Depression News

These data will be presented at the 2013 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in The objective of these four studies was to evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of vortioxetine in doses ranging from 10-20 mg per day, complementing other studies in the New Drug Application submission package that included dose ranges of 5-20 mg per ... (more)

Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck and Japanese partner Takeda said on Saturday that data from clinical phase III studies with the antidepressant vortioxetine had shown significant improvement in patients' symptoms.

Depressed cancer survivors are twice as likely to die prematurely as those who do not suffer from depression, regardless of the cancer site, according to a Dutch study.

Patients with treatment-resistant major depression saw dramatic improvement in their illness after treatment with ketamine, an anesthetic, according to the largest ketamine clinical trial to-date led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Middle-aged women who suffer from depression face almost double the risk of having a stroke, according to a 12-year Australian study.

Depression doubles the risk of having a stroke in middle-aged women, according to a new study in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .

People suffering from clinical depression express personal goals and reasons for their attainment or failure in less specific terms than people without the disorder.

As many as one in five children aged three to 17 in the United States was reported to have some form of mental disorder according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released to the public on May 17, 2013.

Age has little to do with how patients should be treated after suffering a stroke, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

Cholesterol, cancer, even infectious diseases: our blood can help doctors detect them all.

Students targeted because they're believed to be gay -- as many as one in seven young teens -- are much more likely than others to be suicidal and depressed, a new survey finds.

Main Category: Veterans / Ex-Servicemen Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry ; Neurology / Neuroscience ; Depression Article Date: 17 May 2013 - 2:00 PDT JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights A study by Craig J. Bryan, Psy.D., A.B.P.P., of the National Center for Veterans Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, suggests that suicide risk is higher among ... (more)

New research has revealed that soldiers who experienced multiple concussions during active service are much more likely to have suicidal thoughts than those who sustained just one injury or never had a concussion, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Nearly a couple hundred chairs sit empty outside the Warch Campus Center at Lawrence University in a unique effort to raise awareness about mental health issues and recognize victims of suicide.

A national survey referenced by the CDC indicates that up to one in five children in the U.S. suffers from a mental disorder.

Depressed middle-aged women have almost double the risk of having a stroke, according to research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .

Depressed cancer survivors are twice as likely to die prematurely than those who do not suffer from depression, irrespective of the cancer site.

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Patricia Passetto wants change in this country and in how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs serves its constituents.

Lake Forest High School students participate in a yoga session led by Priscilla Stoll, owner of Forever Om Yoga in Lake Forest, as part of Depression Awareness Week activities.