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How depression can be treated

EVEN though one in five people in the UK suffer with depression, there is still a huge stigma attached to this illness. It is an illness, just like asthma, diabetes or heart disease, and so should be treated as such. Depression may [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Happy pills? Who needs them

Last November, the lights went out. A series of catastrophic events had knocked me off my feet and I wanted out. During the course of six months, I had witnessed a fatal car crash, spent two months on crutches after another accident and [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Les Murray and the Poetry of Depression

The signature quality of a Les Murray poem is anger — a visceral smoldering that freshly lights up the tired old landscape and turns conventional pieties inside out. A lifelong outsider and champion of the underdog, Murray grew up [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression may be treated in same way as diabetes

As diseases, they seem to be worlds apart, but could depression and related psychiatric conditions actually be treated in much the same way as diabetes? Intriguing new research detailed at a Toronto conference Monday suggests that i [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook depression - a new diagnostic entity

A new study that appears in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, speaks of a “new phenomenon” known as “Facebook depression” in which children can become depr [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Doctor probe 'Facebook depression'

An influential doctors' group in the US has warned over the risk of something it calls "Facebook depression" - a condition it says may affect troubled teens who obsess over the online site. Researchers disagree on whether i [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression and bipolar disorder support group

DBSA Ventura, the local chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, hosts two regular, confidential, peerled, self-help support groups for people coping with depression and bipolar disorder or who have a family member or frie [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression May Boost Arthritis Pain

Depression can worsen the pain of knee arthritis, a new study finds. South Korean researchers used X-rays to assess the severity of knee osteoarthritis in 660 men and women, aged 65 and older. The patients were also evaluated for the sev [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression medication often used for no valid psychiatric re...

More than a quarter of people in the United States who take antidepressants have never been diagnosed with any of the conditions the drugs are typically used to treat, according to a study. As a result, millions could be exposed to side [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

OLYMPIAN HUGHES SPEAKS OUT ON BATTLE WITH DEPRESSION

For nearly a year, Clara Hughes hid a sombre secret behind her wide smile. The Canadian speedskating and cycling star, made famous by her Olympic exploits, her charity work and her megawatt smile, battled depression, falling into despair [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Shedding light on postpartum depression

Julie Isaac waited months to be diagnosed with postpartum depression because she thought new moms who had it wanted to hurt themselves or their babies. She was just an anxious "terrible mother" because she couldn't get her [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Reports of Depression Rise Countywide

More adults living in Los Angeles County—and here in Hermosa Beach—are facing clinical depression, as marked by a sharp rise in diagnoses over the previous decade, according to a report released by the county Department of Pu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Seasonal depression carries over to sporting world

Expert doctors and psychologists tell us that late January is known to be the most depressing time of the year. School or work is back in full swing, it’s still cold outside, the sun still sets around 5 p.m. and there is no major h [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

ANN ARBOR: U-M Depression Center partners with Ann Arbor Pub...

The Ann Arbor Public School District has partnered with the University of Michigan Depression Center to raise awareness of teen depression and suicide within the district. “The partnership was designed to provide depression awarene [...]