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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
According to an article in the Spring 2006 issue of bp Magazine, a decrease in the amount of sugar you consume may actually sweeten your mood! The article reports that a 2002 study, published in Depression and Anxiety, has shown that countries with a higher sugar intake appear to have a higher rate of depression. In addition, the 2005 Dietary Guidelines issued by the U.S. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
Today patients are increasingly frustrated with the brevity of scheduled appointments with their doctors. Many physicians are constrained by outside factors, such as too few practitioners, too many patients, or restrictions from health insurance companies. It is important for patients to use communications and organizational skills that will maximize the effectiveness of the visit. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
A compelling connection exists between colicky babies and postpartum depression, according to a study conducted by a Brown Medical School professor and Rhode Island Department of Health family health experts.The study is the first to establish a link between colic and depression using a large sample of demographically diverse women. Results will be presented in May at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ 2006 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
The antidepressant sertraline may reduce the risk of recurrent depression and increase the period of time between episodes of depression in patients with diabetes, according to a study in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.One of every four patients with diabetes experiences clinical depression, according to background information in the article. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University(OHSU) have found that melatonin, a naturally occurring brain substance, can relieve the doldrums of winter depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. The study is publishing online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.The study was led by Alfred Lewy, M.D., Ph.D. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) joins allied children’s mental health organizations in supporting National Childhood Depression Awareness Day. Depression is an illness that can affect every part of a young person’s life and that of his or her family. As many as one in eight adolescents and one in 33 children have depression. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that an antidepressant medication may reduce the risk of recurrent depression and increase the length of time between depressive episodes in patients with diabetes.”That’s important not only because people with diabetes will feel better if we can control their depression. It’s also key to helping manage blood sugar,” says Patrick J. Lustman, Ph.D. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
People age 70 and older who continued taking the antidepressant that helped them to initially recover from their first episode of depression were 60 percent less likely to experience a new episode of depression over a two-year study period than those who stopped taking the medication, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
Whether depressed patients will respond to an antidepressant depends, in part, on which version of a gene they inherit, a study led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has discovered. Having two copies of one version of a gene that codes for a component of the brain’s mood-regulating system increased the odds of a favorable response to an antidepressant by up to 18 percent, compared to having two copies of the other, more common version. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on May 12, 2006
If your treatment for depression has not worked during the first six to eight weeks your chances of recovery are greatly enhanced if you either add another medication or switch drugs completely, according to a new study. Just one third of patients who are treated for depression recover within twelve weeks. [click link for full article]
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