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...folk remedy? You bet. But St. John's wort--or Hypericum perforatum, as scientists call it--is not just another weed. It has attracted a huge following in Europe, and is now catching on in the U.S. According to Dr. Harold Bloomfield, author of Hypericum & Depression (Prelude Press; $7.95), this pretty yellow-flowered plant is nature's own antidepressant--almost as potent as the prescription drug Prozac but without Prozac's troubling side effects. St. John's wort may not work for everyone, acknowledges Bloomfield, a psychiatrist in Del Mar, Calif. "But to those for whom it does work...
Despite its promise, experts agree that hypericum should not be viewed as an off-the-shelf solution for depression, especially severe depression that prompts suicidal thoughts. Nor should it be casually ingested in hopes of relieving a milder state of the blues. As Dr. Stephen Barrett, a co-author of the American Medical Association's Reader's Guide to Alternative Health Methods, observes, "Most people with mild depression will do better with psychotherapy than with drugs. Therapy is generally more effective for these people in the long run than taking a pill--even if the pill works...
...offers so much comfort to parents whose little Mary doesn't make a move without calling her pal Molly, while treating Mom like a potted plant. "The power and the importance of parents continue to persist, even into late adolescence," says University of Minnesota professor Michael Resnick, the lead author of the survey. A reassuring finding: although your child may seem to ignore you, she is living off the remnants of the bond built during the years before getting her ears pierced was the most important thing in her life. The study, published last week in the Journal...
Gilligan, formerly professor of education, is known for her research on women's and girls' psychological and moral development. She is the author of In a Different Voice (1982), which explored how women view human relationships...
...choice of a major at Wellesley--African American Studies--came after an author told her "we needed to also have African American scholars writing about the black experience," Monroe said...