in early childhood assessment indicates that issues of technical adequacy are more difficult to address with young children who have little test-taking experience, short attention spans, and whose development is rapid and variable."
The report further points out that, although children given standardized tests may experience early gains in first and second grade, by the time they reach the fourth grade these gains have faded and children who attended play-based kindergartens excel over others in reading, math, social and emotional learning, creativity, oral expression, industriousness and imagination.
My own question about testing, homework and generally pushing our kids so hard at a young age is this: at what cost are we doing this? How many kids are going to grow up anxious and depressed because they were not developmentally ready to be pushed so hard? Or because they were inaccurately pigeon-holed based upon an unreliable test score? I agree with Alliance for Children that kids need time to just be kids.

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Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters some stereotypes along the way. Her experiences with good therapists and not-so-good therapists are essential reading for client and therapist alike. Ms. Burton's own experience of therapy convinces her, for example, that trauma survivors don't always make the best trauma therapists. This is especially true if they never completed their own therapy. She has seen them react with fear and dissociation in response to traumatic material or negative emotions expressed in a session. While we don't learn who her current therapist is, it is clear that they are working together toward healing. She writes with clarity and maturity; and without a chip on her shoulder. It is a privilege to publish an article from a guest author who is such an articulate therapy client. This article will help me be a better therapist. Read Bonnie Burton's insightful article.

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People with a high family risk for depression had less brain matter on the right side, similar to that seen with Alzheimer's disease, according to U.S. researchers.
The researchers found with brain scans that there was a 28% thinning in the right cortex (the outer layer of the brain) in those with a family history of depression.
The findings were based on imaging studies of 131 people aged 6 to 54 with a family history of depression, as well as 54 people without.
Interestingly, those who had a predisposition to depression but had never been depressed had thinning on the right side, while those who actually had depression also showed thinning on the left side.
The researchers also gave the participants memory and attention tests and found that the thinning in the right cortex was associated with a worse performance on the tests.
"Our findings suggest," said study author Dr. Bradley Peterson, "that if you have thinning in the right hemisphere of the brain, you may be predisposed to depression and may also have some cognitive and inattention issues." Peterson further said that these brain changes may increase the risk of depression by disrupting a person's ability to decode and remember social and emotional cues from other people.
Peterson suggests that medications used to treat attention problems, such as stimulants, might be helpful in treating depression in some patients.
The study appears in the Proceedings of the National Sciences Academy.

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A history of major depression increases the risk of heart disease over and above any genetic risks common to depression and heart disease, according to research presented by Washington University School of Medicine and the VA last week at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Chicago.
The researchers analyzed data from more than 1,200 pairs of male twins who served in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Twins were selected because they are automatically the same age, they share the same family environment while growing up and they have the same DNA, giving them the same genetic risks.
The men were surveyed on a variety of health issues - including depression - in 1992 and again in 2005.
When the researchers looked at the onset of heart disease in the men with depression, the men who were depressed in 1992 were twice as likely to have developed heart disease by the time they were followed up in 2005.
"Based on our findings, we can say that after adjusting for other risk factors, depression remains a significant predictor of heart disease," said study author Jeffrey F. Scherrer, Ph.D. "In this study, we have demonstrated that exposure to depression is contributing to heart disease only in twins who have high genetic risk and who actually develop depression. In twins with high genetic risk common to depression and heart disease, but who never develop depression itself, there was no increased risk for heart disease. The findings strongly suggest that depression itself independently contributes to risk for heart disease."
Scherrer and co-author Hong Xian have further plans to follow the twins as they age and to study the effects of depression treatment on heart disease risk.

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A history of major depression increases the risk of heart disease over and above any genetic risks common to depression and heart disease, according to research presented by Washington University School of Medicine and the VA last week at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Chicago.
The researchers analyzed data from more than 1,200 pairs of male twins who served in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Twins were selected because they are automatically the same age, they share the same family environment while growing up and they have the same DNA, giving them the same genetic risks.
The men were surveyed on a variety of health issues - including depression - in 1992 and again in 2005.
When the researchers looked at the onset of heart disease in the men with depression, the men who were depressed in 1992 were twice as likely to have developed heart disease by the time they were followed up in 2005.
"Based on our findings, we can say that after adjusting for other risk factors, depression remains a significant predictor of heart disease," said study author Jeffrey F. Scherrer, Ph.D. "In this study, we have demonstrated that exposure to depression is contributing to heart disease only in twins who have high genetic risk and who actually develop depression. In twins with high genetic risk common to depression and heart disease, but who never develop depression itself, there was no increased risk for heart disease. The findings strongly suggest that depression itself independently contributes to risk for heart disease."
Scherrer and co-author Hong Xian have further plans to follow the twins as they age and to study the effects of depression treatment on heart disease risk.

