Websites that only offer self-help for people suffering from depression can be effective as those that also offer external clinical guidance, as long as patients are reminded to use them, according to a new study published this week.
Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research studied a group of 250 people with self-diagnosed depression, […]
It appears the problem that usually occurs in women who’ve just given birth now afflicts some new fathers and it appears to extend beyond “sympathy” depression.
Although it occurs most often in mothers, fathers can also suffer post-natal depression and it can influence their children’s early behaviour, British researchers said. Baby boys seem to be particularly […]
‘The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after careful deliberation, concluded that antidepressants convey a 1.8-fold increased risk for suicidal ideation or suicide attempt in patients treated with antidepressants. In response, the FDA mandated that all manufacturers of antidepressants place a “black box” warning about this risk to accompany each prescription of an antidepressant. The increased […]
Australia is never going to have enough psychologists to effectively treat everyone with depression and harmful drug use so a researcher has developed a CD-ROM to help bear some of the load.
Studies suggest one in five Australians will experience depression at some time in their lives and about half of those will also develop a […]
Two new studies show that insomnia, far from being a symptom or side effect of depression, may instead precede it, making some patients more likely to become and remain mentally ill. One paper was presented today at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) in Denver, and the other will be […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The combination of diabetes and depression increases a person’s risk of dying early, beyond that linked to either condition alone, a new study suggests.
The implication, according to researchers, is that patients with diabetes should be routinely screened for depression.
They found that among more than 10,000 U.S. adults in a national […]
‘Researchers have known for some time that violent adolescents tend to become more depressed over time than other adolescents. And young people living in violent neighborhoods also are more subject to depression. But violent adolescent boys who also live in unsafe neighborhoods where they witness violent acts do not appear to get as depressed.
According to […]
“Morning Edition,” the National Public Radio news show, recently aired an interesting interview with a man who found that practicing yoga helped to bring his depression under control. Listen to the interview online.
More information about yoga as a complementary approach to treating depression can by found at Amy Weintraub’s website. […]
‘Older people are especially vulnerable to thoughts of suicide.
Seniors make up 12 percent to 13 percent of the U.S. population but about 20 percent of people completing suicide, according to Dr. Donna Cohen, psychologist and professor at the University of South Florida in the Department of Aging and Mental Health. Every day in the United […]
‘A short course of mifepristone — better known as the abortion drug RU486 — leads to significant improvement in patients with major depressive episodes with psychotic features, the findings of a small clinical trial suggest.
In many cases, because of the extreme danger of harming themselves, people with psychotic depression have to be hospitalized and undergo […]