Archive for the ‘Depression’ Category
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Some university students are drowning in psychological distress and many are not seeking specialist help as new research shows the student life is not as carefree as it might appear. More than half the 384 students who attended one university health service at a large Queensland urban university last October, ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Described as a novel, alternative approach to the treatment of major depression, heart rate variability is the subject of a special issue published in the latest Biofeedback. Autonomic nervous system dysfunction is thought to play a significant role in depression. Prior research shows that individuals suffering from depression often show ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
On April 2, the Kennedy Krieger Institute will commemorate World Autism Awareness Day and National Autism Awareness Month with the one-year anniversary of the Interactive Autism Network (IAN), the first national autism registry.Launched in April 2007 by the Kennedy Krieger Institute, the IAN Project (www.IANProject.org) facilitates the exploration of causes, ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
In addition to being a risk factor for a depressive episode, persistent insomnia may perpetuate the illness in some elderly patients, and especially in those receiving standard care for depression in primary care settings, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP. The study, ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
A study published in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP confirms the persistent nature of insomnia and the increased risk of subsequent depression among individuals with insomnia. The study, conducted by Jules Angst, MD, of Zurich University Psychiatric Hospital in Switzerland, focused on 591 young adults, whose ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
First-time author Tawana Jackson's debut, Stretched But Not Broken ($15.99, paperback, 978-1-60477-640-9), is a compelling, emotional, and uplifting read about one woman overcoming overwhelming obstacles. It chronicles the story of Mia Hall who, after being raped at five years old and emotionally abandoned by a loving but depressed mother, grows ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
A report in the March issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces a new hypothesis on the mechanisms of physical symptoms in depression: energy production rates toward the lower end of the spectrum may predispose the individuals to develop depression and physical symptoms.This hypothesis derives from a study performed in the ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
March 12 -- Researchers say they've discovered a biomarker for depression that could lead to a quick lab test to determine whether a particular antidepressant is making headway against the disease."This may be a very simple biochemical indicator for depression," said study co-author Mark Rasenick, director of the Interdisciplinary ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
March 6 -- Low testosterone levels in older men are associated with an increased risk of depression, an Australian study says.Between 2001 and 2004, researchers at the University of Western Australia in Perth studied 3,987 males aged 71 to 89. The men provided demographic and health information and were ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
March 5 -- Black American teen mothers who have depression symptoms may be more likely to become pregnant again within two years of giving birth, says a University of Maryland School of Medicine study.The study followed 269 predominately black American, low-income teens who received prenatal care at five ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
March 4 -- A drug commonly used to treat breast cancer may one day help manage symptoms of mania, or the "high" phase experienced by people with bipolar disorder, researchers say.Men and women who took tamoxifen for three weeks experienced a significant lessening of their mania compared to people ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Abilify to treat manic and mixed episodes in children aged 10 to 17 with bipolar 1 disorder, makers Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Inc. said Friday.The drug has been approved for this and other uses in ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Feb. 27 -- If a depressed teen doesn't respond to treatment with commonly prescribed antidepressants the first time around, new research suggests there's still hope.Switching medications and adding behavioral talk therapy turned out to be the most effective alternative, although just switching medications also helped many individuals."On average, these ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Feb. 27 -- While popular antidepressants such as Prozac are widely prescribed for people with varying degrees of depression, the drugs are only effective for those with the most severe depression, a new study suggests."Although patients get better when they take antidepressants, they also get better when they take ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Feb. 14 -- People with post-traumatic stress disorder are as likely to have long-term health problems as people with other common, chronic disease risk factors, a new study suggests.The findings, published in the current edition of The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, come from examining the health ...
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