A UNICEF-funded study from Swaziland has shown that sexual violence against female children is linked to lifetime STD contraction, pregnancy complications or miscarriage, unwanted pregnancy, and depression.
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Archive for May, 2009
Children Who Are Depressed, Anxious Or Aggressive In First Grade Risk Being Victimized Later On
By Depressed Jane on May 15, 2009
Children entering first grade with signs of depression and anxiety or excessive aggression are at risk of being chronically victimized by their classmates by third grade. That’s the finding of a new longitudinal study that appears in the May/June 2009 issue of the journal Child Development. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Victoria, looked at more than 400 Canadian children beginning in the autumn of first grade.
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Animal Study Suggests Potential New Treatment For Anxiety Disorders And Depression
By Depressed Jane on May 13, 2009
New research on a brain chemical involved in development sheds light on why some individuals may be predisposed to anxiety. It also strengthens understanding of cellular processes that may be common to anxiety and depression, and suggests how lifestyle changes may help overcome both. The animal study, in the May 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, shows an important role for fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2), a chemical important in brain development, in anxiety.
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UT Southwestern Researchers Find Participants In Antidepressant Drug Trials Are Atypical Patients
By Depressed Jane on May 13, 2009
One reason antidepressant medication treatments do not work as well in real life as they do in clinical studies could be the limited type of study participants selected, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. “We are basing our judgment of clinical care in the United States on samples of patients that are totally different from the patient population actually treated in primary care and mental health facilities,” said Dr.
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Relapse Common Among Women Who Stop Taking Antidepressant Medication For Premenstrual Syndrome
By Depressed Jane on May 13, 2009
About half of women whose symptoms of severe premenstrual syndrome are relieved by the antidepressant sertraline appear to experience relapse within six to eight months after stopping medication, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Women with more severe symptoms and those who took the drug for a shorter period of time may be more likely to relapse.
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Negative Mood-Related Drinking May Mean Vulnerability For Major Depression And Alcohol Dependence
By Depressed Jane on May 13, 2009
Major depression (MD) and alcohol dependence (AD) co-occur in individuals and within families at higher rates than expected by chance. This study looked at how mood-related drinking motives may explain the overlapping familial risk for MD and AD. Findings suggest that individuals with strong mood-related drinking motives, especially those based on negative feelings, may be vulnerable to developing both MD and AD.
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Relapse Common Among Women Who Stop Taking Antidepressant Medication For Premenstrual Syndrome
By Depressed Jane on May 13, 2009
About half of women whose symptoms of severe premenstrual syndrome are relieved by the antidepressant sertraline appear to experience relapse within six to eight months after stopping medication, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Women with more severe symptoms and those who took the drug for a shorter period of time may be more likely to relapse.
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Lexapro Loses First-Line Position For The Treatment Of Major Depression
By Depressed Jane on May 13, 2009
Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Forest Laboratories’ Lexapro is no longer the leading first-line agent of choice for the treatment of major depression.
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Extract Of Kava Useful In Treating Anxiety And Improving Mood
By Depressed Jane on May 13, 2009
Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia have found a traditional extract of Kava, a medicinal plant from the South Pacific, to be safe and effective in reducing anxiety. To be published online this week in the Springer journal Psychopharmacology, the results of a world-first clinical trial which found that a water-soluble extract of Kava was effective in treating anxiety and improving mood. The Kava was prescribed in the form of tablets.
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Lexapro Loses First-Line Position For The Treatment Of Major Depression
By Depressed Jane on May 13, 2009
Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Forest Laboratories’ Lexapro is no longer the leading first-line agent of choice for the treatment of major depression.
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