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Talk Therapy Lifts Severe Schizophrenics

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

People with severe schizophrenia who have been isolated, withdrawn and considered beyond help can learn to become more active, social and employable by engaging in a type of talk therapy that was invented to treat depression, scientists reported on Monday. (more…)

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Psychotherapy Eases Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Study Finds

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

A new study suggests that psychotherapy and a gradual increase in exercise can significantly benefit patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

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A FIGHTING SPIRIT WON’T SAVE YOUR LIFE

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

GABRIELLE GIFFORDS’S remarkable recovery from a bullet to her head has provided a heartening respite from a national calamity. Representative Giffords’s husband describes her as a “fighter,” and no doubt she is one. Whether her recovery has anything to do with a fighting spirit, however, is another matter entirely.

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The Rise of the Psychopharmaceutical Industry 1987-2010

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Robert Whitaker’s brilliant book Anatomy of an Epidemic asks a simple question.Why , if psychiatric drug treatments are so efficacious, has the number of people on disability for mental illness more than tripled in the last 25 years? Most doctors and researchers answered this question by stating that the numbers have increased simply because we are diagnosing more people with mental illness. In response to this stereotyped dismissal of his data, Robert began to do more research on the efficacy of known psychiatric treatments. And then, while poring through the psychiatric scientific literature on treatment effectiveness for the last fifty years he found an even darker question beginning to emerge. “Is it possible that psychiatric drugs are actually making people much worse?” Could it be that far from “fixing broken brains” the drugs being offered actually are worsening, and even causing, the very illnesses they claim to heal?   …

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What Is P.T.S.D.?

Monday, November 9th, 2009

DSM-IV-TR Criteria for PTSD

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David Strug’s Interview on Pacifica Radio

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

David Strug was recently interviewed about his research with older Cubans by the host of Against the Grain, a Pacifica radio program about politics, society and ideas. Strug spoke about intergenerational conflicts between younger and older Cubans on the island, among other topics. To listen to his radio interview, click the following link: http://againstthegrain.org/program/197/id/261418/tues-6-23-09-idealism-and-survival-cuba

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David Strug’s New Edited Volume on the Cuban Health Care System

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Community Health Care in Cuba, edited by Susan E. Mason, David L. Strug, and Joan Beder was just released this past June by Lyceum Press. This volume provides a comprehensive view of Cuba’s community-oriented health care program and includes chapters on mental health care for adoelscents and adults, on psychology in the community, and on music therapy in Cuba.

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WELCOME TO MY BLOG

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

I will be regularly listing interesting links concerning relevant mental health issues in the coming days. Look forward to seeing new ones on a regular basis.

David Strug, Ph.D.

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