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Cumulative trauma can have an overall effect on health in later years

Cumulative trauma during a person's lifetime can have an overall effect on health in one's later years, according to a study that examines the consequences of traumatic events on older adults' physical health.

13 Dec 2004

Early ritalin may cause long-term effects on the brain

A new study conducted in rats by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School suggests that the misdiagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined with prescription drug use in children may lead to a higher risk of developing depressive symptoms in adulthood.

13 Dec 2004

Newly discovered genetic defect might represent an important risk factor for major depression

A newly discovered genetic defect might represent an important risk factor for major depression, a condition which effects 20 million people in the U.S., according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.

13 Dec 2004

Labelling unhappy children as depressed may be harmful

Unhappiness among children seems to be rising, but labelling it as depression and prescribing antidepressants is ineffective and possibly harmful, warns a child psychiatrist in the BMJ.

13 Dec 2004

Shorter hospice enrollment was linked to elevated depression among family caregivers

Delayed enrollment in hospice can result in increased depression among family members after the death of their loved one, according to a study by Yale researchers published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

8 Dec 2004

African health care systems: what went wrong?

The last century witnessed unparalleled improvements in the health indicators of many countries in the African Region, particularly reductions in child mortality.

8 Dec 2004

Teen-agers suffering from bulimia may also be struggling with a chronic form of depression

Teen-agers suffering from bulimia may in fact be fighting a two-front war, coping with the effects of a devastating eating disorder while struggling with a chronic form of depression, reveals research by Texas A&M University psychologist Marisol Perez

8 Dec 2004

Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites born in the United States have a higher risk for developing psychiatric disorders

According to the results of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study, reported in the December issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites born in the United States have a higher risk for developing psychiatric disorders than their foreign-born counterparts who have immigrated to the United States.

7 Dec 2004

Babies who do not sleep on their stomachs fail to learn behaviors that may lessen their risk SIDS

Babies who never sleep on their stomachs don't learn behaviors that may lessen their risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. Even so, the researchers caution that infants should always be placed on their backs to sleep.

6 Dec 2004

Self-confidence workshops improve depressive symptoms

Self-confidence workshops improve depressive symptoms, distress and self-esteem significantly, according to a study published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.

6 Dec 2004

Mental disorders and suicide attempts are caused by social factors

Findings from a new study from Australia suggest that mental disorders and suicide attempts are caused by social factors. There is a need for social and economic responses beyond provision of mental health services.

6 Dec 2004

Research reveals iodine deficiency in Australians

A study of 16 communities in New South Wales, Australia by Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers has revealed more than half of those tested in the Riverina in south west NSW suffer a mild iodine deficiency.

6 Dec 2004

Study will help cancer survivors treated with radical hysterectomy regain their sexual health

When Linda Mercer underwent a radical hysterectomy to treat her cancer, she found herself and her husband struggling to regain a satisfying sex life.

4 Dec 2004

New method measures emotional quality of daily experience

For Marcel Proust, the taste of a madeleine conjured remembrance of the distant past. In today's multi-tasking, hyper-speed world, it can be a trick to remember what we did yesterday.

2 Dec 2004

Adding a commonly used dietary supplement to antidepressants may improve treatment

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that adding the nutritional supplement SAMe to a standard antidepressant may be helpful to patients who have not responded to single-drug treatment for clinical depression.

30 Nov 2004

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy may prove to be the definitive diagnostic test for bipolar disorder

Magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy may prove to be the definitive diagnostic test for bipolar disorder, a serious brain illness characterized by an alternating pattern of extreme emotional highs and lows, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

30 Nov 2004

New class of drugs to repair psychiatric disorders

“Smart” drugs capable of targeting specific brain cells to control psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia may be ready for early clinical trials within three years, with the launch of a $1.5 million project to take place at the Brain Research Centre (BRC)

29 Nov 2004

Depression News and Research

Latest Depression News and Research

Cumulative trauma can have an overall effect on health in later years

Early ritalin may cause long-term effects on the brain

Newly discovered genetic defect might represent an important risk factor for major depression

Labelling unhappy children as depressed may be harmful

Shorter hospice enrollment was linked to elevated depression among family caregivers

African health care systems: what went wrong?

Teen-agers suffering from bulimia may also be struggling with a chronic form of depression

Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Whites born in the United States have a higher risk for developing psychiatric disorders

Babies who do not sleep on their stomachs fail to learn behaviors that may lessen their risk SIDS

Self-confidence workshops improve depressive symptoms

Mental disorders and suicide attempts are caused by social factors

Research reveals iodine deficiency in Australians

Study will help cancer survivors treated with radical hysterectomy regain their sexual health

New method measures emotional quality of daily experience

Adding a commonly used dietary supplement to antidepressants may improve treatment

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy may prove to be the definitive diagnostic test for bipolar disorder

New class of drugs to repair psychiatric disorders

FDA approval of Tysabri, for the treatment of multiple sclerosis

High-quality care for depression can improve productivity at work

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to treat major depression

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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