Depression

Loneliness and Anxiety Accompany Child Obesity

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight. Researchers believe ...

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Postpartum Depression Compounds Poor Sleep Cycle

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Depression after childbirth has always been a chick and egg conundrum. That is, does sleep quality influence development of depression, or is ...

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Chantix, Zyban Users Warned of Risk of Suicide, Depression

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is requiring manufacturers to put a Boxed Warning ...

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Pessimism Drives Risky Behavior In Teens

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Researchers have discovered that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and ...

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Depressed Dads Linked to Baby’s Crying

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

A crying, colicky baby might not just be hungry or need a diaper changed. Instead, it might be ...

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Do Antidepressant Drugs Increase Risk of Obesity?

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Previous research has shown an association between people who have had clinical depression and obesity. ...

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Brain Stimulation for Hard to Treat Mental Conditions

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Clinical trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's ...

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Antidepressant Elavil Impersonates Brain’s Growth Factors

Friday, June 26th, 2009

The widely used antidepressant and pain medication amitriptyline (Elavil) can seemingly impersonate the brain's own growth factors, researchers ...

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Reducing Depression in Seniors

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Adding a trained "care manager" to a primary care practice can increase the number of older adults who receive treatment for depression, according to ...

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