Posted August 27, 2007 3:40 PM
My wife Carlin and I walked tentatively into the nicely restored old building to attend the "family weekend." Our son had been in treatment for a drug problem and we were there to learn and offer support.
As part of the weekend experience, all the family members were given various questionnaires to fill out. One was a depression questionnaire. We dutifully completed it, and my wife scored "high," while I scored "low." Carlin talked to a counselor who suggested that she might want to be evaluated for depression when we returned home.
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Posted August 27, 2007 3:40 PM
By Jed Diamond
I learned a lot about who was suffering from the Irritable Male Syndrome (IMS) from letters I received from men and women. Here are two that are typical of many.
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Posted August 27, 2007 3:30 PM
One of the most consistent responses I get from men and women is how much irritability, anger and sullen withdrawal is present in men between the ages of 40 and 60.
"It's like he's a different man," one woman wrote to me. "He had always been kind, considerate and caring. Now he treats us all so meanly. I don't understand it." Read more…
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Male Menopause: The Concept Lives
The possibility that men experience a hormonally driven change of life that can affect everything from libido and body fat to mood swings -- known as male menopause -- continues to fascinate.
The topic was largely treated as a joke in popular culture until 1993 when journalist Gail Sheehy wrote a magazine article suggesting many men go through an "unspeakable passage" surrounded by secrecy and shame. She elaborated on the possible effects on men two years later in her book "New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time" (Ballantine Books, $12.95). Read more…
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