Preventive Screening: A Triple Win

Preventive Screening: A Triple Win – Screening for depression and alcohol abuse is a triple win: It can dramatically increase your patient’s health, it generates extra revenue for your practice,…

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Times West Virginian editorial: No one should suffer from depression in …
But as the Associated Press reported in the hours after his death, even though Williams was often the funniest guy in the room, he suffered for years from periodic bouts of substance abuse and depression. His press representative confirmed that … Read more on Charleston Daily Mail

Guest column: A therapist offers insights into depression
Drugs of abuse (including alcohol) reset the brain's thermostat regarding mood. Things that were previously fun, rewarding and life-giving no longer produce happiness or even contentment. I suspect the reason Williams was working so hard the last few … Read more on Florida Times-Union

Robin Williams death: The difference between depression and normal sadness
Men with depression are more likely than depressed women to abuse alcohol and other substances, according to Jill Goldstein, director of research at the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Read more on Fox News