Depression News

But I was eager to read an advance copy of a book I had in manuscript form, because I know the author's work and have long been impressed with her.

Suicide risk in psychiatric inpatients is known to be remarkably high after discharge.

As a family physician whose practice deals exclusively in the treatment of obesity, it strikes me as remarkable how little we understand about the disease, which is Canada's second-leading cause of preventable death.

CHASING BLACK DOG: Founder Steve Andrews, Tamworth rider Rod Thompson and Channel Nine journalist Simon Bouda on their way through Tamworth.

Arthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability worldwide. You can find plenty of advice about easing the pain of arthritis and other conditions with exercise, medication and stress reduction.

A SPATE of suicides among fly-in, fly-out workers last year has been referred to the State Coroner for a potential inquest.

While physicians and other mental health clinicians are no stranger to recommending exercise to combat depression , we don't always know how much or what kind will make a difference.

Last month, the Minnesota Opera announced its commission of Dinner at Eight , a new comic opera by composer William Bolcom and librettist Mark Campbell , based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber .

I knew the outcome of the "a aughter's struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder " having heard it from her mother, Bea Tusiani, whom I met recently for the first time at a psychiatric meeting in NYC.

You've probably heard your share of stories like the following told by Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN, on the site " Women to Women ": A patient came in to see me describing constant heavy bleeding menorrhagia.

Back in 2011, the Brooklyn art world and incredulous citizens at large were first introduced to Marni Kotak, the performance artist who infamously gave birth in a gallery.

I must start by saying farewell to Hollywood star James Garner. He is best remembered for the two television series Maverick and The Rockford Files, but he was also a leading man of cinema in the 1950s and 1960s.

Do you ever find yourself feeling depressed? If so, you may be looking for relief.

Natalie Myers is a courageous young woman. At one time, she struggled with depression and entertained thoughts of suicide.

During my residency days in the 1980s, every psychiatrist's office came outfitted with two ashtrays, one for the patient and the other for the doctor, and therapy was often conducted in a nicotine haze.

Record-breaking Tony Award winner Audra Mcdonald has confessed to attempting suicide when the stress of attending top drama school Julliard became too much for her to handle.

Army veteran Michael Blazer from Lebanon, Tenn. joins others to place 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide to date in 2014, Thursday, March 27, 2014, on the National Mall in Washington.

When Cheryl Cobb's daughter Mary was a teenager, she started simply refusing to go to school or church.

In the current issue of The New Yorker , Elizabeth Kolbert describes her family's brief and not entirely successful experiment with the Paleolithic diet.

A young woman had been discussing her future plans to have children with her lesbian partner the day before she was found hanged.