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By Depressed Jane on January 25, 2006
According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, founder of the #1-ranked natural health website Mercola.com, up to 12 million Americans suffer from SAD or seasonal affective disorder – but don’t have to. This medically recognized mood disorder is an episodic depression that affects people primarily during the winter months due to a lack of sunlight… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 23, 2006
A University of Queensland researcher is offering people with depression a new, free program that is confidential and accessible to people across Australia, including those in remote areas. “The year-long program is for adults who are not depressed at the moment, but who have had repeated bouts of depression,” said UQ psychologist Professor David Kavanagh, who is working with researchers from the Universities of Wollongong and Canberra… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 23, 2006
Drugs that treat depression by manipulating the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain may also affect the user’s immune system in ways that are not yet understood, say scientists from Georgetown University Medical Center and a Canadian research institute. That’s because the investigators found, for the first time, that serotonin is passed between key cells in the immune system, and that the chemical is specifically used to activate an immune response… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 23, 2006
A University of Queensland researcher is offering people with depression a new, free program that is confidential and accessible to people across Australia, including those in remote areas. “The year-long program is for adults who are not depressed at the moment, but who have had repeated bouts of depression,” said UQ psychologist Professor David Kavanagh, who is working with researchers from the Universities of Wollongong and Canberra… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 23, 2006
Drugs that treat depression by manipulating the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain may also affect the user’s immune system in ways that are not yet understood, say scientists from Georgetown University Medical Center and a Canadian research institute. That’s because the investigators found, for the first time, that serotonin is passed between key cells in the immune system, and that the chemical is specifically used to activate an immune response… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 14, 2006
Despite public and professional misgivings, antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are the most effective treatments for moderate to severe depression, state the authors of a Seminar in this week’s issue of The Lancet. Klaus Ebmeier (University of Edinburgh, UK) and colleagues reviewed recent developments and current controversies in depression… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 12, 2006
As the long, dark stretch of winter lingers on, it can be a struggle for some people to keep the blues at bay, but there are several tips that can help until spring arrives, a Purdue University expert says. Jane Kinyon, a clinical professor in the School of Nursing, says mild depression, or the “blahs,” are common in the winter due to the double impact of a lack of sunlight and the often bitter cold temperatures that discourage outdoor activities… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 12, 2006
As the long, dark stretch of winter lingers on, it can be a struggle for some people to keep the blues at bay, but there are several tips that can help until spring arrives, a Purdue University expert says. Jane Kinyon, a clinical professor in the School of Nursing, says mild depression, or the “blahs,” are common in the winter due to the double impact of a lack of sunlight and the often bitter cold temperatures that discourage outdoor activities… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 11, 2006
Men and women may share more similarities than previously thought when it comes to the risk factors for major depression, according to a new study by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers. In the January issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, researchers reported that although there is a wide range of risk factors for depression that can act at different stages of development, the patterns of causes of depression for men and women are fairly similar… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on January 8, 2006
For the more than 18 million Americans who suffer from depressive illnesses, the best pharmacological treatments are those that increase levels of serotonin, the brain chemical that regulates mood, sleep and memory. New research by an international team of scientists, led by Rockefeller University researchers in Paul Greengard’s laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, shows that a gene called p11 is closely related to serotonin transmission in the brain — and may play a key role in determining a person’s susceptibility to depression… click link for more info.
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