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Scientists, linking gene with serotonin and depression, offer insights to new treatments
For the more than 18 million Americans who suffer from depressive illnesses, the best pharmacological treatments are those that increase levels of serotonin, the brain chemical that regulates mood, sleep and memory.   view more (2006-01-09)

Bipolar Disorder Patients To Benefit From New Treatment Package
New measures aimed at helping patients with bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, to cope with their illness, have been devised by a research team at the University of Edinburgh's Department of Psychiatry. And results of a two-year study into the benefits of the psychological... view more (2002-04-24)

Depression in moms with breast cancer may exacerbate related anxieties in their children
A woman's breast cancer diagnosis can wreak as much havoc on her emotions as it does on her physical health. Mothers who experience bouts of depression during their battles with breast cancer may find that the effects reach beyond their own psyches to those of their children.   view more (2007-03-06)

Prevalent mental health problems three years after NATO bombing of Serbia
Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder "remain a significant public health concern" three years after the 1999 NATO campaign in Serbia, according to an article published this week in BMC Medicine. Refugees and people living in remote areas are particularly vulnerable to suffering... view more (2004-05-27)

Culture and depression
The expectation that East-Asian people emphasize physical symptoms of depression (e.g. headaches, poor appetite or aches/pains in the body) is widely acknowledged, yet the few available empirical studies report mixed data on this issue.   view more (2008-07-16)

Team care more cost-effective than usual care for depression
A team care model for treating depression in adults aged 60 years and older is more cost-effective than standard treatment options.   view more (2005-12-06)

Predicting quality of life for individuals with chronic pain
People who suffer with chronic pain have a lower quality of life than those with the chronic illness diabetes.   view more (2002-11-13)

Antidepressants need new nerve cells to be effective, UT Southwestern researchers find
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered in mice that the brain must create new nerve cells for either exercise or antidepressants to reduce depression-like behavior.   view more (2008-08-28)

Daily Hassles Are Reported More Frequently In Chronic Fatigue Patients
A report published by a group of Dutch investigators of the University of Lenven and Tilburg suggests a role of stress in chronic fatigue syndrome. This study aimed at providing insight in the frequency, emotional impact and nature of daily hassles, experienced by patients suffering from chronic... view more (2002-08-05)

Depression can foreshadow intellectual decline in older people
Depression in the elderly increases the risk of subsequent mental impairment and can act as a predictor of future intellectual decline, University of Rochester Medical Center psychiatrists and researchers have found.   view more (2007-10-09)

Pregnant women with bulimia have more anxiety and depression
Women who have bulimia in pregnancy have more symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to pregnant women without eating disorders.   view more (2008-09-18)

Stress contributes to range of chronic diseases, Carnegie Mellon psychologist says
In a review of the scientific literature on the relationship between stress and disease, Carnegie Mellon University psychologist Sheldon Cohen has found that stress is a contributing factor in human disease, and in particular depression, cardiovascular disease and HIV/AIDS.   view more (2007-10-10)

A call for standardized measurement of outcomes in depression treatment
Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers are calling on clinicians to adopt a standardized measurement of outcomes when treating depression. The commentary was published in the June edition of Primary Psychiatry.   view more (2008-06-10)

New study finds that add-on therapy improves depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder
Lingering depression is a serious and common problem in bipolar disorder, and does not resolve well with existing treatments.   view more (2008-09-03)

Gene protects adults abused as children from depression
Some forms of a gene that controls the body's response to stress hormones appear to protect adults who were abused in childhood from depression, psychiatrists have found.   view more (2008-02-05)

A pioneering study opens roads for tailor-made antidepressants
In spite that the causes of depression have not still been fully identified, scientists acknowledge that genetic and environmental factors play a common role in the onset of this disorder.   view more (2007-08-06)

Depressed mothers can still be good moms
Medically treating post-partum depression may not be enough to improve a mother's relationship with her baby, and is only part of the equation, according to a new study done in part by the University of Alberta.   view more (2007-03-14)

Brain Blood Flow Gives Clues to Treating Depression
The usefulness of established molecular imaging/nuclear medicine approaches in identifying the "hows" and "whys" of brain dysfunction and its potential in providing immediately useful information in treating depression are emphasized in a study in the August Journal of Nuclear... view more (2007-08-09)

Lifetime trauma may speed progression of HIV, early death
Even though effective drug cocktails have improved the outlook for many patients with HIV, disease progression, including the time from AIDS onset to death, varies widely from patient to patient.   view more (2007-11-02)

Obesity associated with psychiatric disorders, decreased odds of substance abuse
Obesity is associated with a 25 percent increase in the risk of developing mood and anxiety disorders and a 25 percent decrease in likeliness for substance abuse.   view more (2006-07-05)

Yoga and elevated brain GABA levels
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and McLean Hospital have found that practicing yoga may elevate brain gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) levels, the brain's primary inhibitory neurotransmitter.   view more (2007-05-22)

Depression is a risk factor rather than early sign of Alzheimer's disease
A new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center supports the idea that depression is truly a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease rather than a subtle early sign of its underlying pathology.   view more (2008-04-08)

Brown Study Finds Link Between Depression and Household Mold
A groundbreaking public health study has found a connection between damp, moldy homes and depression.   view more (2007-08-30)

Inflammation, depression and antidepressant response: Common mechanisms
Major depressive disorder is a common and complex condition that impacts about 15% of the population of the United States, yet very little is known about the mechanisms behind the psychiatric disorder.   view more (2008-05-30)

Carotid stenting the new anti-depressant?
Inserting a stent to open a narrowed carotid artery has been found to reduce symptoms of depression that may be associated with carotid stenosis, according to a study in the August issue of Radiology.   view more (2006-07-25)
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