Let Me Tell You More About My Depressed, Miserable Existence
By Depressed Jane on March 8, 2006
Some people are more than twice as likely to become depressed as others, given similar circumstances, according to landmark research from Brain Sciences UNSW (University of New South Wales).The paper, which has just been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, has found more than a fifth of the population has a genetic predisposition to depression, in response to a series of stressful life events… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on March 8, 2006
When mothers experience symptoms of depression after the birth of their children they are less likely to breastfeed, play with, read to or perform other interactive parenting tasks with their newborns, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Columbia University… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on March 8, 2006
Older adults with depressive symptoms are more likely than those without depression to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) within six years, according to a study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.The greater the degree of depression, the more likely the impairment, the researchers found… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on March 6, 2006
In a surprising finding, patients with coronary artery disease who take commonly used antidepressant drugs may be at significantly higher risk of death, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found. Even after controlling for such factors as age, degree of heart disease and severity of depression, the researchers found that heart patients taking antidepressant medications had a 55 percent higher risk of dying… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on March 6, 2006
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a joint venture between Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: MYL) and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NYSE:WPI), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved EMSAM® (selegiline transdermal system), the first transdermal patch for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on March 4, 2006
In addition to triggering a depression-like social withdrawal syndrome, repeated defeat by dominant animals leaves a mouse with an enduring “molecular scar” in its brain that could help to explain why depression is so difficult to cure, suggest researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on March 4, 2006
Adolescents who witness domestic violence between their parents are significantly more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression. In a study of adolescents in the Philippines conducted by Michelle Hindin, PhD, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Socorro Gultiano, PhD, of the University of San Carlos in the Philippines, nearly half of all young people reported witnessing parental domestic violence… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on March 4, 2006
In addition to triggering a depression-like social withdrawal syndrome, repeated defeat by dominant animals leaves a mouse with an enduring “molecular scar” in its brain that could help to explain why depression is so difficult to cure, suggest researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)… click link for more info.
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By Depressed Jane on March 4, 2006
Adolescents who witness domestic violence between their parents are significantly more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression. In a study of adolescents in the Philippines conducted by Michelle Hindin, PhD, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Socorro Gultiano, PhD, of the University of San Carlos in the Philippines, nearly half of all young people reported witnessing parental domestic violence… click link for more info.
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