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Causes Of Physical Illness - Articles
The Impact Of Physical Illness On Mental Health – Mental Health Awareness
by
melissalynnshell

Posted
Fri 07 May 2010 5:30am
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This entry is part 6 of 14 in the series Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health Awareness
I believe that my physical illnesses contributed to the poor state of mind I had, as well as developing Clinical Depression, ...
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Comorbidity of mental and physical illness: new insights and synthesis
by
David W.
Posted
Fri 11 Mar 2011 5:16pm
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Synthesis Project has produced an excellent report and accompanying policy brief entitled Mental disorders and medical comorbidity . The publications provide a variety of insights and policy implications that I believe are right on the money. They transcend partisan positions on health insurance and delivery ...
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Dreams About Physical Illness & Solutions
by
DrKathy
Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 5:32pm
Dreams About Physical Illness & Solutions
by Dr Kathy
Dreams can warn us about potential health problems and many times offer remedy’s. When a disease begins to develop in the body, dreams will often provide warnings of specific problems before physical symptoms have manifested. The dream may show you the problem and offer a solution. The dr ...
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Depressed People Have Higher Rates of Physical Illnesses
by
Jeremiah D.
Posted
Fri 03 Oct 2008 12:52pm
This article reports of research suggesting people with depression experience certain medical difficulties, above and beyond that accounted for by age, gender, and BMI. In addition, due to higher levels of BMI (which may be due, in part to the depression), other difficulties are also more frequent in those with depression. From the article:
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DUNDEE STUDY FINDS SIGNS OF PHYSICAL ILLNESS IN ME/CFS CHILDREN
by
Joanne60
Posted
Tue 07 Sep 2010 2:02am
Scientists at the University of Dundee study found abnormalities in the white blood cells of children with ME/CFS, suggesting they had been fighting off infection.
About 150,000 people in the UK have ME/CFS, 15,000 of whom are children.
The condition is characterised by physical and mental exhaustion following normal activities. Symptoms ca ...
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Narcissistic Spouses Can Make You Physically Ill
by
Linda Martinez-Lewi, Ph.D.
Posted
Thu 17 Jan 2013 2:54pm
I want to add to the title here and say: "Narcissistic Spouses Can
Make You Physically Ill If You Let Them" It can be very difficult to
know if you are married to a narcissist. There are some individuals who
see through this personality disorder but they are rare. They don't
marry this person because they sense the red flags of extreme self ...
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Being physically ill
by
searching
Posted
Thu 08 Apr 2010 5:19pm
as well as mentally ill at the same time can prove to be a real battle. I am going to have surgery soon due to numerous fibroid tumors and they are painful. They have caused me a great deal of pain and now my husband has told me that he has lost one of my perscriptions [xanax] and they will not replace it. I am such a high dosage of it, I do not ...
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Antidepressants Beneficial in Physically Ill Patients
by
Kathy J.
Posted
Wed 17 Mar 2010 1:01am
Antidepressants are effective against depression in patients suffering from physical illnesses, according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers at King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre in the UK. The researchers found the drugs were more effective than placebos at treating depression in these patients.
One of ...
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The mental aspect of a physical illness
by
Kamal S.

Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:57pm
I was diagnosed with renal failure in July 1997. This was a purely physiological disease with no mental ramifications whatsoever. But when I introspect, I find that there have been some unmistakable mental symptoms.
For example, I am not as confident about myself now as I was in the summer of 97. Back then, I had just completed my Chemic ...
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