This "green therapy" sounds an awful lot like getting exercise and taking up hobbies--except outdoors. Both of which are beneficial whether one is outside or not.

What are the antidepressant effects of, say, sitting under a tree versus sitting on the couch? Walking through the woods versus walking on a treadmill? I'm not trying to say that the concept is totally without merit but I'd find it hard to believe that the results would be at all as dramatic as these other "treatments."

Here's a media madness link regarding early detection of autism/ADHD in babies.

Doctors increasingly trying to diagnose mental disorders in babies.

"The report said that about 17 percent of U.S. children have a developmental disability such as autism, mental retardation and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, but that fewer than half are diagnosed before starting school."

"the extension of these categories to include 20 to 30 percent of all children reflects a social trend of pathologizing and medicalizing children's lives, which seems to reflect difficulties of parents and teachers in dealing with familiar problems of childhood development."says Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick, a London physician.

"Since posting this blog, I have researched anorexia and discovered that it is an extremely dangerous medical condition, with one of the highest death rates for mental illnesses."-McManamy

As an author, and self-proclaimed mental health journalist--I find it quite interesting, that one would write about anorexia and not know anything about it; then have to research it and add a retraction later.

The most common axis to ride on inpatient? 2nd to general psychosis, etc? anorexia/bulemia.In general, most anorexics are later dx with bipolar disorder or SZ; this is not news. BTW, anti depressants are the current medication route for anorexia. Antipsychotics are tossed in due to the fact that they are being tossed in all med cocktails like cheap radishes on a salad bar. Yet the pain the antipsychotics leave behind is far worse than the gas from the radish.

Comparing apples to oranges, children vs. adults, Childhood Bipolar Disorder

Also, the only time my daughter attempted car jumping? on Zoloft, and Prozac. Not before, and not after. Both times, under age 18, and on meds prescribed for adults, and when mis-diagnosed Childhood Bipolar Disorder.

E.Fuller Torrey, in a lecture in Seattle one year ago said this:

"Childhood Bipolar is rare."-E.Fuller Torrey, June 06-NAMI seminar.

NAMI, TAC and the new advocate culture.

Lots of room for opinion and theory out there.

Media Madness fun:

A site dedicated to Cymbalta for health care professionals, from Lilly.