Living with Diabetes Do you live with diabetes? Want to talk with someone who gets it? I am a health psychologist who works with people with diabetes and I live with the disease. I understand that managing the daily physical and emotional demands of diabetes can be challenging, to say…
Doctors and Mental Illness A recent anonymous post on Medscape reminds us that doctors also have mental illness. Admitting to mental illness for doctors can be excruciatingly humiliating and ego-dystonic. Doctors are at the top of the pack in terms of knowledge and ability, so to admit to an illness,…
A recent study found that major depression leaves a metabolic signature, meaning that depression changes DNA. The study also revealed that the DNA samples taken from women with histories of stress-related depression – often related to forms of childhood adversity such sexual abuse – that there were more mitochondrial DNA…
Several studies show a link between diabetes and depression. Depression often occurs with many chronic health conditions, although we don’t know why. With diabetes, depression can impact self-care and diabetes management, and diabetes management can impact depression. There is also research showing that depression is a precursor to type II…
Depression Self-Management. If you experience moderate to severe depression, please seek help. Despite the development of various self-management programmes that attempt to ameliorate symptoms of patients with chronic major depressive disorder (MDD), little is known about what these patients perceive as helpful in their struggle during daily live. The present…
Depression and Heart Disease Depression often occurs with heart disease. For help with depression related to coronary issues, please seek help. From Depressive Symptoms, Cardiovascular Disease Severity, and Functional Status in Older Adults With Coronary Heart Disease: The Heart and Soul Study by Nancy L. Sin, PhD, Kristine Yaffe, MD,…
Therapy helps depression. If you experience depression, please seek help. From Medscape Psychotherapies for Adult Depression: Recent Developments by Pim Cuijpers, Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2015;28(1):24-29. Summary Psychotherapies are essential tools in the treatment of adult depression. Randomized trials have shown that these treatments are effective, and by focusing on key…
Depression and Anxiety with Physical Illness Depression and anxiety can occur with various physical illnesses, including endocrine issues, cancer, AIDS, and heart attack. Both the mind and the body need to be treated. If you need emotional help, please call a health psychologist. Depressed? Anxious? It Could Be An Early…
Depression and anxiety are common with the chronically ill and their caregivers, as the following study reconfirms. This study focuses on cystic fibrosis, but depression and anxiety are common with most chronic conditions and illnesses. Furthermore, caregivers also experience higher amounts of depression and anxiety. I specialize in working with…
