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CIGNAHealthCare today announced it is expanding the availability of itsdepression disease management program so that benefit plan sponsors canoffer a single, consistent clinical care program for depression acrosstheir entire workforce. As part of the program expansion, CIGNA will integrate and analyze datafrom an employer’s health care and pharmacy benefits vendors along with theemployer’s behavioral health data to deliver depression disease managementservices. [click link for full article]

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The majority of pregnant women who have full-blown major depression aren’t getting any treatment for the condition, and neither are most pregnant women who have signs of milder depression or depression risk, a new University of Michigan Depression Center study finds.Even those who are receiving some form of treatment may not be getting enough, the researchers conclude in the current issue if General Hospital Psychiatry. [click link for full article]

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Two antidepressants commonly used to treat depression in the general population also can effectively and safely treat postpartum depression, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine-led study published as a lead article in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. [click link for full article]

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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and The Ohio State University has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the link between antidepressants and suicidality — including suicidal thoughts, attempts and suicide deaths. The researchers have previously challenged the U.S. [click link for full article]

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Depressed singles receive greater psychological benefits from getting married than those who are not depressed, new research shows.While many studies have shown that marriage helps boost well-being, most studies have looked at a general, average population and don’t examine whether some people were helped more by marriage than others. [click link for full article]

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People who benefit the most from getting married are people who suffered depression when they were single, say researchers from Ohio State Unversity, USA. Most previous studies on marriage looked at the benefits for the whole population in general, rather than trying to find out whether certain types of people are helped more than others. [click link for full article]

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Mylan Laboratories Inc.(NYSE: MYL) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hasgranted tentative approval for Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Abbreviated NewDrug Application for Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Tablets 25 mg (base), 37.5mg (base), 50 mg (base), 75 mg (base) and 100 mg (base). Venlafaxine HCl Tablets are indicated for the treatment of majordepressive disorder. [click link for full article]

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Employees subjected to real or threatened violence at work run a major risk of becoming clinically depressed, indicates research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.The magnitude of the risk was in direct proportion to the amount of workplace violence experienced, the study shows. [click link for full article]

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A single intravenous infusion of a drug known as ketamine, which is a general anesthetic agent, may relieve symptoms of depression within two hours and remain effective for up to one week, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.The discovery of antidepressant medications has revolutionized the treatment of depression, according to background information in the article. [click link for full article]

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Antidepressant medications may be associated with suicide attempts and death in severely depressed children and adolescents but not in adults, according to an article in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.The U.S. [click link for full article]

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