Depressed Jane

Almost 100 percent of American Counseling Association (ACA) members who completed a Capella University survey on military mental health issues have taken action to increase their understanding of post-combat and re-entry issues of returning servicemembers. The results also indicated that ACA survey respondents feel better prepared to help post-combat servicemembers than other mental health professionals who took the survey.

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It is a huge concern that more than two million older people who show symptoms of depression are not receiving help and support. It is important to seek help if you have symptoms of depression. A proper assessment is also needed to rule out underlying conditions that may cause depression, such as dementia. As many as two thirds of people with dementia do not receive a diagnosis.

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A study of 439 U.S. and Mexican-born Latinas seeking pregnancy and postpartum services at public health clinics in San Antonio uncovered elevated levels of depression among the more “Americanized” women, report researchers from The University of Texas School of Public Health and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the most recent online issue of the Maternal and Child Health Journal.

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Stigma “continues to surround mental illness,” particularly in the black community, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Annette John-Hall writes. She notes that according to John Head, author of “Standing in the Shadows: Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men,” the stigma around mental illness in black men is “even worse.

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Cancer patients are three times more likely to think they would be “better off dead” or to contemplate suicide than the rest of the population – a Cancer Research UK study reports online today.* Patients were most likely to have these thoughts if they had substantial pain and particularly if they had serious emotional distress. The study highlights the need for more

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Responding to the publication of the report ‘Undiagnosed, untreated, at risk’, into older people and depression, published by Age Concern England, Elizabeth McLennan, Senior Policy Officer at Help the Aged comments:- “This report is a welcome means of raising awareness of older people and mental health – an issue which is all too often mis-diagnosed and left untreated.

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Unique biochemical crosstalk that enables a fetus to get nutrition and oxygen from its mother’s blood just may cause common postpartum blues, researchers say. That crosstalk allows the mother’s blood to flow out of the uterine artery and get just a single cell layer away from the fetus’ blood, says Dr. Puttur D. Prasad, biochemist in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine.

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In spite of the range of medications now available, major depression remains a challenging disease to treat. Only about half of adult patients respond to the first antidepressant they try, with only one-third achieving remission, reports the August 2008 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter. Most adults will try two or more medications before finding one that alleviates their depression.

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Although maternal suicide after giving birth is a relatively rare occurrence, suicide attempts often have long-lasting effects on the family and the infant. In a study published in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers compared two populations of mothers and found that a history of psychiatric disorders or substance abuse was a strong predictor of post-partum suicide attempts.

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Depression is associated with decreased binding of serotonin 5 HT1A receptors. Receptors must be targeted to the appropriate membrane domain function properly, and although trafficking mechanisms have been elucidated for some receptors, little is known about how serotonin receptors are targeted to dendrites. Because the C terminus of 5 HT1A receptors is required for targeting, Carrel et al.

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