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New NIMH Depression Awareness Video Available For Free Public Use

The National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) released a free video to promote awareness of the symptoms of depression and its potential treatments. In fact, they encourage public distribution of this video at schools, workshops, and other public functions. Preteen or adolescent males and females are the targeted audience. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychotropic, and […]

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“The Soldiers Suicide Prevention” Seeks To Improve The Lives Of Our Valiant American Soldiers

The Beck Institute, a non-profit organization headed by Aaron Beck, M.D., created The Soldiers Suicide Prevention to provide a central resource for suicide prevention mental healthcare services for the proud men and women of our fighting forces. Healthcare providers can also receive Cognitive Therapy-based suicide prevention training. As a strong supporter of our fine military […]

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NIH/NIMH Research News Update 6-19-09

Today’s “NIH/NIMH Research News Update” can be best described as brief yet very important. There is new information about the use of stimulant medication for ADHD and sudden death in children, cognitive therapy for depression to help at risk teens, Citalopram is no better than placebo in children with Autism, and the search to identify […]

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Integrative Body-Mind Training, Nature Exposure, and Mindfulness: A Review of Attention State Training Techniques

I would like to introduce readers to several meditative techniques called Integrative Body-Mind Training (IBMT), nature exposure, and mindfulness, as well as discuss their use in attention state training. My review of current research with these intriguing alternative therapies finds that they may also be quick and effective treatments for anxiety, depression, and anger.

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Figure 6. BioGraph Infiniti screen showing voluntary SCP production of positivity (red) and negativity (blue). Also displayed are mean values for early and late SCP components.  Mean total SCP values are shown along the right.  Reaction time statistics are also displayed here, and are optionally available in parallel with SCP measurements as they reflect attention and focus (low errors) and motor readiness (low mean reaction times).  Note: scale is positive UP.

DC-EEG in Psychophysiology Applications – A Technical and Clinical Overview

There has been increasing interest of late in very slow electroencephalographic (EEG) activity. While this sort of activity has been recorded and studied for many years, and used in biofeedback protocols in several applications, it is only recently gaining popularity as another tool with potential mainstream application to clinical neurofeedback. Whatever the tool, before embarking […]

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NIH/NIMH Research News Update 5-27-09

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Mental Health (NIMH) have been somewhat quiet lately with the research news. For today’s NIH/NIMH Research News Update, I rounded up several interesting new announcements/studies that include: potassium linked to schizophrenia, increased funds for suicide prevention, and ADHD medication linked to improved school performance. (more…)

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Persons with Depression and Heart Failure Have Poorer Outcomes in Hospitals

Researchers* acquired data during March 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004 from the The Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF) to further explore the connection between depression and heart failure. Data from the medical charts of 48,612 patients (mean age = 73) from 259 hospitals were included. The […]

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