Let Me Tell You More About My Depressed, Miserable Existence
By Depressed Jane on March 7, 2008
Adolescents with depression who have not responded to initial treatmentwith a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) may have moreeffective results by changing medication and beginning cognitivebehavioral therapy. According to an article in the February 27, 2008issue of JAMA, this improves symptoms in comparisonwith just changing the medication.Adolescent depression is condition that is common, chronic,recurrent and ultimately impairing.
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By Depressed Jane on March 7, 2008
The International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) held its 2008 annual meeting in Washington, DC, February 25-27. This organization involves collaborative efforts among academic and research clinicians, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, and governmental drug-regulatory bodies to improve methods for testing efficacy and safety of drugs used to treat psychiatric and neurological disorders.
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By Depressed Jane on March 7, 2008
In a recent article published in Archives of Pediatrics& Adolescent Medicine, another pregnancy is likely -within two years of having one child – for African American adolescentmothers with symptoms of depression.Author Beth Barnet, M.D (University of Maryland School of Medicine,Baltimore) and colleagues build on previous research that has shown agreater likelihood for teen mothers to experience depression comparedto adult mothers.
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By Depressed Jane on March 6, 2008
A recent article in the Archives of General Psychiatryreports that older men with depression have lower total and freetestosterone levels in their blood, but a randomized controlled trialis necessary to determine whether or not the association is causal.Researcher Osvaldo P. Almeida, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P. (Universityof Western Australia, Perth) and colleagues first note that between 2and 5 percent of the population suffer from depression.
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By Depressed Jane on March 5, 2008
Black teen mothers who have depression after giving birth are at higher risk of a subsequent pregnancy than teen mothers who are not depressed, according to a study in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Reuters reports. For the study, Beth Barnet and colleagues at the University of Maryland
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By Depressed Jane on March 4, 2008
Depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death in the months following a heart attack. Now a team led by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that the risk continues for many years.”There’s a two- to four-fold increase in a person’s risk of dying following a heart attack if they also happen to be depressed,” says Robert. M. Carney, Ph.D.
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By Depressed Jane on March 4, 2008
The theory that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance is often presented in the media as fact even though there is little scientific evidence to support it, according to a new study co-authored by a Florida State University visiting lecturer.
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By Depressed Jane on March 3, 2008
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PRISTIQ™ (desvenlafaxine), a structurally novel, once-daily serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), to treat adult patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Wyeth expects to begin shipping PRISTIQ to wholesalers beginning in the second quarter of 2008.
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