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While many people believe that Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) amounts to feeling gloomy in the winter, a University of Rochester research review emphasizes that SAD is actually a subtype of major depression and should be treated as such.Lead author Stephen Lurie, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, also noted that SAD is sometimes missed in the typical doctor’s office setting. [click link for full article]

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Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) has announced a new agreement whereby Wiley’s journal, Depression and Anxiety, becomes an official publication of ADAA, and complimentary subscriptions to the journal will be made available to the professional membership of ADAA. [click link for full article]

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CeNeRx BioPharma, Inc., a clinical stage company developing and commercializing innovative treatments for diseases of the central nervous system, today announced the initiation of human clinical trials of Tyrima(TM), CeNeRx’s new drug candidate with a triple mechanism of action for the treatment of depression and anxiety. Tyrima (formerly CX157) is a member of a novel class of drugs known as reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase A, or RIMA. [click link for full article]

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Antidepressants are prescription drugs used to treat depression and a variety of other psychological conditions such as anxiety, panic, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Some depression drugs are also used to treat medical conditions (e.g. some tricyclic antidepressants are given for chronic pain).Here is a list of helpful information about antidepressants (not in order of importance). [click link for full article]

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The best-known, most-studied herbal treatment for depression today is St. John’s Wort. Also known as Hypericum Perforatum (its Latin name), it’s a yellow flower that grows in warm to moderate climates, including the southeastern United States.It has a 2,400-year history of safe and effective usage in folk, herbal, and ancient medicine. In fact, rumor has it that Hypericum was prescribed as medicine by Hippocrates himself. [click link for full article]

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Quality of care for depression is improved when patients participate actively in the patient-physician encounter and when physicians explore and validate patient concerns. This analysis of data from a randomized trial that included 152 primary care physicians found that physician exploration and validation of patients’ concerns – including the patient’s symptoms, ideas, expectations, functioning and feelings – is linked to quality of care for depression. [click link for full article]

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For most of us — especially kids — winter is a lovely time, full of seasonal thrills (such as skating, sledding and snow days), as well as chills. But for millions of others each year the brightness and twinkle of a snowy morning is not enough to keep them from drifting into inactivity, lethargy — even dark thoughts. It’s no wonder. Winter is the darkest time of year and doctors know a lack of light can affect your mood. [click link for full article]

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New research commissioned by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme is looking into whether the vitamin folate can help in the treatment of depression. One in five people experience depression during their lives and only half of these people respond to antidepressant treatment. Folate, a vitamin found in foods such as green vegetables, helps to produce chemicals that regulate brain functions, including mood, sleep and appetite. [click link for full article]

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Some people appear to be genetically predisposed to developing severe depression, but researchers have yet to pin down the genes responsible. Now, a specific region rife with promise has been located on one chromosome by a consortium of researchers working under Douglas Levinson, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. [click link for full article]

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The New York University Child Study Center has identified warning signs of depression in teenagers for parents and tips for helping teens who may be depressed, in light of a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC study, published in the February 2007 issue of Pediatrics finds that suicide rates in children under 19 years of age increased between 2003 and 2004. [click link for full article]

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