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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)

Antidepressants do work in depression while evidence for CBT is poorer say experts
A new revision of clinical guidelines to help doctors manage patients with depression has challenged the rationale behind the UK government's policy of rolling out of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for milder depression.   view more (2008-05-07)

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)

Double trouble: Hopelessness key component of mood disorder
Sound bad" It is, according to Thomas Joiner, Florida State University Distinguished Research Professor and the Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology, who has identified hopelessness as a distinguishing feature of double depression in a new paper published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.   view more (2007-07-24)

Hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome works for "at least five years"
Hypnotherapy seems to be an effective long term treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), lasting for "at least five years," conclude researchers in this month's edition of Gut. IBS is a very common disorder and makes up half a gastroenterologist's workload. Conventional treatment of... view more (2003-10-20)

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)

Adolescents exposed to violence suffer post traumatic stress and depression
Adolescents who either witness or are victims of violence are prone to post traumatic stress disorder and depression, finds research in Injury Prevention. The study was carried out in South Africa, where 60 deaths in every 100,000 are murders - 10 times the rate in the USA. Four private high... view more (2001-11-27)

Depression in women with migraine linked to childhood abuse
Childhood abuse is more common in women with migraine who suffer depression than in women with migraine alone.   view more (2007-09-04)

Bullying can lead to emotional problems, especially in girls
A history of bullying predicts the onset of anxiety or depressive symptoms, especially in young teenage girls, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Over 2,600 secondary school students in Victoria, Australia were surveyed about bullying, twice in year 8 (aged 13 years) and 12 months later, at the end... view more (2001-08-29)

Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
Studies show that the incidence of mental illness on college campuses is rising, and a new survey of 2,785 college students indicates that more than half of students with significant symptoms of anxiety or depression do not seek help.   view more (2007-06-25)

Medically unexplained symptoms need more attention
More attention should be given to patients who attend hospital with symptoms that remain medically unexplained after extensive investigation, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Reid and colleagues reviewed the medical records of 361 patients who most frequently attended outpatient services in one... view more (2001-03-27)

Omega-3 supplements affect Alzheimer's symptoms
Omega-3 supplements can, in certain cases, help combat the depression and agitation symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a clinical study conducted at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.   view more (2007-06-21)

Depression lingers for female heart attack victims
Women who have suffered heart attacks have higher rates of lingering depressive symptoms compared to their male counterparts, a University of Alberta and McGill University study shows.   view more (2007-07-16)

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)

Teenage depression can be enduring, but is more often short-lived
Teenage depression is widespread and can become a life-long illness, but is more often transitory, said UCLA Psychology Professor Constance Hammen, who will discuss her research at an invited address May 27 at the American Psychological Society's annual convention in Los Angeles.   view more (2005-05-27)

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)

Clinical depression raises risk of death for heart attack patients years after attack
Depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death in the months following a heart attack. Now a team led by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that the risk continues for many years.   view more (2008-03-04)

Cannabis increases risk of depression and schizophrenia
Frequent cannabis use increases the risk of developing depression and schizophrenia in later life, according to three studies in this week's BMJ. In the first study of 1,600 students from 44 secondary schools in Australia, frequent cannabis use predicted later depression and anxiety, particularly... view more (2002-11-20)

Pray more often and feel better
These were the findings of a study published today, Friday 12 November 1999, in the British Journal of Health Psychology , by psychologists Dr. John Maltby and Liza Day of Sheffield Hallam University, and Christopher Lewis of Ulster University.   view more (1999-11-08)

Low libido in menopause linked to trouble sleeping
Women whose sexual desire diminishes during menopause are more likely to report disturbed sleep, depression symptoms, and night sweats.   view more (2007-06-06)

Falls, depression and antidepressants in later life
Older people are at high risk for falls and subsequent injuries. Those who have depression have an increased risk of falls and the medications they take for depression increase their risk even more, New Zealand and Australian researchers reported in the open-access journal PLoS ONE.   view more (2008-06-18)

Bipolar disorder more common than expected in hospitalized adolescents
Clinicians at Bradley Hospital, the nation's first psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents, have found that bipolar disorder is more common than expected in teens in a psychiatric inpatient setting.   view more (2005-12-29)

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)
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