‘Scientists’ hunt for the cause of depression has implicated so many suspects and found so many treatments with different mechanisms that the condition remains an enigma. Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified one unifying principle that could explain how a range of causes and treatments for depression converge.
They found that […]
‘Within 2 years after the October 2003 FDA public health advisory about the risk of suicide in children taking a type of antidepressant called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), significant reductions in rates of diagnosis and antidepressant treatment of childhood depression occurred, researchers report.
“Antidepressant use was expected to decline, consistent with effects on other drugs […]
‘Suicide attempts dropped among people with depression soon after they started treatment, either with antidepressant drugs or psychotherapy, a study of more than 109,000 patients shows.
The study results come after a controversial 2004 recommendation on antidepressant labeling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). That move slapped a strong “black box” warning on the […]
‘Janet Thomas’ marriage had been on the rocks for years. When the constant conflict became unbearable, she moved out.
But Thomas spent the next 10 months in counseling trying to patch things up because she worried that a divorce might hurt her three kids, then ages 6, 10 and 13.
“I’d read that kids did worse in […]
‘A pilot programme for those suffering from depression is having a greater than expected uptake in the community, says a representative of Pakuranga’s East Health Trust.
Mental health and wellbeing programme co-ordinator Anne McDonald is surprised with the high uptake of the programme, but says it is part of a wider national and international trend.
“The uptake […]
‘Researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School have confirmed a link between depression and low levels of folate.A review, published in the July edition of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, examined 11 previous studies involving 15,315 participants and concluded that although the research does not prove that low folate […]
John Marshall still feels jabs of nausea in his stomach at the recollection of those hellish days when he would have to drag his screaming, squirming child to school.
Sometimes Matthew, 12, would claw at his own skin throughout the journey or try to jump out of his father’s car at traffic lights. The headmaster and […]