‘Teenage depression is widespread and can become a life-long illness, but is more often transitory, said UCLA Psychology Professor Constance Hammen, who discussed her research at the American Psychological Society’s annual convention in Los Angeles.
“Adolescent depression can be as high as 20 percent or higher,” said Hammen, who has studied depression for more than 30 […]
‘Two prozac-like drugs will have Government funding withdrawn this week, prompting claims from psychiatrists that some patients could be at risk of relapsing into severe depression.
Celapram and Cipramil, which both contain citalopram, an antidepressant agent related to Prozac, will not be subsidised by drug funding agency Pharmac from Wednesday.
Instead, a cheaper alternative known as Arrow-Citalopram […]
‘More than 85 percent of both privately insured and Medicaid patients with depression are not being effectively treated, as defined by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), according to new data presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.
While both sets of patients were receiving inadequate treatment in this study, Medicaid […]
‘Dame Kelly Holmes’s admission that she repeatedly slashed her body with scissors a year before her double gold win in Athens highlights “a hidden epidemic” affecting thousands of people in Britain, a leading mental health charity said yesterday.
An estimated 170,000 people, many of them teenagers, were treated in hospital every year after deliberately harming themselves, […]
‘A tiny device about the size of a pocketwatch has treated hundreds of depression patients in clinical trials across the country. It’s on the verge of being the first depression treatment device to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But the progress comes amid questions about whether the device’s Houston-based manufacturer, Cyberonics […]
‘Most people suffering from major depression do not realize aches and pains are often symptoms, says a study presented to U.S. psychiatrists.
The study, released at an American Psychiatry Association meeting, found 72 percent of depressed patients did not know physical pain was a common symptom — in most cases, the major symptom. They waited more […]
‘Cognitive-behavioral therapy may be just as effective as antidepressants for depressed teenagers in more affluent families, a government scientist reported Thursday.
But children with severe depression, regardless of family income, appear to need the medication to recover, said Benedetto Vitiello, chief of the child and adolescent psychiatry branch at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
The […]
‘When your brain isn’t happy, neither is your body.
Dr. Balazs Hatvani, a psychiatrist at the Student Health Center at Purdue, said there have been numerous studies showing a connection between depression and the experience of pain.
He said there could be a physical cause for experienced pain in some cases but feelings of depression will heighten […]
‘When you sit down to your dinner or a snack, chances are you consider taste and maybe health in choosing what foods to eat.
But does your notion of how the food makes you feel play a role in your choice?
The way some foods affect the brain has a lot to do with the choices people […]
‘Many teens have a bad day every now and then, but for some, those bad days can last weeks, if not months. So how can you tell if your child has depression or just a case of the blues? Experts say to know the difference, you have to recognize the signs. “I definitely didn’t recognize […]