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Compulsive e-mailing, texting could be classified as bona fide illness

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2008-03-17 20:11:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...Psychiatry, internet addiction is a common ailment "that should be added to psychiatry's official guidebook of mental disorders." More specifically, Dr. Jerald Block, a psychiatrist at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, even goes so far as to argue that said phenomenon (neglecting basic drives to spend more time online) be...
 
Tags: mental disorders, official brain illness, internet, psychiatry, internet addiction, jest, jerald block, official dictionary, science university
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: 'Do you have depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?

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2008-02-25 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...psychiatry at the Georgetown Medical School and author of Winter Blues (Guilford, 1998). Light is a nutrient of sorts for these patients The timing of phototherapy is critical. To determine the best time for light therapy, you need to know about a persons individual circadian rhythm, said Michael Terman, director of the Center for Light...
 
Tags: seasonal affective disorder, disorder, seasonal, melatonin secretion, melatonin secretion begins, light, industrial light, light treatment, fluorescent soft-white light
 
 
 
 
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The Blogging Madness

2008-03-19 17:33:52 by Michael in Medgadget
 
...Psychiatry . Good thing we have the internet to read this on: Internet addiction appears to be a common disorder that merits inclusion in DSM-V. Conceptually, the diagnosis is a compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder that involves online and/or offline computer usage and consists of at least three subtypes: excessive gaming, sexual...
 
Tags: internet addiction, internet addiction appears, internet, computer equipment, computer, mental disorder, merits inclusion, common disorder, similar symptoms
 
 
 
 
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The 2007 Medical Weblog Awards Nominees

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2007-12-27 02:44:57 by Michael in Medgadget
...Psychiatry Blog Dr. Wes InsureBlog Health Care Organizational Ethics Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review Health Care Renewal JAY PARKINSON + MD + MPH KOLAHUN Managed Care Matters PharmaGossip The Physician Executive The Pump Handle Respectful Insolence Running a hospital Scientific Misconduct Blog We Stand FIRM Best Medical...
 
Tags: weblog, medical weblog awards, health policiesethics weblog, medical weblog, medical, medical gumbo, literary medical weblog, derm blog, blog
 
 
 
 
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2007 Medical Weblog Awards Sponsored by ScrubsGallery.com: The Polls Are Open!

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2008-01-09 06:15:43 by Michael in Medgadget
...Psychiatry Blog Dr. Wes The Physician Executive Respectful Insolence Running a hospital survey software - Take Our Poll Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog Biomedicine on Display Clinical Cases and Images davidrothman.net Life as a Healthcare CIO ScienceRoll survey software - Take Our Poll Best Patient's Blog Billy Bob's Wild...
 
Tags: weblog, medical weblog awards, medical, health policiesethics weblog, medical weblog, medical blog, blog, medical gumbo, medical blogs
 
 
 
 
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Allen Wheelis, M.D. 'A Neurotic's Neurotic'

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2008-01-08 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Psychiatry in Topeka, Kan., worked at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Mass., and underwent further training at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute before moving in 1954 to San Francisco. He published his first book, The Quest for Identity, in 1959 and went right on publishing until the end. His last book, The Way We Are a spare...
 
Tags: wheelis, wheelis stands, death, wheeliss death, drawn-out death, psychoanalytic, york psychoanalytic institute, render death, psychoanalyst examines
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: Gephyrophobia

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2008-01-11 10:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
...psychiatry at Columbia University, said that while fear of flying is widely accepted, especially in the wake of Sept. 11, the fear of crossing bridges is less well known and still carries a stigma There are no exact numbers of how many people suffer from the disorder, he said, adding that it is not only common but treatable Its not an...
 
Tags: tappan zee bridge, tappan zee, bridge, bayonne bridge, brooklyn bridge, mackinac bridge, brooklyn, phobia workshops, phobia
 
 
 
 
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2007 Medical Weblog Awards Sponsored by ScrubsGallery.com: Meet the Winners!

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2008-01-23 18:16:44 by Nicholas in Medgadget
...Psychiatry blog (Dr. Cartlat's writing has been featured in the NYTimes). But readers once again gravitated to Running a Hospital , CEO Paul Levy's insightful attempt to make hospital administration transparent BEST MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES / INFORMATICS BLOG: Hmm... We've got a bit of a dilemma here. In fact, we're going to hold off on naming a...
 
Tags: medical blog, blog, medical, blog readers, ethics blog, informatics blog, patient blog, literary medical blog, medical weblog awards
 
 
 
 
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Armchair Paradise - Music therapy in a shell

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2008-02-16 05:21:26 by Asmita in Born Rich
...Psychiatry and Wellness, the Armchair Paradise is the next level of relaxation therapies. May also be used to instill discipline in the unruly. Simply lock the miscreant in the shell and tickle the soles of his feet till he agrees to comply with you via DeluxeBlog / PoltroneMassaggianti
 
Tags: armchair, armchair paradise, activedeep relaxation, relaxation, relaxation therapies, transport pod bed, music gently relax, resonance results, instill discipline
 
 
 
 
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Armchair Paradise - Music therapy in a shell

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