Stress - Blogs & Blog Posts

What is Liability by Addiction Treatment and Mental Health Blog on Nov 6, 2009Liability for drug induced injuries did not become an issue of general concern until quite recently. However, a number of drug-induced problems from thalidomide in the 1960s to Opren and diethylstilbestrol in the 1970s have caused widespread public d...

What is consent? by Addiction Treatment and Mental Health Blog on Nov 6, 2009Over the past two decades there appears to have been a shift within health care from an expectation that patients with medical problems should entrust themselves passively to the care of physicians to an expectation that they should co-operate in the...

Chlorella and migraine by Stop The Migraine Madness on Oct 25, 2009I have been asked if I use a supplement to support the healthy lifestyle that migraine sufferers (and everyone) should aim for. Yes I certainly do, because I have seen so much evidence showing that even fruit and vegetables and other “healthy&#...

Treatment of the Dementias by Addiction Treatment and Mental Health Blog on Oct 16, 2009It is not clear yet that damage to the cholinergic pathway is the central deficit in Alzheimer’s dementia. Indeed, it has recently become clear that a number of other neurotransmitters are affected in both Alzheimer’s and other cortical d...

How Do You Get Things Done? by Positive Self Development on Oct 15, 2009Sometimes it seems that there is just too much to do each day. Do you lead a hectic busy life? What does it take to just slow down and relax whilst still getting things done?

Dementia and its Management by Addiction Treatment and Mental Health Blog on Oct 15, 2009Part of the problem in finding drugs which may be effective for dementia is that our ideas about what constitutes dementia have been undergoing radical change in recent years. It had been traditional to distinguish between Alzheimer’s dementia,...

Other Hypnotics by Addiction Treatment and Mental Health Blog on Oct 14, 2009Concerns about the over-prescription of benzodiazepines in recent years have led some prescribers to look at alternative hypnotic agents – either older compounds such as members of the barbiturate or chloral families, antidepressants, or neurol...