- Review - The Secret Life of Bees (Arizona Reporter)
By Harvey Karten (AZR) - Some people are still surprised that teenagers and pre-teens show signs of depression?though Prozac and other mood-changing drugs are being prescribed for them at record numbers. Psychologists say that the root of much depression is feelings of guilt, a situation that the lead character in Gina Prince-Bythewood's "The Secret Life of Bees" is undergoing. She may have ...
- Learning How Not To Be Afraid (Science Daily)
Scientists are showing how the brain changes when mice learn to feel safe and secure in situations that would normally make them anxious. The mice developed a conditioned inhibition of fear that squelches anxiety as effectively as antidepressant drugs, such as Prozac.
- 'St John's wort plant as effective as Prozac for treating depression', say scientists (Daily Mail)
It has long been a happy alternative to popping pills for depression. But the herbal extract St John's wort now has more than just cheerful converts to testify to its mood-lifting powers.
- Does anybody know a good therapist? (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
In his weekly feature, in honor of National Physical Therapy Month, copy editor Ron Davis poses five questions to Paul J. Mackarey, an orthopedic and sports physical therapist who operates a private practice in Scranton. (Dr. Mackarey also writes a weekly column for The Times-Tribune?s Health&Science page, which made it easy to coerce him into answering these questions.)
- FloriDUH: Woman who ran DUI rehab program ordered to attend (Sun-Sentinel)
- Mice overcome fear, depression with natural Prozac (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The brain can produce antidepressants with the right signal, a finding that suggests that meditating, or going to your "happy place," truly works, scientists reported on Wednesday.
- Prozac-like antidepressants can lead to lingering sexual dysfunction (Seattle Times)
Q: I have been taking Prozac for five years. I've noticed a downturn in my ability to achieve a climax. My doctor recently switched me to...
- FloriDUH: Couple offers $10,000 for their missing "Baby": a deer (Sun-Sentinel)
- St John?s Wort ?can be as effective as Prozac? (The Herald)
St John's Wort can be as good at lifting depression as pharmaceutical drugs such as Prozac, a study has found. A review of research evidence concluded that the herbal extract was as effective as standard anti-depressants but had fewer side-effects.