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Extensive Mental Health Information on Specific Topics                                    Jim Phelps, M.D.; Corvallis, OR, USA

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Mood Swings but not "Manic"
        Bipolar II* --more than plain depression, but not delusional or psychotic      

The Mood link above takes you to the full story ; including these pages:   

 

Primary Care Providers' 
Resource Center

Tools and handouts for patients 
to make their care 
easier, faster, better; including:  

Doctors Clinic 2008; slides 

Samaritan Physicians' CME 2008; slides

Depression is Not a Moral Weakness. 
It Has a Biologic Basis.
Here are the Pictures to Prove It.

The Brain Chemistry of Mood Disorders

 

 

Brain Tours: 

  • Mood

  • Emotion and Memory

  • Fear

  • Hormone Control   

 


Hormones and Mood

    

 

Useful Internet Resources

Do your own search for information in medical journals

Searching medications or interactions

Med's for low income folks

 

Panic Disorder: 
Treatment without Medications 

    Therapy works better months after treatment

To order their  manual, start with just the client workbook (MAP-III), it may be all you need. Here is the link at Amazon. They're about $15.   It's not my manual or anything; I got nothin' to do with this.  

 

 

OCD: Don't settle for less than full treatment, including the OCD-specific psychotherapy

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 Social Anxiety: 
Treatment without Medications 

            

        *Bipolar II is a version of Bipolar Disorder:  depression is obvious but mild phases of high 
            energy ("hypomania"), which can just look like anxiety and insomnia, are also present.
            This doesn't look at all like "manic-depression", just big mood and energy swings.   But 
            Bipolar II can be as severe as other forms of Bipolar Disorder, maybe even more prone 
            to suicide.  Bipolar II is an "official" diagnosis in the Bipolar Disorders group.   

 

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