Tag: depression
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February 28, 2008 11:33 AM EST --
For those who don't live in the sunshine states, the winter can seem endless. For people touched by seasonal affective disorder, the depression that accompanies the cold weather and lack of light . . .
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June 11, 2007 05:32 PM EDT --
Depression and diabetes run together often enough that researchers have long wondered if one might cause the other. There’s little doubt that living with a hazardous chronic condition like diabetes . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
According to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, only about 40% of people with major depression receive adequate conventional treatment, so it’s important to get a better understanding of . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
Depression in bipolar disorder is a condition that lasts longer than mania and causes more suffering and disability. Because the symptoms of bipolar depression often combine despair with agitation and . . .
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August 03, 2007 09:13 AM EDT --
In a 2006 study, researchers from Brown Medical School and the Rhode Island Department of Health found a strong association between mothers with symptoms of postpartum depression and those with colicky . . .
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August 06, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
Childhood should be a happy time, but children do get depressed. Here, we review some basic information about recognizing and treating depression when it occurs in children.
Exact numbers are hard to . . .
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October 30, 2007 10:27 AM EDT --
In October 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned the public that antidepressants might increase the risk of suicide in children. A study published in June 2007 in the American . . .
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July 27, 2007 12:19 PM EDT --
Often, medications are the first choice in treatment, especially if you’re experiencing a severe depression or suicidal urges. Controlled studies have found that about 65%–85% of people get . . .
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July 27, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
If we were all carbon copies of one another, identifying the causes of depression and its proper treatment would be simpler. But unique differences in life experience, temperament, and biology make treatment . . .
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July 09, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
When depression isn’t treated, there’s a high likelihood that it will recur. Roughly half of those who have a single untreated episode of major depression will go on to have another. The second . . .
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July 09, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
Whether you get a recommendation for a therapist from your primary care doctor, a friend, or your insurance company, finding out about his or her background and training can help you feel comfortable with . . .
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July 23, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
It’s known that several kinds of psychotherapy are effective treatments for depression, but little is known about which ones are best for which patients. A study conducted at the University of Toronto . . .
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July 23, 2007 09:52 AM EDT --
An often bitter dispute about the risks of antidepressant drug use peaked at an emotional 2004 FDA hearing. It may be coming to a tentative resolution with new recommendations for prescription labeling . . .
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August 20, 2007 12:37 PM EDT --
The American Psychiatric Association requires any five of nine symptoms for a diagnosis of major depression. As the definition implies, these symptoms do not all appear in everyone who is depressed. Two . . .
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August 27, 2007 02:53 PM EDT --
No matter what medications you take, always tell your doctor about uncomfortable or worrisome side effects immediately. You and your doctor can often alleviate side effects with a few simple steps. Here . . .
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September 04, 2007 10:59 AM EDT --
Antidepressants have been a major advance in treating depression, but like all medications, they can have side effects. Sexual problems are particularly common with the popular and effective class of drugs . . .
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September 24, 2007 05:54 PM EDT --
The idea of inducing a suicide is horrifying, and most horrifying of all is if the suicide is by a child. No wonder there’s such a high degree of concern about prescribing antidepressants to children. . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:49 AM EDT --
Q. I’ve been taking Zoloft. Recently, my pharmacist filled my prescription with a generic form of the drug. Does the brand name matter?
A. The patent expired on Zoloft, one of the popular selective . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:51 AM EDT --
Psychotherapists know that psychiatric disorders always involve activity in the brain. In this era of psychopharmacology, brain imaging, and therapeutic electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, . . .
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August 14, 2007 10:14 AM EDT --
Question:
My mother has advanced lung cancer and is receiving chemo. I live with her and am also her caregiver. We have been very close all of our lives, and I am having a hard time adjusting well. Sometimes . . .
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