Happy summer!
This will be the end of Millennial Mind in its current version, I’ve decided.
I’m a little more than two months away from finishing my master’s degree and am taking some intense classes this summer, plus looking for a job, so I likely won’t have much time to write (or delete spam).
But, before I go, […]

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Finals are over, and I’m back! — for a day or two, anyway.
Check out my final project to see what I’d do with Millennial Mind if I had a million dollars (or two).
Here are some other links for your spring-break-reading pleasure:
- Study finds teen girls with ADHD are more likely to develop eating disorders.
- Jim […]

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As you’ve probably noticed by now, I have a lot of opinions about mental illness.
But I don’t always have the facts to back them up.
That’s why I’m so happy about a story I came across today: Testosterone may prevent eating disorders.
It helps support what I wrote yesterday about biology being a likely reason why women […]

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Depression can be a tough nut to crack when it comes to treatment.
Many people don’t respond well to the first antidepressant they try, or they can’t handle the side effects. So they give up.
But a new government study says that for depressed teenagers who aren’t getting better, trying a different medicine along with cognitive behavioral […]

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Could acupuncture or yoga replace antidepressants someday?
Maybe not, but people are turning to alternative medicine and practices to treat depression, either as a complement to mainstream psychology and psychiatry or as something that stands alone.
World of Psychology passes on a New York Times story about a type of acupuncture that uses “ear seeds” to help […]

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Remember the “Zoloft defense“?
Now some people are making what I call the “Prozac excuse,” blaming the Northern Illinois University shooting on the fact that the gunman recently stopped taking that antidepressant (an SSRI).
But experts tell the Chicago Tribune that that idea is flawed.
They emphasize that going off antidepressants can be difficult and should be done […]

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It’s another plethora-of-news kind of day. (Doesn’t Thomas Jefferson look so excited?)
So, if you’re lucky enough to have today off (I’m not), here’s some follow-ups from items in previous posts to keep you busy.
- Beyond Blue celebrates the “melancholy Lincoln” in honor of Presidents Day. (Anyone know if George Washington had bouts […]

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To find out more about mental-health issues facing Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, I interviewed John Bair, a clinical psychologist at the North Chicago Veterans Hospital.
(Full disclosure: He also happens to be my cousin’s father-in-law.)
Click here to listen
Click on the button above to listen, or read the following transcript:
Q: What age groups do you mainly work […]

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That was my first reaction when I read about a survey by Mental Health America that ranked Utah last among the 50 states and the District of Columbia for mental health.
I was stunned because when I think of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the predominant religion in Utah, I picture […]

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Child abuse and genetics have been mentioned before on this blog as contributors to mental illness - but never in the same story, until now.
A new study suggests that having certain gene variations helps people avoid depression as adults even if they were abused or otherwise experienced “extreme stress” as children.
Those without the variations have […]

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