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By Depressed Jane on June 16, 2008
Employees who work overtime are at increased risk of anxiety and depression, suggests a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).Elisabeth Kleppa and colleagues of the University of Bergen, Norway, analyzed data on work hours from a larger study of Norwegian men and women.
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By Depressed Jane on June 15, 2008
BioMedEcon, a leading provider of health economics and outcomes research, presented findings from a landmark nine-year retrospective claims analysis that compared the median per-patient health care costs for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) versus depression. This study, supported by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., was presented at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) annual meeting on May 3-7, in Toronto.
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By Depressed Jane on June 14, 2008
UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatry researchers have taken what they learned from their groundbreaking research on treating depression and are applying it to real-world clinical settings.The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study was the largest ever on the treatment of major depressive disorder and is considered a benchmark in the field of depression research.
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By Depressed Jane on June 13, 2008
Samaritans is releasing a rap song entitled ‘1 in 10 (talk to someone)’ to challenge the stigma surrounding mental health and encourage young people to speak about problems before they escalate. ‘1 in 10 (talk to someone)’ is inspired by the story of Shirley Smith, a mother who lost her 19-year-old son Daniel to suicide in March 2005.
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By Depressed Jane on June 13, 2008
Health minister Ivan Lewis announced the 32 sites who will begin to roll out talking therapies around the country. Each of the 32 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) will receive a share of the £33 million first instalment of new money announced for the purpose by Health Secretary Alan Johnson on World Mental Health Day last year (10 October).
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By Depressed Jane on June 12, 2008
Mayo Clinic research suggests unmarried women living in rural areas have lower self-rated health status than their married counterparts. This lower health status often includes greater instances of self-assessed feelings of depression. The results of the study were recently published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. They suggest that primary care physicians should take a proactive role in addressing health concerns of single women.
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By Depressed Jane on June 12, 2008
AstraZeneca announced that the company has submitted applications in the European Union (EU) for once-daily SEROQUEL XR™ (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets (quetiapine XR), seeking approval for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) including maintenance therapy in adult patients using Mutual Recognition Procedure (MRP). This follows an sNDA submission for SEROQUEL XR in MDD in the U.S. in February this year.
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By Depressed Jane on June 12, 2008
The Medical Defence Union, the UK’s largest medical defence organisation, has revealed it paid out nearly £3m in compensation on behalf of GP members to settle 30 claims arising from the treatment of patients with depression during a recent ten-year-period.
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By Depressed Jane on June 12, 2008
Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers are calling on clinicians to adopt a standardized measurement of outcomes when treating depression. The commentary was published in the June edition of Primary Psychiatry.Researchers led by Mark Zimmerman, M.D., noted that quantified measurement of outcome is rarely done when treating depression, yet to determine the impact of treatment it is necessary to evaluate outcome.
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By Depressed Jane on June 11, 2008
Poor sleep quality and insomnia are significantly associated with suicidal symptoms among college undergraduates, according to a research abstract presented on Monday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).The study, authored by Rebecca A. Bernert, of Florida State University, focused on 322 college undergraduates between 19-24 years of age.
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