Let Me Tell You More About My Depressed, Miserable Existence
By Depressed Jane on February 2, 2009
The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund has awarded 20 Advocacy in Action grants totaling $100,000 to member organizations selected by a competitive application process to assist groups in forwarding advocacy locally. “These grants offer our member organizations support as they work to advance our goal of eradicating breast cancer,” said Fran Visco, president of NBCCF. “The public policy work we do is intense, complex, and vital.
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By Depressed Jane on February 2, 2009
A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month’s murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be “just the tip of the iceberg.” Sampson Blair, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology at UB, says, “Family murder-suicide is still relatively uncommon, but I expect an increase in such incidents over the next few years because economic strain on families provokes depression and desperation.
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By Depressed Jane on February 2, 2009
A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP was the first to use twin data to examine the longitudinal link between sleep problems and depression. Results of this study demonstrate that sleep problems predict later depression; the converse association was not found. These findings are consistent with the theory that early treatment of sleep problems may protect children from the development of depression.
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By Depressed Jane on February 1, 2009
Teenagers who smoke could be setting themselves up for depression later in life, according to a groundbreaking new Florida State University study. Psychology Professor Carlos Bolanos and a team of researchers found that nicotine given to adolescent rats induced a depression-like state characterized by a lack of pleasure and heightened sensitivity to stress in their adult lives.
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