Off the couch

Article Abstract:

A new generation of psychiatrists believes that mental illness is caused by chemical imbalances in the brain and can be cured by psychiatric drugs. The biological psychiatry program at Columbia University is described.

Author: Stone, Elizabeth
Health aspects, Practice, Drug therapy, Mental illness, Mental disorders, Biological psychiatry

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Low anxiety

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General anxiety disorder affects about 11% of young women, and many use medication to relieve symptoms. The drugs have side effects and can be habit forming. Therapy is often a better solution.

Author: Stone, Elizabeth
Care and treatment, Complications and side effects, Antidepressants, Anxiety

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A shrink in paradise: Nixon's confidant takes to the couch inside the pearly gates. A play in one act

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Hutschnecker was the psychiatrist who treated President Nixon. A dramatic presentation of Hutschnecker interviewing with an angel in an anteroom in Paradise is given.

Author: Kushner, Tony
Psychological aspects, Obituary, Cover Story, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Psychiatrists, Nixon, Richard M., Hutschnecker, Arnold

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Subjects list: Psychotropic drugs
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