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Psychologists Encouraged to Prescribed Exercise for Depression and Anxiety
by pmartin462 on January 30th, 2012
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My psychologist gave me a copy of this article. It argues that there is emerging evidence that exercise is good for both depression and anxiety. And, the most psychologist, to not prescribe exercise to their patients. I encourage you to read it. En… more »
Stop Banging Your Head Against the Wall--Take The First Step to Trying Something Different
by pmartin462 on January 27th, 2012
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Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." I obtained this quote from the internet, which does not have a great history of checking its sources, or more accurately those that post t… more »
NPR Morning Edition Story on Serotonin
by pmartin462 on January 24th, 2012
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When I began this blog, it was not my intent to expose the drug industry and the failure of antidepressants. But, I am doing a lot of research on the topic, and I am just going where the research is leading me. I found this report from NPR's Morning Ed… more »
One Last Breath--I Can Finally Listen To It
by pmartin462 on January 23rd, 2012
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For Many years I found it very difficult to Creed's "One Last Breath" I am not religious, but I do like Creed. Although, I have my doubts about the religious convictions of the band's members. "One Last Breath" is about a man at his wit's end more »
Is Depression a Disease? Interesting Blog That I Found
by pmartin462 on January 19th, 2012
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In the past I have stated that "depression is a disease." This statement was predicated on what I had learned from a few books I have read. I am still learning, and I am beginning to believe that depression is not a disease in the traditional sense, more »
I Wish I Could Have Done This With My Grades
by pmartin462 on January 17th, 2012
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Imagine for a moment, you are back in school. Maybe you still are in school. You will be applying to college soon, or perhaps your parents have been getting on you about your grades. You take a test for which you were not prepared and you did poorly. … more »
When Life Gets You Down, You Know What You Gotta Do? Just Keep Spinning, Just Keep Spinning, Just Keep Spinning, Spinning, Spinning.
by pmartin462 on January 14th, 2012
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Ok. So, I ripped off Finding Nemo. But, Dory had it right. If you have been reading my blog, you will know that I have written on the very questionable evidence that anti-depressants work. The anti-depressants that are sold today increase the amount more »
Anatomy of an Epidemic--Update, the Sources
by pmartin462 on January 12th, 2012
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Hi all, I was doing some research and found that the author of Anatomy of an Epidemic has made available a lot of the documents that he used available online. I have provided below the link to the depression documents, but if you go to the main page y… more »
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