Time after time you hear stories of people with PTSD complaining of sleepness nights. It fits the classic conception of the tortured sufferer, awakened in a sweat from visions of some calamity or tragedy.
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In the movie, Natalie Portman‘s character not only shows signs of anorexia—she’s also bulimic. I had hoped this wouldn’t seem glamorous to teens and women seeing the movie since, well, Natalie’s character also totally loses it in a downward spiral. But apparently that’s not the case.
Just now, searching for images from the movie, I found one — at a site called “Thinspo Me Baby” on Tumblr, along with the caption, “Get your thinspiration from the upcoming movie Black Swan!!!” Another search brought me to Superskinnyus.blogspot.com. And another to Mydailythinspo.blogspot.com. Looks like pro-ana websites all over are looking to the movie.
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More Americans than ever are receiving treatment for depression, but the number getting psychotherapy with or without drugs continues to decline, a national survey finds.
Depression treatment rates increased dramatically during the 1990s with the introduction of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft.
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PTSD often stems from war, but can also be a result of exposure to any psychologically traumatic event and manifests itself in flashbacks, recurring nightmares, anger, or hyper-vigilance.
Using a non-invasive measurement of magnetic fields in the brain called magnetoencephalography (MEG), researchers found differences between signals in the temporal and parieto-occipital right hemispheric areas of the brain among those with PTSD.
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MONTREAL – The field of psychiatry is facing a paradigm shift with new research suggesting that medications and psychotherapy may be able to permanently erase the “trauma” from traumatic memories, according to several experts.
The experimental treatment, known as reconsolidation blockade, has been shown to interrupt the neurobiologic process of memory formation.
“We do not erase people’s memories,” Alain Brunet, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dr. Brunet of the department of psychiatry at McGill University, Montreal, is one of the first researchers to report results of the treatment in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Depression and type 2 diabetes are closely related, doubling difficulties for people coping with both conditions. It makes intuitive sense that someone diagnosed with a serious illness such as type 2 diabetes might feel depressed about it. In the same way, it’s easy to imagine that people who are depressed might be less active and gain more weight, which are two risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Researchers from Harvard who followed a large group of women before they developed either illness found that a woman who had one was more at risk for the other.
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Leaving the work force may improve one’s health, a large, French cohort study showed.
Among workers at a French national gas and electricity company, retirement was associated with sharp reductions in mental and physical fatigue, as well as more modest reductions in depression, according to Hugo Westerlund, PhD, of the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University, and colleagues.
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DENVER – Women with no history of depression are at sharply increased risk of first-ever, clinically significant depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition, three major prospective longitudinal studies have shown.
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A new study suggests that playing Tetris, and possibly other quick moving visual puzzles, could be used to treat flashbacks that are associated with issues like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Researchers have showed upsetting bits of film to 60 subjects and then asked them to note down how often they experienced flashbacks to the graphics and unsettling images.
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In the midst of Australia’s obesity epidemic, there’s a lot of information about avoiding unhealthy, sugary foods and weight gain. In this climate we are rarely reminded (and only a few of us really need to be), that under-eating can also be dangerous for health. This is particularly true when you’re pregnant, a time when your body is building a baby and demands more nutrients to do its job.
Avoiding under-nutrition in pregnancy is important, but avoiding unhealthy, fatty or sugary snacks is also important when you’re pregnant. So how can you ensure you get all the additional pregnancy building nutrients and calories you need to gain weight and build a baby, whilst avoiding the high-fat, high-sugar nasties?
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