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Parsippany, NJ, July 2014 - Losing a husband or wife is devastating. A whirlwind of intense emotions - overwhelming sadness as well as shock, fear, guilt, anger, and numbness - make the days and weeks after a spouse's death agonizing and confusing.

By Susan Bloom Special to The Star-Ledger Though Karen Shirazi-McGowan was used to supervising nearly 80 employees as director of audiology in an ear, nose and throat medical group, the 38-year-old Pequannock mom felt herself crumbling after the birth of her second son, Finn, in early 2013.

Of all the potential side effects associated with antidepressant drug use, weight gain is one of the most familiar.

A YOUNG parent who overdosed on a cocktail of drugs didn't know what she was doing, her mum said yesterday.

Children and young people are increasingly exposed to the risks as well as the benefits of mind-altering medications as prescriptions jump to unprecedented levels, writes Rachel Kleinman.

For children growing up in poverty, the seeds of poor health in adulthood appear to be sown early.

MEN'S Sheds mean more than a few old blokes building furniture or fixing pushbikes - they also rescue people from depression and health issues.

Emotional challenges are part of a serviceman's life. Right from the tough training in boot camp, to deployment in war zones, and time away from family and loved ones can lead to an emotional upheaval serious enough to be diagnosed as depression.

BAULKHAM Hills MP David Elliott hosted local Justices of the Peace to mark their 50 years of service to the community.

A performance improvement initiative for physicians can significantly increase their use of evidence-based practices in screening for and treating depression , in the July Journal of Psychiatric Practice.

Controlling pain during childbirth and post delivery may reduce the risk of postpartum depression, writes Katherine Wisner, M.D., a Northwestern MedicineA perinatal psychiatrist, in a July 23 editorial in Anesthesia & Analgesia .

Electroencephalograms, or EEGs, which measure electrical activity in the brain, show promise in improving treatment for depression - and consequently lowering post-traumatic stress symptoms and suicidal tendencies, a new military medical study has found.

Newcastle Knights fullback Darius Boyd has been admitted to a mental health clinic in order to seek treatment for depression.

Treatments for bipolar depression currently take more than one session to begin working.

But that red-flag referral was later downgraded - without Mr Harcombe being seen by another medical professional.

If scientists ever decipher the complex biology behind diseases like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, a lot of the credit may go not to a few deep-pocketed philanthropists and the money they've poured into the tiny stretch along the Charles River in Cambridge between Harvard and MIT.

Brain stimulation treatments, like electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation , are often effective for the treatment of depression .

Healthcare firm Ultrasis has secured a contract to provide its online depression treatment, Beating the Blues , in Scotland.

There is severe depression , and then there is Lyme depression -which, for many with Lyme, is not actually depression at all.

Terra Lalirra is crossing the Nullabor, raising awareness for depression and suicide, and aiming to raise one million for Lifeline.