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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that genes contribute more strongly to the risk of depression in women than in men, and that there may be some genetic factors that are operating uniquely in one sex and not in the other. In the January issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, researchers reported that heritability of depression is higher in women – approximately 42 percent — than in men, where it is approximately 29 percent… click link for more info.

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Low-income people with depression are less likely to respond to treatment and more likely to be suicidal than those who have higher incomes, according to a study in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Socioeconomic factors, including income, education and occupation, have long been linked to health status, illness and death… click link for more info.

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The risk of serious suicide attempts or death by suicide generally decreases in the weeks after patients start taking antidepressant medication, according to a new study led by Group Health Cooperative researchers and published in the January issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. The study also found that the risk of suicidal behavior after starting 10 newer antidepressant medications is less than the risk posed by older medications… click link for more info.

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A study from Rhode Island Hospital shows that patients and clinical researchers may have different criteria for defining remission from depression. Depressed patients measure remission based on how they feel; researchers analyze the number of depressive symptoms in order to gauge whether patients are better… click link for more info.

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Initial results of the USA’s largest clinical trial for depression have helped clinicians to track “real world” patients who became symptom-free and to identify those who were resistant to the initial treatment. Participants treated in both medical and specialty mental health care settings experienced a remission of symptoms in 12 to 14 weeks during well-monitored treatment with an antidepressant medication… click link for more info.

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The risk of serious suicide attempts or death by suicide generally decreases in the weeks after patients start taking antidepressant medication, according to a new study led by Group Health Cooperative researchers and published in the January issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. The study also found that the risk of suicidal behavior after starting 10 newer antidepressant medications is less than the risk posed by older medications… click link for more info.

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A study from Rhode Island Hospital shows that patients and clinical researchers may have different criteria for defining remission from depression. Depressed patients measure remission based on how they feel; researchers analyze the number of depressive symptoms in order to gauge whether patients are better… click link for more info.

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Initial results of the USA’s largest clinical trial for depression have helped clinicians to track “real world” patients who became symptom-free and to identify those who were resistant to the initial treatment. Participants treated in both medical and specialty mental health care settings experienced a remission of symptoms in 12 to 14 weeks during well-monitored treatment with an antidepressant medication… click link for more info.

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A 10-year population-based study in the January 2006 edition of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY (AJP), a monthly psychiatric journal of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), challenges the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning that that suicidal behavior may emerge after treatment is begun with antidepressant medications… click link for more info.

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The results of the “Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression” (STAR*D) study are being released in the January 2006 edition of the American Journal Of Psychiatry (AJP), a monthly psychiatric journal of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The AJP article, Evaluation of Outcomes With Citalopram for Depression Using Measurement-Based Care in STAR*D: Implications for Clinical Practice, finds that only 30 percent of chronically depressed patients achieve remission during initial treatment with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram… click link for more info.

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