Depression News

It was just after eight in the evening at Akeso, a private psychiatric clinic in A Parktown, Johannesburg.

Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide and, although efficacious treatments are available, their efficacy is suboptimal and recurrence of symptoms is common.

Middle-age and older people who are highly stressed, have depression or who are perhaps even just cynical may be at increased risk of stroke, according to new research.

It's a topic most people don't like to talk about, but it's taking more and more lives in Genesee County - especially young lives.

There is an associated risk of depression in people who experience loss of vision due to conditions such as age-related macular degeneration.

Circuits in the brain involved in pursuing and relishing rewarding experiences are more strongly activated in people with bipolar disorder, guiding them towards riskier gambles and away from safer ones, researchers report.

Researchers from The Miriam Hospital have found that people with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are also depressed have difficulty sticking to a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Fluoxetine plus relapse-prevention cognitive-behavioral therapy cuts the risk of relapse in youth with major depressive disorder, according to a study published online June 17 in The American Journal of Psychiatry .

Chris Boudreau, a grieving mother from Canada, traveled to Europe this last week to learn about ways to spare other families whose children risk the same fate as her son.

Pregnant asylum seekers on Christmas Island pleaded with medical experts four months ago to put their children up for adoption by Australian families as the women became increasingly anxious about their future.

Pregnant asylum seekers on Christmas Island pleaded with medical experts four months ago to put their children up for adoption by Australian families as the women became increasingly anxious about their future.

July 9, 2014 - The first clinical trial to examine integrated low vision and mental health treatment has shown that the approach can reduce the incidence of depression by half among people with low vision due to age-related macular degeneration .

Mental health experts are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to remove its most severe label - the so-called "black box warning" -- on all categories of antidepressants because it has been "highly correlated" with a more than 33 percent jump in suicide attempts over the last decade as doctors and patients who could benefit from the drugs ... (more)

The Toledo Latino started hearing voices as a teenager, but never knew what was happening until he had a psychotic breakdown at work at age 19. a condition in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms - such as hallucinations or delusions - and mood disorder symptoms, such as mania or depression.

PITTSBURGH, July 8, 2014 -Screening for depression and then providing a telephone-delivered, nurse-led "collaborative care" intervention following coronary artery bypass graft surgery not only improves health-related quality of life, physical functioning and mood symptoms, but also lowers medical costs and is highly cost-effective compared to ... (more)

A roulette game played while undergoing a brain scan has shown that people with bipolar disorder are wired for risk.

Although delegated with the task of treating an ever-increasing student demand for mental health services, college counseling centers are not up to the task.

St. John's wort is the leading alternative treatment for depression in the United States.

So many teens are overwhelmed by the feelings of hopelessness. They think it's their fault, but they could really be suffering from depression.

The mark of summer is upon us. The kids are out of school, it's hot, and it's the season in which everyone expects to feel good.