Pregnant women with untreated major depression, as well as those taking certain antidepressants, had rates of premature birth greater than 20%, according to a new study published in the March 2009 issue of American Journal of Psychiatry.
The researchers followed 238 women with no, partial and continuous exposure to either depression or an SSRI antidepressant and then compared the outcomes. They found that women who were
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Worries about the economy will hit men harder than women, say British researchers, due to the fact that job insecurity affects a man’s self-image and sense of masculinity.
A study by Cambridge University found that even though more British women than men had lost their jobs due to the credit crunch, men who think they are in danger of losing their job are more likely to become depressed than women.
“In part, there is a
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A history of major depression increases the risk of heart disease over and above any genetic risks common to depression and heart disease, according to research presented by Washington University School of Medicine and the VA last week at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Chicago.
The researchers analyzed data from more than 1,200 pairs of male twins who served in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.
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Have you been through numerous drug trials without getting relief from your depression? Do antidepressants only work for a short while before “pooping out”? Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) can be very discouraging for those who have it, but there are options that may be able to help you.
One option is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). While ECT doesn’t come without side-effects, it does bring rapid relief for about 80 percent
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Vagus nerve stimulation was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the summer of 2005 for the treatment of chronic, or recurrent, treatment-resistant depression (not as a first-line treatment). More specifically, it is indicated for those whose depression has not responded to the usual treatments. As with deep brain stimulation this is not a treatment that is for everyone. Vagus nerve stimulation also did not effectively treat
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Is one antidepressant medication better than another? Multiple studies have addressed this question, but getting an accurate answer is difficult. Human beings aren’t exactly alike. How one medication affects one person may not affect another the same way. Therefore, concluding that one group of people studied benefited from a medication doesn’t mean that all people that take the drug will benefit. So, what’s the take-away message? Consider
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A new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry has found that there is a clear link between alcohol abuse and risk of major depression.
Researcher David Ferguson of the University of Otago and his colleagues studied a group of 1,055 children who were monitored and interviewed at various times over a period of 25 years.
“Individuals who fulfilled the criteria for alcohol abuse or dependency were
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According to a new poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, almost a third of Americans are finding themselves tossing and turning at night because of worries about the country’s economic woes.
Worries about money ranked higher than any other concern, such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, global warming or terrorism.
The poll results indicated that 27% of those surveyed had had disturbed sleep in the past month
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If someone you love has clinical depression, there is a strong risk that they will at some point think about suicide. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, about 30% of all people with clinical depression will attempt suicide, and about 15% will ultimately succeed in taking their own life. Although a more recent estimate places the risk of completed suicide significantly lower, at 3.5%, the risk of suicide should still
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Occasionally we get actually so sad and we can’t even say what causes us feel this direction. There are times while we feel like blazoning out and it looks like nobody else is around to assist us. There are times that we believe we did everything we could, we exerted every attempt possible for something that is nor even worthy looking at. All this is extremely sad, and no word can excuse how we feeling in
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