Depressed Jane

Bullying in the UK is endemic and for one in four people it is a weekly or even daily cause of stress. Over 80% of workers have been bullied during their careers and a third of people are so stressed they have dreamed of quitting for a life abroad. Over half say their jobs are getting more stressful and that work is overtaking their home lives.

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Mothers with and without depression between the ages of 25 and 55 years and children between the ages of nine and 14 years are needed to participate in a research study of depression at the University of Pittsburgh. This study hopes to inform both prevention and treatment for adolescent depression by examining social and neurological aspects of how mothers and children manage their feelings.

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Stuck in the grip of the winter blues? New Year not bringing new cheer? Don’t worry – being down in the dumps is an entirely natural experience that can offer the key to positive change, according to University of East London (UEL) psychologist Professor Mark Rapley.

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It’s a topic people often don’t want to talk about, but suicide is a serious issue that needs serious attention.According to a University of Alberta researcher, teens are difficult to reach and there have traditionally been few services that directly target adolescent suicidal behavior. Elaine Greidanus says many teens aren’t picking up a phone, or seeing a counsellor, they’re more likely logging on for emotional support.

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After an in-depth study among young people in Bavaria, German researchers found a clear and alarming link between smoking and the desire to kill oneself. The investigation, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, is based on data from a detailed psychology study launched in 1995 among 3,021 people aged 14-24 who lived in Munich. They were interviewed again four years later, when 2,548 of the volunteers responded.

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HIV-positive people with clinical depression who take the common antidepressants selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are more likely to follow their treatment regimens, according to a study published in a recent online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, HealthDay News/Washington Post reports.

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The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) warnings about suicidal thoughts linked to antidepressant use among children/adolescents seems to have had some effect on prescribing, says an article in Archives of General Psychiatry (JAMA/Archives).

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Research projects by two Yale School of Medicine investigators-one studying global healthcare disparities, the other, depression-have been given a boost with five-year, $600,000 awards from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation for Health-Related Research.The Investigator Awards to Jennifer Prah Ruger, assistant professor in the Division of Global Health at Yale School of Public Health, and Alexander Neumeister, M.D.

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Can’t smell the roses? Maybe you’re depressed. Smell too much like a rose yourself? Maybe you’ve got the same problem. Scientists from Tel Aviv University recently linked depression to a biological mechanism that affects the olfactory glands. It might explain why some women, without realizing it, wear too much perfume.Scientific research that supports this theory was published this year in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism.

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Researchers have identified subtle genetic variations that predict the efficacy of two widely used antidepressant drugs. They found that certain variants in the gene for a protective transporter protein that pumps drugs and other substances out of the brain compromise the effectiveness of the antidepressants citalopram (trade name Celexa) and venlafaxine (Effexor).

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