Depression News

In a span of just over a week this fall, four Canadian soldiers who served in Afghanistan took their own lives.

IN a searingly honest piece, MP for Barrow and Furness, John Woodcock, speaks about his battle with depression in the hope it will help tackle the stigma attached to mental health issues HONEST Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock wants to help other sufferers by being honest about his battle with depression When I fell off my attic ladder last year ... (more)

She has been on Prozac for eight months, and it is not helping. She is moderately cognitively disabled, and her doctor says the medication will not be very effective for her because she lacks the rationality to work through this crisis.

There are more than 19 million adults in the United States living with depression and many more people could be suffering but are unaware that what they are feeling is depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

All the months that Teresa McConnell went without treatment for depression, she basically was homebound.

This study pokes a pointed stick into lots of questions about medicine, science, and scholarship.

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Here are some facts about belief in G-d and prayer that recent studies have shown.

With the scent of sweet peppermint candy canes wafting in the air and chestnuts roasting on an open fire, the holiday season is usually a time to share with family and the closest of friends.

From Osteoarthritis to Depression, Cancer to Alzheimer's, this natural herb is a very effective treatment for these diseases, and so much more.

Antidepressants work best for real clinical depression, not unhappiness, grief or chemically-induced depression.

For many people living in such a fast-paced world, society's many constraints will eventually take its toll and lead them to experience various levels of stress and anxiety.

For the past year, GlaxoSmithKline has vowed to usher in a new era of transparency by creating a system to disclose detailed clinical trial data.

Jack Bowlby, a keen horserider from Kingston Lisle, near Wantage, was found dead in his room at Cheltenham College on October 12 last year, aged 16. He had taken the prescription drug Roaccutane for seven months, despite complaining to a nurse that he started experiencing "very dark thoughts", including suicide.

Taking the drug modafinil, typically used to treat sleep disorders, in combination with antidepressants reduces the severity of depression more effectively than taking antidepressants alone.

The Greater Rochester Health Foundation has recognized the work of Thomas L. Campbell, M.D. , the University of Rochester Medical Center's Highland Family Medicine practice and the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center through a Robert Oppenheimer Impact Award.

This is due to changes in a part of children's brains called the amygdala, which is responsible for controlling emotion and stress and is linked to anxiety disorders.

I was recently intrigued by the claims made - and that went completely unchallenged - by Vikram Patel, a psychiatrist who was interviewed by Wired Science's Greg Miller.

Boston, MA - Heart disease triples a person's risk of depression. At the same time, people who have from depression are at greatly increased risk of heart disease.

There are more than 19 million adults in the United States living with depression and many more people could be suffering but are unaware that what they are feeling is depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.