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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
A report by the US government shows a sudden sharp rise in youth suicide rate. The year 2003 to 2004 (the latest data does not show anything more recent) shows a sudden 18 per cent rise for suicides among the under 20s, from 1,737 to 1,985. The rise is largely driven by increases in deaths among older teenagers. This is a sudden reversal in a trend that has shown a steady decline in the 10 years before that. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
Depressive symptoms especially physical signs, such as fatigue and loss of appetite may be associated with thickening arteries, which may reflect an early sign of coronary artery disease, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
Passing an electric current through the brain to induce a seizure is not everyone’s idea of a therapeutic procedure. So it’s no surprise that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been controversial. Fears of misuse are common, and efforts to restrict or abolish the practice have had some success. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
Boehringer Ingelheim announced today first results of a pan-European study1 investigating the importance and relevance of depressive symptoms in Parkinson`s disease (PD). These first study findings clearly show that depressive symptoms of PD are highly prevalent. Depressive symptoms were observed in 27 percent of the 1023 PD patients studied, of which as many as 64 percent received therapy for their depressive symptoms. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
Children’s conduct problems–skipping school, sneaking out of the house, lying to parents, shoplifting, or bullying other children–are a major source of concern for parents and teachers. As a potential cause of these problems, parents’ marital conflict has received a lot of research attention. Now a new study finds that parents’ fighting may not be to blame but rather that parents who argue a lot may pass on genes for disruptive behavior to their children. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
Researchers often use animals to help them resolve problems that can be applied to people. Dr. Jean Boal, a biology professor at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, is developing a new and unique way to research the causes and effects of depression with the help of octopuses. Boal, along with Dr. Anne-Sophie Darmaillacq, a visiting postdoctoral fellow from Universite de Caen in France, is performing behavioral experiments with octopuses. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
Type II bipolar disorder is an underdiagnosed disease which can be easily confused with depression. Contrarily to what happens in type I bipolar disorder, depressive symptoms and, above all, manic symptoms alternated in this form of the disease are not evident and difficult to identify. In fact, patients suffering from it usually go to the doctor because they are depressed, without thinking that they have also had slight manic episodes (euphoria and other cognition disorders). [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
Every year, more than a thousand college students die by suicide, and thousands more attempt to kill themselves. Tens of thousands of other students struggle with depression, bipolar disorder and related problems such as addiction, prescription drug and alcohol abuse, anorexia and bulimia, and self-mutilation or “cutting”.Colleges and universities across the country are working to help students understand these issues and get help. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
A unique and robust partnership to address the significant economic burden of depression in the Wisconsin workplace was announced today by the Charles E. Kubly Foundation of Milwaukee. This partnership engages Wisconsin Lt. Gov. [click link for full article]
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By Depressed Jane on February 17, 2007
Psychosocial factors, such as cynical distrust, chronic stress and depression, may be associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers measured in the blood, which in turn are related to an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a report in the January 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [click link for full article]
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