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The latest breakthroughs in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders

Each year, The Johns Hopkins Depression and Anxiety White Paper reports on the most exciting advances and the most useful, current information to help you recognize and treat mood disorders.

The Johns Hopkins Depression and Anxiety White Paper provides a thorough overview of what the mental health field knows about depression and anxiety—causes, symptoms, prognoses, and treatment options.

The 2008 Johns Hopkins White Paper: Depression and Anxiety
topics include:

  • Tall, dark and depressed: How to spot depression in men. (page 6)

  • Why you're never too old for an eating disorder. (page 10)

  • How managing pain can improve your mood--and vice versa. (page 14)

  • Gaining weight? Your psychiatric medicine may be to blame. (page 28)

  • Find out which medications can worsen depression and anxiety. (page 34)

  • Substance abuse and aging: Are you in danger of developing an addiction? (page 48)

  • High anxiety: Can it impact your physical health? (page 53)

  • Conquer your anxiety with cognitive behavioral therapy. (page 58)

  • How long should grief last? (page 12)

  • A natural and effective way to ease anxiety and depression. (page 51)

  • Using genetics to help determine the best drug for obsessive-compulsive disorder. (page 67)

  • Which comes first: depression or anxiety? (page 5)

  • Does taking an SSRI put you at increase risk for bone fractures? (page 31)

    ...and much more.

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This FREE Special Report, titled Managing Your Moods includes practical, specific tips in some of the key areas affected by emotional and mental disorders, including:

Are your worries normal? Do you find yourself thinking "What if...?" and imagining the worst? Are you spending too much time dwelling on elevated security alerts, or the diseases that dominate TV commercials for prescription drugs these days? Or could you be suffering from a generalized anxiety disorder? Here are 7 ways to tell when it's time to seek help.

Men and depression. Although women may be quicker to acknowledge emotional problems, nearly 6 million men in the United States are diagnosed with depression each year. Learn why men's depression is under-diagnosed. The toll that "toughing it out" can take on a man's health. You'll also learn about drugs that work better for men than for women.


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Important differences between men and women in how often major depression, dysthemia and bipolar disorder occur, frequency and severity of symptoms, and more.


    Sorting out the mental health professionals. Once you decide to get help, where should you turn? We look at psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers so you know what each can, and can't do. Their training and backgrounds. The differences in licensing and ability to prescribe medications. Plus what most people don't realize about psychotherapists.

    Could you benefit from talk therapy? Discover why fast, cheap and effective cognitive-behavioral therapy ("talk therapy") is becoming more popular as a way to break the pattern of negative thoughts that lead to depression. How it works, step by step. What kind of outcome can be expected for mild, moderate and severe depression.

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