Let Me Tell You More About My Depressed, Miserable Existence
By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
GPs are cautious in prescribing anti-depressants to patients and would welcome definitive guidelines into watchful waiting, says a study in the October issue of THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE (BJGP). The study included twenty-seven GPs from different practices in Bristol and the surrounding rural areas… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
Two-thirds of depressed patients prefer Remeron SolTab®, a fast dissolving antidepressant tablet to the antidepressant’s conventional tablet formulation. This according to findings, from a unique global research study involving almost 4,000 patients to date, that were recently presented at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting in Atlanta… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday without comment declined to hear an appeal from http://www.tevapharm.com/Teva Pharmaceuticals involving a patent on http://www.pfizer.com/pfizer/main.jspPfizer’s antidepressant Zoloft, the http://www… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
Since warnings started to appear in labels of antidepressants, their use by children has dropped. Since 2002 there has been a 20% fall in antidepressant prescriptions for children, according to Verispan. There has been a 32% drop for children under 12 and a 18% drop for children aged 12-18. As from 2003 many antidepressants started carrying warnings about the raised incidents of suicidal thoughts… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
Findings from the largest survey ever conducted on the co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders among U.S. adults indicates a sharper picture than previously reported of major depressive disorder (MDD) in specific population groups. Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) also indicate a strong relationship of MDD to alcohol use disorders, drug disorders and other mental health conditions… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
There is disagreement whether in-patient psychotherapeutic treatment results for women whose children are cohospitalised with them would be better if the mothers were hospitalised without children. The purpose of this study was to examine this question in the case of mothers with depressive symptoms… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
The daily routines of one in ten American in Vermont, Alaska, Maine and other northern states will change for the worse on Oct. 30. The alterations start every year around October just after the end of daylight savings time. For most, the clock shift just adds an hour to the weekend — but for sufferers of seasonal affective disorder, a syndrome involving recurring bouts of depression during fall and winter months, it marks the beginning of a difficult time of year when many forgo an after-work run for a nap, watch television instead of walk the dog, or sleep later in the morning… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
Choices and Challenges at Virginia Tech will hold a public forum entitled “On Prozac: Debating the New Technologies of Mind,” a day-long series of panels and discussions to be held on Nov. 10 in the Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown. This forum is open to the public at no charge. In 1987, a new class of antidepressant medications, the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) appeared on the market, promising a cleaner, more effective treatment for depression, with greatly reduced side-effects… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
Aetna CEO John Rowe on Wednesday is expected to announce a plan under which the insurer will increase payments to physicians who participate in a depression management program focusing on screening and follow-up consultations, the http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/business/02depress.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1130941462-ICJokjM8EQxQCYRwvFulagNew York Times reports… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on December 1, 2005
For patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), starting treatment with an antidepressant medication during the fall can reduce the risk of developing depression throughout the fall and winter months, reports a study in the Oct. 15 issue of Biological Psychiatry, official journal of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, a world-leading scientific and medical publisher… click link for more info.
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