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Does anyone have an anti-depressant that has really worked when nothing else will? I am looking for something that will finally work. I have taken Prozac, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Cymbalta, and Emsam. All have not worked as I would have liked. has anyone been through the same problem (years of trying everything possible with no effect)? Did you ever find something that really did work?
Answers:
Off to a good psychiatrist who specializes in mood disorders goes you if possible. You can try a couple tricyclics, but it's probably time a pdoc talk to you about supplementing with Lithium or trying the anticonvulsant Lamictal. Another option is boosting your T3 thyroid hormone to supplement an anti-d. The big STAR-D study showed that to be about as effective as supplementing with Lithium. Anyway, you sound like you are into the bipolar spectrum (i.e. antidepressants don't work), but you need to try a few tricyclics to know if that's true.
Could you post additional comment with the family of antidepressant these drugs belong to (SSRIs, MAOIs, tricyclics...)?Prozac didn't do anything for me, so I went onto Surmontil, which is trimipramine, a tricyclic. It has more known side-effects than Prozac (SSRI) but does boost dopamine and noradrenaline, both important where daily life is not offering any sense of achievement, and also is the only antidepressant that does not interfere with REM sleep (i.e. dreaming). Very useful for sorting out troubles, unless you suffer from intolerable nightmares.Don't expect too much from them. All they do is to make an intolerable state of mind into something where at least some things are no longer impossible.Have you tried Zinc?
Read some Carlos Castaneda. I think depression is triggered from trying to justify how horribly we as a society live. Being sane in the midst of crazy people has a very dark feeling indeed. Learn how to re-adjust your thinking order, placing yourself at the bottom and see how much your life changes.
YES, I've tried most of them over the years have given up due 2 bad side effects. Now I just take a fraction of the benzos thety give me + an ambien @ night. All the anti-depressants anti- psychotic poisons they give me get flushed down the toilet. been doin' this for 7 years THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE ! U can draw your own conclusions from THAT !!!
Yes; I've taken just about everything as well as being misdiagnosed about 100 times. For me it was Cymbalta that became my wonder pill. Is it possible that you're not "letting" the medication work?
hey..you should seek psychiatric help..dont be reluctant..when these medicines arent working,you really have something serious.
omega 3 is a good natural antidepressantread more on googleand read on curezone.comtake care
lamictal and paxil have done miracles for me.

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Bonnie Burton is a trauma survivor who writes about therapy from the inside. As a gifted writer, she conveys some essential truths about the process of therapy, and shatters some stereotypes along the way. Her experiences with good therapists and not-so-good therapists are essential reading for client and therapist alike. Ms. Burton's own experience of therapy convinces her, for example, that trauma survivors don't always make the best trauma therapists. This is especially true if they never completed their own therapy. She has seen them react with fear and dissociation in response to traumatic material or negative emotions expressed in a session. While we don't learn who her current therapist is, it is clear that they are working together toward healing. She writes with clarity and maturity; and without a chip on her shoulder. It is a privilege to publish an article from a guest author who is such an articulate therapy client. This article will help me be a better therapist. Read Bonnie Burton's insightful article.

