Depression Therapy Gone To The Dogs
A recent article published in a Malaysian newsletter caught my eye. The article was about using pets as a way to help depression. The article was not reporting on a research study. Rather it was a...
View ArticlePredicting When Antidepressant Medication Will And Will Not Work
Recently a study conducted by Dr. Aimee M. Hunter and colleagues from UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and published in the August issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry found that a depressed...
View ArticleA Natural Treatment For Childhood Depression
Do you have to medicate your child to treat his or her depression? Maybe not, according to a recent study conducted by Dr. R. H. Belmaker, of Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, and...
View ArticleInflammation May Contribute to Depression
Another study has found that the bodies of depressed people function differently than the bodies of nondepressed people. Those with major depression have more inflammation in response to psychological...
View ArticleBetter Care Can Save the Life of a Depressed Elderly Person
Depression is high among the elderly. These individuals also report a high rate of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A program developed by the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle has...
View ArticleBurnout and Depression May Cost You Your Life
Burnout and depression can threaten your life. This is especially true if it is your physician that is burned out and depressed. A recent study conducted by Mayo Clinic and led by Tait Shanafelt, M.D.,...
View ArticleMusic Helps Improve Depression and Schizophrenia
A study, conducted by Dr. Mike Crawford and published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, compared the effectiveness of treatment for schizophrenia using antipsychotic medications and using music...
View ArticleMajor depression is a brain disorder
Researchers as Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have found that a dysfunction in the brain of individuals with depression keeps them from experiencing some positive emotions. Brain...
View ArticleSuicide higher than thought among U.S. Blacks
It has long been thought that suicide among blacks is lower than among whites. It was thought that religious beliefs held since slavery times resulted in lower rate of suicide in this group. A study...
View ArticleDepression and shame go hand in hand.
Research has found shame and depression to be related. Thomas Scheff at the UC Santa Barbara Department of Sociology observed a group 83 depressed World War II veterans in an English mental hospital....
View ArticleDepression Therapy Gone To The Dogs
A recent article published in a Malaysian newsletter caught my eye. The article was about using pets as a way to help depression. The article was not reporting on a research study. Rather it was a...
View ArticlePredicting When Antidepressant Medication Will And Will Not Work
Recently a study conducted by Dr. Aimee M. Hunter and colleagues from UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and published in the August issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry found that a depressed...
View ArticleA Natural Treatment For Childhood Depression
Do you have to medicate your child to treat his or her depression? Maybe not, according to a recent study conducted by Dr. R. H. Belmaker, of Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, and...
View ArticleInflammation May Contribute to Depression
Another study has found that the bodies of depressed people function differently than the bodies of nondepressed people. Those with major depression have more inflammation in response to psychological...
View ArticleBetter Care Can Save the Life of a Depressed Elderly Person
Depression is high among the elderly. These individuals also report a high rate of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A program developed by the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle has...
View ArticleBurnout and Depression May Cost You Your Life
Burnout and depression can threaten your life. This is especially true if it is your physician that is burned out and depressed. A recent study conducted by Mayo Clinic and led by Tait Shanafelt, M.D.,...
View ArticleMusic Helps Improve Depression and Schizophrenia
A study, conducted by Dr. Mike Crawford and published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, compared the effectiveness of treatment for schizophrenia using antipsychotic medications and using music...
View ArticleMajor depression is a brain disorder
Researchers as Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have found that a dysfunction in the brain of individuals with depression keeps them from experiencing some positive emotions. Brain...
View ArticleSuicide higher than thought among U.S. Blacks
It has long been thought that suicide among blacks is lower than among whites. It was thought that religious beliefs held since slavery times resulted in lower rate of suicide in this group. A study...
View ArticleDepression and shame go hand in hand.
Research has found shame and depression to be related. Thomas Scheff at the UC Santa Barbara Department of Sociology observed a group 83 depressed World War II veterans in an English mental hospital....
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