Archive for April, 2006
Women Under 60 Appear To Be At Increased Risk For Depression After Heart Attack
Thursday, April 27th, 2006Women age 60 years or younger are more likely than other patients to be depressed during hospitalization for heart attack, according to a study in the April issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Depression is common in patients with cardiovascular disease, including acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), according to background information in the article… click link for more info.
Women Under 60 Appear To Be At Increased Risk For Depression After Heart Attack
Thursday, April 27th, 2006Women age 60 years or younger are more likely than other patients to be depressed during hospitalization for heart attack, according to a study in the April issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Depression is common in patients with cardiovascular disease, including acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), according to background information in the article… click link for more info.
Women Need More Comprehensive Approach To Managing Depression
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006While half of young women aged 20-29 felt they would “just get over” depression and relied heavily on support of friends and family, the vast majority of women aged 60-69 reported taking medication and not seeking support, according to a new national survey. Overall, findings show that most women are neither aware of the age-dependent circumstances that can put them at risk for depression, nor do they adopt a comprehensive treatment approach that can increase the chances of becoming well… click link for more info.
Mental Health Charities Welcome New GP Incentives For Depression But Highlight Inadequate Emphasis On Long-Term Management, UK
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006Two leading national mental health charities, Depression Alliance and SANE, have come together during National Depression Week to welcome the inclusion of depression indicators for the first time in the national Quality and Outcomes Framework (”QOF”) of the GMS (General Medical Services) contract… click link for more info.
Bipolar Disorder Linked To Mitochondrial Dysfunction In Brain Cells
Thursday, April 20th, 2006Researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan, say there is good evidence of a link between bipolar disorder and mitochondrial dysfunction in brain nerve cells. You can read about this study in Molecular Psychiatry.Nobody is yet sure about the cause of bipolar disorder… click link for more info.
Study Finds Lesser Conditions A Stepping Stone To Major Depression
Sunday, April 9th, 2006Elderly patients with lesser versions of depression, a group many times larger than those with major depression, are more than five times as likely as healthy patients to descend into major depression within one year, according to a study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The study’s authors believe that perhaps millions of elderly patients who do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of major depression are indeed depressed, suffering and not being treated for it… click link for more info.
Depressed Monkeys May Help Scientists Understand Human Depression
Friday, April 7th, 2006Depressed monkeys not only look and act like depressed people, but their central nervous systems have the same characteristics, a finding that could lead to more effective testing of depression treatments.”Brain scans of depressed female monkeys revealed the same underlying neurobiological changes that are found in the brains of depressed people,” said Carol A… click link for more info.
Depressed Monkeys May Help Scientists Understand Human Depression
Friday, April 7th, 2006Depressed monkeys not only look and act like depressed people, but their central nervous systems have the same characteristics, a finding that could lead to more effective testing of depression treatments.”Brain scans of depressed female monkeys revealed the same underlying neurobiological changes that are found in the brains of depressed people,” said Carol A… click link for more info.
Transition To Menopause Associated With New Onset Of Depressive Symptoms
Thursday, April 6th, 2006Women with no history of depression may be at an increased risk of new onset depressive symptoms and disorders as they transition to menopause, according to two studies in the April issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.As background information in the articles, the authors write that although the transition to menopause has long been considered a time of increased risk for developing depressive symptoms, there is little scientific evidence … click link for more info.
Brain Imaging Indicates Which Depressed Patients Will Recover With Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006Reactions of two brain regions to reading negative words indicate which depressed patients will be helped by cognitive behavior therapy. This finding appears in an article in the April 2006 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association… click link for more info.