Blogs Posts on "Clinical Depression"

Maternal depression may worsen children's asthma symptoms by Anxiety Insights on Nov 20, 2009Results may be tied to fatigue and forgetfulness in managing children's disease Ekaterina Pesheva Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Maternal depression can worsen asthma symptoms in their children, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children'...

Long-term depression treatment provides sustained recovery for teens by Anxiety Insights on Nov 19, 2009Colleen Labbe - NIMH Long-term treatment of adolescents with major depression is associated with continuous and persistent improvement of depression symptoms in most cases, according to the most recent analysis of follow-up data from The National Ins...

Heart patients lacking vitamin D more likely to be depressed by Anxiety Insights on Nov 18, 2009By Denise Mann Health.com — People with heart disease and similar conditions who don't have enough vitamin D are more likely to be depressed than their counterparts with adequate levels of the "sunshine vitamin," according to a study presented a...

Depression as deadly as smoking, but anxiety may be good for you by Anxiety Insights on Nov 18, 2009Melanie Haberstroh - King's College London A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking. Util...

Abstract: Fluoxetine-clonazepam cotherapy for anxious depression by Anxiety Insights on Nov 18, 2009Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2009 Nov 5;doi:10.1097/YIC.0b013e32833205a4 Fluoxetine-clonazepam cotherapy for anxious depression: an exploratory, post-hoc analysis of a randomized, double blind study Papakostas GI, Clain A, Ameral VE, Baer L, Brintz C, S...

Depressed more likely to be prescribed opioids for chronic pain by Anxiety Insights on Nov 17, 2009Maia Szalavitz, HBNS Contributing Writer Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin® compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depre...

Telephone-based intervention eases bypass patients' depression by Anxiety Insights on Nov 17, 2009JAMA Patients who received telephone-delivered collaborative care for treatment of depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery reported greater improvement in measures of quality of life, physical functioning and mood than patients who rece...

Deep brain stimulation offers hope for severely depressed by Anxiety Insights on Nov 16, 2009May work even when other treatments have been unsuccessful University of Bonn Thanks to a new method there is a reason for hope for patients with very severe depression. Physicians at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne used deep brain stimul...

Abstract+: A investigation of cognitive 'branching' processes in major depression by Anxiety Insights on Nov 11, 2009BMC Psychiatry 2009;9:69 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-9-69 A investigation of cognitive 'branching' processes in major depression Nicholas D Walsh , Marc L Seal , Steven CR Williams and Mitul A Mehta Background: Patients with depression demonstrate cognitiv...

Survey finds big gap in knowledge of depression by Anxiety Insights on Nov 11, 2009NAMI Americans do not believe they know much about depression, but are highly aware of the risks of not receiving care, according to a survey released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The survey provides a "three dimensional"...