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Depression more common during pregnancy than after childbirth
Depression during pregnancy is more common than postnatal depression, finds a study in this week's BMJ. As mood during pregnancy may affect the unborn child, more efforts need to be directed towards recognising and treating antenatal depression, report the authors. Over 9,000 pregnant women... view more (2001-08-01)

Women suffer from anxiety and stress after birth, not only depression
Women can suffer from postnatal anxiety or stress independently of postnatal depression.   view more (2006-03-24)

Older patients with major depression live longer with appropriate treatment, Penn study shows
Older patients with major depression whose primary care physicians team with depression care managers are 45% less likely to die within a 5-year time period than older adults with major depression who receive their care in primary care practices where there are no depression care managers.   view more (2007-05-15)

Mental health treatment extends lives of older patients with diabetes and depression
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report that older adults with diabetes and depression are half as likely to die over a 5-year period when they receive depression care management than depressed patients with diabetes who do not receive depression care management.   view more (2007-12-06)

Demoralization: A Syndrome Which Should Not Be Confused With Depression.
A group of Italian researchers headed by Prof. Giovanni Fava (University of Bologna) has published a multicenter investigation on demoralization in the setting of medical disease. Demoralization was defined according to diagnostic criteria encompassing unpleasant, distressing feelings of personal... view more (2005-04-21)

Insufficient evidence for depression screening in primary care
The latest issue of Effective Health Care focuses on strategies to improve the recognition and management of depression in primary care. Depression is one of the most common reasons for consultation in general practice and is a condition that can be effectively treated. And yet depression often... view more (2002-10-11)

Tackling depression in cancer patients can extend life
A study recommended by David Spiegel of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, looks at the relationship between depression care management and survival rates in older patients.   view more (2008-04-11)

Researchers lift a corner of the veil of depression
About 1 in 10 Europeans has to contend with some form of depression during his or her life. But how people become depressed is still largely a mystery.   view more (2006-03-16)

Physical Symptoms of Depression May Be Misdiagnosed
A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine revealed that physicians sometimes misattribute ill-defined physical symptoms to causes other than what may actually be depression. Patients complaining of physical ailments related to depression may not receive appropriate treatment... view more (2004-07-16)

Depressed Patients May Need Treatment for both Physical and Emotional Symptoms
Physical symptoms (such as headache, back pain, stomach problems, joint or muscle pains, and dizziness) are nearly as common in depression as emotional symptoms and are the predominant complaint depressed patients present with in the primary care setting.   view more (2004-09-08)

TREATING DEPRESSION IMPORTANT FOR REDUCING DEATH AFTER BYPASS SURGERY (p 604)
Issue 23 August 2003 Embargoed 0001 h (London time) 22 August 2003. Authors of a US study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how a substantial proportion of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery are clinically depressed-and that treating depression after surgery could... view more (2003-08-20)

Adding folic acid to bread could help in the fight against depression
A unique study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link between depression and low levels of folate, a vitamin which comes from vegetables.   view more (2007-06-27)

Association between neuroticism and risk for depression may be genetic
Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to the link between the personality trait of neuroticism and vulnerability for depression.   view more (2006-10-03)

Surfing the blues — Internet questionnaire can accurately identify depression
The Internet offers a valuable opportunity for the public to screen themselves for depression. This is the conclusion of a study published today in BMC Psychiatry, which demonstrates that a Chinese online tool for assessing depression is both accurate and reproducible, and may offer a way to... view more (2007-04-11)

If You Are Down, You May Be More Likely To Get Infections
The association between depression and immune response is not yet clear. The biological mechanisms by which depression alters the immune system is not yet understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal relationship between depressive symptoms and cellular immune response.... view more (2003-09-01)

A link between antidepressants and type 2 diabetes
While analyzing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A's School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes.   view more (2008-03-26)

High risk of migraine, depression and chronic pain for IBS sufferers, large study shows
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are more likely to suffer from conditions such as migraine or depression than other individuals.   view more (2006-09-28)

Depression is not good for your heart
According to a large-scale study in Sweden, people who have been diagnosed with depression, especially younger patients between 25 and 50 years of age, are at increased risk of developing Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) later in life.   view more (2005-12-20)

With Your Diet You Can Prevent Depression
Two studies published in the 2004 November- December issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics suggest that dietary B vitamin complex has an important role as to the vulnerability to depression. In the first study, a group of Finnish investigators of the University of Kuopio found that a low... view more (2004-11-18)

Depression and anxiety improve after epilepsy surgery
Depression and anxiety are common problems for people whose epilepsy cannot be controlled by medication. A new study found that depression and anxiety improve significantly after epilepsy surgery.   view more (2005-12-13)

Helping depressed mothers reduces reports of problem behaviour in children
Women who receive psychological treatment for depression report fewer problems with their children, even though other people see no change in the children's behaviour.   view more (1999-03-26)

Getting help for depression and anxiety has significant long-term benefits
According to the Mood Disorder Society of Canada, about 1.3 million Canadians suffer from depression.   view more (2008-10-02)

Single Mothers at Higher Risk for Depression
A recent study showed that low-income single mothers have a very high prevalence of depressive symptoms. This research, led by Ann Peden, ARNP, BC, DSN at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing was focused on 205 volunteer women with children between the ages of 2 and 6 who were at high risk... view more (2005-03-23)

Doctors should watch for depression in arthritis patients
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are twice as likely to experience depression but are unlikely to talk to a doctor about it, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   view more (2008-02-21)

One In Seven Prisoners In Western Countries May Need Psychiatric Treatment (p 545)
About 9 million people are imprisoned worldwide, but the number with serious mental disorders-psychosis, major depression, and antisocial personality disorder-is unknown. Seena Fazel from the University of Oxford and John Danesh from the University of Cambridge, UK, did a systematic review of... view more (2002-02-13)
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