Long Term Unemployment & DepressionMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentSeptember 4, 2014America’s ability to climb out of the Great Recession has far-reaching impact. It affects global recovery. It affects our jobless rate here at home. And now, we learn, the longer workers remain unemployed, the greater their risk for becoming depressed. This conclusion may not be rocket science, but the numbers clearly reveal a link between…
Depression Without Sadness?Mental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 20, 2014Depression is more than feeling sad and blue. In fact, a person can be depressed without feeling especially unhappy, and sadness doesn’t always indicate depression. According to the Mayo Clinic, signs and symptoms of depression other than sadness that may point to depression include:
Molecular Discovery May Aid in Treating DepressionMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 18, 2014Though it has become widely publicized in the U.S. due to awareness campaigns, depression remains a serious problem for those who experience its debilitating symptoms. More people are seeking treatment, but they may not see immediate improvement. Antidepressants typically require approximately two weeks to begin making an impact on the patient. However, in many cases,…
Untreated Mental Disorders Are Just as Deadly as SmokingMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 14, 2014Most of the developed world has made concerted efforts to discourage tobacco use. A practice that once engulfed the planet has now, in many places, become socially taboo. In the U.S., warnings about the dangers of smoking appear on every pack of cigarettes, and tobacco use among younger people has gone down. When the public…
Suicide Prevention: Angels Among UsMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentAugust 12, 2014By Edie Weinstein, MSW When someone makes a choice to end their life, it is a decision that has a ripple effect, not only impacting the one with the implement of destruction in their hand, but those in their immediate circles and beyond.
Bipolar Disorder Patients Often on Multiple PrescriptionsMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentJuly 28, 2014Diagnosing bipolar disorder can be a long process. Physicians may only see a patient on days when they are in a low mood, and they may only catch the depressive part of the disorder. Likewise, if a physician only sees the mania in the patient, they may mistake the disorder for anxiety or another mental…
Breaking the Taboo of Depression Among African American MenMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentMay 12, 2014The psychotherapeutic community attempts to cater to the needs of all people suffering from mental health disorders, regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, socio-economic background or personal life history. But this strategy of inclusivity has in many respects been a failure, especially for individuals of color. While only one-third of those victimized by mental disorders will…
Misdiagnosis Huge Problem for Bipolar PatientsMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentApril 30, 2014Bipolar disorder is a severe psychiatric disorder. It is a chronic and disabling condition and was ranked as the sixth-leading cause of disability by the World Health Organization in 1990. The illness involves significant economic cost, and comes with a greatly increased risk of mortality—people with bipolar disorder are 20 times more likely to commit…
Advances in Understanding How SSRIs WorkMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentMarch 27, 2014The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 20 million Americans experience depression significant enough to warrant medical treatment, and 11 percent of those over 12 years of age are given antidepressants. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most widely prescribed antidepressants in the nation. But the drugs are not without their…
Suppressing Emotions in PTSD May Make Symptoms WorseMental HealthBy Lucida TreatmentJuly 28, 2013Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has gained more attention since the first Kuwait/ Iraq invasion some 20 years ago. During the intervening years, as war efforts have expanded into Afghanistan, the number of men and women dealing with this intense anxiety disorder has risen too. Soldiers with PTSD have been affected by a traumatic experience in…
