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Saturday, August 19th, 2006CIGNAHealthCare 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]
Commonly Used Anti-depressants Safe And Effective For Treating Postpartum Depression
Friday, August 18th, 2006Two 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]
Mums And Babies At Risk As Two-thirds Of Pregnant Women With Depression Aren’t Getting Treatment For It
Friday, August 18th, 2006The 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]
Link Between Antidepressants And Suicidality In Teens? Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State Get Grant For Study
Thursday, August 17th, 2006An 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]
People With Depression Benefit More From Marriage Than Others
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006Depressed 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]
Mylan Announces Tentative Approval For Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Tablets
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006Mylan 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]
Depressed Singles Benefit From Marriage The Most
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006People 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]
Violence At Work Significantly Boosts Clinical Depression Risk
Monday, August 14th, 2006Employees 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]
New Study: Despite Suicidality Risks, Patients On Antidepressants Have Received Far Less Follow-up Care Than Is Currently Recommended
Thursday, August 10th, 2006Despite concernsabout suicidal thoughts and behavior for patients using antidepressants, anew study in the August issue of the peer-reviewed American Journal ofManaged Care shows that few patients on these drugs received even theminimum level of follow-up care. [click link for full article]
Experimental Medication Kicks Depression In Hours Instead Of Weeks
Thursday, August 10th, 2006People with treatment-resistant depression experienced symptom relief in as little as two hours with a single intravenous dose of ketamine, a medication usually used in higher doses as an anesthetic in humans and animals, in a preliminary study. Current antidepressants routinely take eight weeks or more to exert their effect in treatment-resistant patients and four to six weeks in more responsive patients - a major drawback of these medications. [click link for full article]
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