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A new study in the February issue of the Journal of Development Behavioral Pediatrics reports that an Internet program helps to reduce depression symptoms and prevents future episodes of depression in teens.
The program, called "Project CATCH-IT," uses proven methods, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral activation and interpersonal therapy, to teach the teens to change their behavior and to learn better coping skills. It includes a series of 14 modules that the teens can work through online through a secure website.
The researchers tested the program in 83 teens and young adults who were considered to be at risk for depression. The patients were randomly assigned to undergo either a brief discussion about depression with a doctor or a longer "motivational interview." Both groups were then given the Internet address for Project CATCH-IT.
Most of the teens in the study opted to visit the website, which was found to be effective in preventing future episodes of the depression. Based on a standard score, the percentage of patients with "clinically significant" depression decreased from 50% at the start of the study to no more than 15% at the three months follow-up.
The researchers hypothesized that the teens who had received the motivational interview might do better than those who had only talked briefly with a doctor, but overall depression scores were similar for both groups. Those who had received the motivational interview did do better in certain areas, however, such as having fewer thoughts of self-harm and hopelessness. Patients who received the motivational interview also spent more time using the website, which may have contributed to their additional improvements.
Study author Dr. Benjamin W. Van Voorhees of the University of Chicago suggests that Internet-based programs like Project CATCH-IT "may offer a low-cost way to implement depression prevention in community settings."
A version of Project CATCH-IT is available to the general public at http://catchit-public.bsd.uchicago.edu/.

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A new study in the February issue of the Journal of Development Behavioral Pediatrics reports that an Internet program helps to reduce depression symptoms and prevents future episodes of depression in teens.
The program, called "Project CATCH-IT," uses proven methods, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral activation and interpersonal therapy, to teach the teens to change their behavior and to learn better coping skills. It includes a series of 14 modules that the teens can work through online through a secure website.
The researchers tested the program in 83 teens and young adults who were considered to be at risk for depression. The patients were randomly assigned to undergo either a brief discussion about depression with a doctor or a longer "motivational interview." Both groups were then given the Internet address for Project CATCH-IT.
Most of the teens in the study opted to visit the website, which was found to be effective in preventing future episodes of the depression. Based on a standard score, the percentage of patients with "clinically significant" depression decreased from 50% at the start of the study to no more than 15% at the three months follow-up.
The researchers hypothesized that the teens who had received the motivational interview might do better than those who had only talked briefly with a doctor, but overall depression scores were similar for both groups. Those who had received the motivational interview did do better in certain areas, however, such as having fewer thoughts of self-harm and hopelessness. Patients who received the motivational interview also spent more time using the website, which may have contributed to their additional improvements.
Study author Dr. Benjamin W. Van Voorhees of the University of Chicago suggests that Internet-based programs like Project CATCH-IT "may offer a low-cost way to implement depression prevention in community settings."
A version of Project CATCH-IT is available to the general public at http://catchit-public.bsd.uchicago.edu/.

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A new study in the February issue of the Journal of Development Behavioral Pediatrics reports that an Internet program helps to reduce depression symptoms and prevents future episodes of depression in teens.
The program, called "Project CATCH-IT," uses proven methods, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral activation and interpersonal therapy, to teach the teens to change their behavior and to learn better coping skills. It includes a series of 14 modules that the teens can work through online through a secure website.
The researchers tested the program in 83 teens and young adults who were considered to be at risk for depression. The patients were randomly assigned to undergo either a brief discussion about depression with a doctor or a longer "motivational interview." Both groups were then given the Internet address for Project CATCH-IT.
Most of the teens in the study opted to visit the website, which was found to be effective in preventing future episodes of the depression. Based on a standard score, the percentage of patients with "clinically significant" depression decreased from 50% at the start of the study to no more than 15% at the three months follow-up.
The researchers hypothesized that the teens who had received the motivational interview might do better than those who had only talked briefly with a doctor, but overall depression scores were similar for both groups. Those who had received the motivational interview did do better in certain areas, however, such as having fewer thoughts of self-harm and hopelessness. Patients who received the motivational interview also spent more time using the website, which may have contributed to their additional improvements.
Study author Dr. Benjamin W. Van Voorhees of the University of Chicago suggests that Internet-based programs like Project CATCH-IT "may offer a low-cost way to implement depression prevention in community settings."
A version of Project CATCH-IT is available to the general public at http://catchit-public.bsd.uchicago.edu/.

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I'll admit my first reaction was, "How rude! If you don't like the newsletter, unsubscribe!" Then I thought some more and this guy is totally right. I've completely lost touch with what it's like to be a single, depressed person on Valentine's Day. Looking back, I remember many days when I would see happy couples walk by and I would be eaten up by jealousy and anger. If you're feeling lonely, Valentine's Day is just a painful reminder of how alone you feel.
During the month of February, everywhere we look there are hearts, cupids, and pictures of romantic couples exchanging deep and meaningful glances. Single people feel as if they have no place on Valentine's Day. It's just another day to trudge through life without someone to share it with.

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