The most depressing day of the year is January 19. Here are some depression busting tips to get through the most depressing day of the year and manage depression. Just how much can a person take these days? Worst unemployment since World War II, global economy is collapsing and now you tell me it’s “The [...]
People who suffer from severe depression following a heart attack might be more likely to experience cardiac complications while hospitalized, according to a new study. “There is good evidence that if a person has depression after a heart attack, they are more likely to die from cardiac causes in the following months and years,” said [...]
Teenage visitors are encouraged to seek help for depression, drugs and dating violence. The New York Health Department last week announced a new online campaign to engage teenagers grappling with depression, drugs, and violence, and to encourage them to seek help. NYC Teen Mindspace, posted on MySpace, is the agency’s first effort to promote health [...]
A new study of depression from the Center for Addiction and Mental Health examines the widely held expectation that East-Asian people emphasize physical symptoms of depression, and offers clinicians valuable insight into cultural context when assessing a patient, leading to more accurate diagnosis. New data may help doctors more accurately diagnose patients who may be [...]
Researchers have pinpointed a mechanism in the brains of mice that could explain why some human mothers become depressed following childbirth. The discovery could lead to improved treatment for postpartum depression.Supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, the study used genetically engineered mice lacking [...]
One in four new mothers in Oklahoma report symptoms of maternal depression after giving birth, according to a recent study conducted by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). Using the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), an ongoing statewide survey of maternal behaviors and experiences, OSDH officials found that 40 percent of Oklahoma mothers [...]
Although maternal suicide after giving birth is a relatively rare occurrence, suicide attempts often have long-lasting effects on the family and the infant. In a study published in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics %26amp; Gynecology, researchers compared two populations of mothers and found that a history of psychiatric disorders or [...]
Unique biochemical crosstalk that enables a fetus to get nutrition and oxygen from its mother’s blood just may cause common postpartum blues, researchers say. That crosstalk allows the mother’s blood to flow out of the uterine artery and get just a single cell layer away from the fetus’ blood, says Dr. Puttur D. Prasad, biochemist [...]
Depression causes patients with advanced cancer to die sooner than they should, say scientists at the University of Liverpool. In a six-month study patients who were found to be depressed had a 7% increased chance of dying and this percentage increased depending on the severity of the depression. Depression is common in patients with advanced [...]
Using brain imaging, NIMH researchers have produced direct evidence that people prone to depression – even when they’re feeling well — have abnormal mood-regulating brain circuitry. This makes them vulnerable to relapse when levels of certain key brain chemical messengers plummet. Wayne Drevets, M.D., of the NIMH Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Gregor Hasler, M.D., [...]
