Posts Tagged ‘depression’
Can You Feel My Pain?
Are patients qualified to determine whether or not opioids help in treating their pain? Pain Medicine Advance Access published a study that was conducted at the Back and Pain Center, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, MI. The Back and Pain Center is an outpatient tertiary care pain clinic where patients are evaluated for…
Read MoreThe Painful Truth About Suicide
Suicide Rates Have Reached a 30-year High Suicide rates have reached a 30-year high, according to the New York Times. “This is part of the larger emerging pattern of evidence of the links between poverty, hopelessness and health,” according to Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard University. It’s true that poverty,…
Read MoreThis is the Reason Karl Marx Was Wrong, According to 90% of Americans
Karl Marx called religion the “opium of the people.” He meant that religion creates an illusory happiness that prevents people from seeking real happiness, which he believed would come through communism. Marx underestimated the continuing role that spirituality plays in human well-being. Americans Pray For Healing One CNN report claims that 90% of Americans pray…
Read MoreUpdates to Depression Recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is recommending that all adults get screened for depression. That would update the recommendations set in place in 2009 in two ways. First, all adults over age 18 would be screened for depression. Second, the recommendations would include screening women who are pregnant or who have just given birth.…
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