Mind and Body - Page 66

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: How to Deal With Seasonal Affective Disorder

With the days getting shorter, and sunlight becoming more precious, millions of Americans will experience seasonal affective disorder (SAD). SAD is actual depression that afflicts sufferers again and again during the fall and winter months (although others experience recurrent depression during the warmer seasons, instead). Symptoms typically include a decrease in mood, anxiety, low energy, trouble concentrating, an increased need for sleep, appetite changes (usually increased, including craving carbohydrates), decreased sexual feelings, hopelessness and a lack of interest in activities that the person used to enjoy. Like other forms of major depression, SAD can also trigger thoughts of suicide.

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: When the Economic Depression Turns Medically Depressing

As Congress wrestles with the $700 billion bailout package, many proclaim the country is already suffering a depression. It is no accident that the word "depression" can be applied in an economic context, as well as a psychological one. The pathology and prognosis of an economy on the ropes and of a mind under siege have similarities that can learn from.

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: Change Your Life, Step 8

Take positive action.Change does not come without action.

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith - Change Your Life, Step 7

Plan your most powerful future.

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: Living the Truth - Step Six

Forgive others and yourself.

November 27, 2015

The Psychology of Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav's 110-mile-an-hour winds, punishing sheets of rain and funnel clouds would test the psyche of any city, but the fact that this hurricane is assaulting New Orleans means it carries the potential for deep and long-lasting psychological trauma to residents there.

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: Living the Truth - Step Five

Think about the past in order to put it behind you.

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: No Bounce - Why Biden Hasn't Helped Obama

According to the latest Gallup Poll, Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden as his pick for vice president hasn't yielded the bounce most candidates enjoy after announcing their running mates. In fact, the poll shows the opposite_ McCain has erased Obama's lead and is now ahead, 46 percent to 44 percent.

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: Living the Truth - Step Four

Find and feel the connections between negative experiences THENand problems NOW.

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: The Search for Caylee - True Crime or Entertainment?

With 3-year-old Caylee Anthony missing for more than two months, her mother Casey is being bailed out of jail for $500,000 by Sacramento bounty hunter Leonard Padilla.