Most Recent Articles from Harvard Mental Health Letter

• Questions & Answers. 

  Q. What is modafinil? A. Modafinil (Provigil) is a unique stimulant that promotes wakefulness. Compared with other stimulants, it has a low...

  01/01/05 · More from publication

• Treating opiate addiction, Part II: Alternatives to maintenance. 

  Naltrexone A different kind of drug treatment for opiate addicts is the long-acting opiate antagonist naltrexone, taken three times a week after...

  01/01/05 · More from publication

• Falling apart: Dissociation and its disorders. 

  How can psychotherapy heal divided minds? A central subject of debate at the origin of modern psychiatry a century ago, dissociation is still...

  01/01/05 · More from publication

• Treating opiate addiction, Part I: Detoxification and maintenance. 

  Opiates are outranked only by alcohol as humanity's oldest, most widespread, and most persistent drug problem. Although law enforcement,...

  12/01/04 · More from publication

• Questions & Answers. 

  Q. My elderly friend has a serious clutter problem. She can't throw things away or organize them, and her apartment is so stuffed that it is hard...

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• Children's fears and anxieties. 

  A child's world is full of dangers, real and imaginary, that many adults forget they ever experienced. Most childhood fears are normal, temporary,...

  12/01/04 · More from publication

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