Archive for March, 2008
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Friday, March 28th, 2008A report in the March issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces a new hypothesis on the mechanisms of physical symptoms in depression: energy production rates toward the lower end of the spectrum may predispose the individuals to develop depression and physical symptoms.This hypothesis derives from a study performed in the Karolinska Institute.
Treating SSRI Resistant Depression
Thursday, March 27th, 2008When your antidepressant medication does not work, should you switch to a different medication from the same class or should you try an antidepressant medication that has a different mechanism of action? This is the question asked by researchers in a new report scheduled for publication in Biological Psychiatry on April 1st.
New Study Of Regional Brain Activity Using Functional MRI Looks At The Conflict Of Reward In Depression
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008In Love and Death, Woody Allen wrote: “To love is to suffer…To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer.” The paradoxical merging of happiness and suffering can be a feature of depression. Biological Psychiatry, on April 1st, is publishing a new study of regional brain activity using functional magnetic resonance […]
A Link Between Antidepressants And Type 2 Diabetes
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008While analyzing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A’s School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes.Brown then studied the medical history of 2,400 people who were diagnosed with depression and were taking antidepressants to […]
Mechanism In Memory Development Discovered In Flies That May Help Parkinson’s Patients
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Before swatting at one of those pesky flies that come out as the days lengthen and the temperature rises, one should probably think twice. A University of Missouri researcher has found, through the study of Drosophila (a type of fruit fly), that by manipulating levels of certain compounds associated with the “circuitry” of the brain, […]
Corcept Therapeutics Announces Commencement Of Next Phase 3 Study With CORLUX(R) For The Treatment Of Psychotic Depression
Monday, March 24th, 2008Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CORT) announced the commencement of its fourth Phase 3 trial, Study 14, evaluating CORLUX for the treatment of the psychotic features of psychotic depression. This trial is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study which will enroll up to 450 patients at approximately 25 sites in the United States. In connection with this study […]
The Increasing Use Of Antidepressants: Some Reasons For Concern
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008Two articles in the March issue of the European Journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics raise serious concern about the increasing use of antidepressant medications. In the first article, David Healy and collaborators (University of Cardiff) formulate a critique of many studies which try to support the use of antidepressants on the basis of variations in suicide […]
Caregivers Suffering Depression More Likely To Be Hostile To Children
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008A new study in the journal Family Process reveals that caregivers with moderate to severe depressive symptoms showed greater hostility and less warmth. The study focused on caregivers of low-income children with persistent asthma.
Preventing Suicide Among College Students
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008As the second leading cause of death in college students after car accidents, suicide is a serious problem that can affect teenagers and young adults at an age when serious mental illness first manifests itself and often goes undiagnosed. A psychiatrist and an authority on suicide at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital offers […]
Symptoms Of Depression In Children Are Different From Those In Adults
Monday, March 17th, 2008Depression is not always manifested in children as dejection and anhedonia. Depending on the age of the child, the dominant features may be weeping, irritability or defiance, as explained by Prof. Claudia Mehler-Wex and Dr. Michael Kolch of Ulm University in the new edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105(9): 149-55).The signs […]
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