| Below is a list of articles with the most recent ones listed first. |
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Aggression and Suicidal Tendencies with SSRI Drugs by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| There had been many accusations of suicidal ideas and aggressive behavior leading to murder or homicide by patients, parents and alternative lobbies. And these accusations are denied and rejected by pharmacy industry. Despite all this, the link of SSRI to suicidal ideas and aggression is both debata... |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Common Side Effects of SSRI Drugs for Depression by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| Common SSRI antidepressant drugs are – citalopram (Celexa, Emocal), dapoxetine (Undergoing approval by FDA), escitalopram (Lexapro, Esertia), fluoxetine (Prozac, Fluctin (EUR), Flu ox (NZ)), fluvoxamine (Luvox, Faverin), paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat, and Rexetin), sertraline (Zoloft, Serlain) and zime... |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Gamma Amino Butyric Acid by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| GABA or Gamma Amino Butyric Acid is the most abundant, widespread and important inhibitory neurotransmitter found in central nervous system of all vertebrate animals. |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Vitamins and Depression by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| Folic Acid (Vitamin B9): Folic acid or folate is a vitamin of B complex group. It is deficient in depression patients. Studies from Harvard University found that when antidepressant drugs don’t work effectively when there is deficiency of folic acid. |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Depression and Meditation by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| Meditation is an integral part of yogic practice. In a true way of Yoga, meditation refers to continuity of awareness in the object of contemplation where body, sense organs and mind is in a profound resting stage. Sense organs are so interiorized like they are not receiving any outer sensation. Thi... |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Depression and Relaxation Techniques by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| Many of the relaxation techniques are popular that remove the knots of muscular tension from our body. Recent researches show that chronic pain such as tension headache, chronic low backache result from mental stress, bad posture, lack of exercise and multiple micro tension knots in muscles along th... |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Depression and Visualization Exercises by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| Many of the meditative exercises are dependent on visualization exercises. Visualization is creative and controlled use of imagination to serve a particular purpose. It can be as simple as focusing the mind on past good experiences, imagining a comeback from a set back, imagining being freed from th... |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Energy Healing and Depression by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| Energy healing is also an old concept that has gained newer understanding with changing time. Energy healing is broadly of two different types – one depends on some physical things like crystals, gems other material; the other methods rely on subtle and finer concept of life energy. |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Safe and Effective Doseages for 5-HTP by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| 50-100 mg daily of 5-HTP is safe and effective dosage without any side effects. Experiments have been carried out with 300 mg dose per day but some people may experience minor discomfort at these higher dosages. |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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Research Supporting the impact of 5-HTP on Depression and Emotio by Dr. Vikrama |
Topic: Depression and Mental Health |
| B6 or Pyridoxine increased the level of 5-htp in blood without supplementation. This trial concludes that Pyridoxine might increase the metabolism of tryptophan to produce more 5-HTP in intestine. |
| Published: Wednesday 23 July, 2008 |
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