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Depression (Mental)
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
Depression abates with constant electrical stimulation, study finds
Science |
July 26, 2008
People with otherwise untreatable depression improved in a small clinical trial after receiving continuous electrical stimulation of a part of the brain that scientists believe regulates sadness. Read more
Saturday, May 10, 2008
National |
May 10, 2008
The White House drug czar said in a warning to parents Friday that depressed teens are medicating themselves with marijuana, running risks of even deeper depression. Read more
Monday, April 14, 2008
An alarming side effect: thoughts of suicide
Health |
April 14, 2008
As symptoms of depression go, there is none much clearer than having thoughts of suicide. Read more
Monday, December 17, 2007
Suicide: holidays’ darkest myth
Health |
December 17, 2007
It was Christmas Eve when George Bailey stared into the black
depths of the river beneath the bridge in Bedford Falls, convinced
that the world would be better off without him. Read more
Monday, October 8, 2007
At therapy’s end - As depression eases, patients often want to stop treatment. But are they better? Will they relapse?
Health |
October 8, 2007
People come into Andrew Leuchter’s office, saying they’re better,
saying they want to stop. Read more
Monday, September 17, 2007
On par with Zoloft
Health |
September 17, 2007
Regular exercise could help lift the cloud of major depression as
effectively as an antidepressant, new research shows. Read more
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Suicides rise after warnings, study says
Science |
September 6, 2007
A 22% drop in prescriptions for antidepressants for teens and
children following government warnings about hazards of the drugs led
to a sharp increase in suicides the following year, according to
Chicago researchers. Read more
Monday, August 27, 2007
A faster-acting antidepressant?
Health |
August 27, 2007
After years of little progress, scientists are making headway in
the search for a better, faster-acting antidepressant. Read more
Sunday, July 1, 2007
COMMENTARY - Benoit pushed the limits to entertain us
Sports |
July 1, 2007
This might be hard for non-wrestling fans to understand, but to those
who loved Chris Benoit’s work, the killings at his home and his
suicide were as shocking as if Peyton Manning or Tim Duncan or Derek
Jeter committed the same acts. Read more
Monday, May 28, 2007
For some, too much sunshine may bring on the blues
Health |
May 28, 2007
SUNSHINE and warm weather aren’t for everyone. Read more
Saturday, May 26, 2007
War boosts `baby blues’ risk
Science |
May 26, 2007
Women with spouses on military deployment during their pregnancies
face a nearly threefold higher risk for postpartum depression in
initial screening tests, researchers reported this week. Read more
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Depression hits Lars Von Trier
Entertainment |
May 15, 2007
The Danish director Lars Von Trier said a period of depression has
left him unable to work and he has doubts about when he will return
to filmmaking. Read more
Monday, April 23, 2007
For kids, depression drugs help
Health |
April 23, 2007
Authors of a new comprehensive analysis of antidepressants for
children and teenagers say the benefits of treatment trump the small
risk of increasing some patients’ chances of having suicidal thoughts
and behaviors. Read more
Monday, March 26, 2007
Talk about therapeutic
Health |
March 26, 2007
FIRST-TIME antidepressant users might want to consider Ma Bell for therapy. Read more
Monday, March 12, 2007
Birth of the blues?
Health |
March 12, 2007
IF all babies were born weighing at least 5.5 pounds, the prevalence
of later adolescent depression among girls would drop by 18%,
suggests a new study published in the March issue of Archives of
General Psychiatry. Read more
Monday, March 5, 2007
Springing ahead to a long March
Health |
March 5, 2007
Daylight saving time begins three weeks earlier this year and lasts
one week longer – welcome news for people who relish the extra
afternoon light to garden, ride a bicycle, walk the dog or just take
out the trash when they can still see the curb. Read more
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Yale study confirms validity of long-held 5 stages of grieving
National |
February 22, 2007
Accepted wisdom says that when a loved one dies, people go through
five stages of grieving: disbelief, yearning, anger, depression and acceptance. Read more
Friday, February 16, 2007
`Dreamgirl’ conquers her demons
California | Local |
February 16, 2007
At 21, Jennifer Holliday brought Broadway audiences to their feet
when she sang as the tortured Effie White in the musical
“Dreamgirls,” for which she won a Tony Award. Read more
Monday, February 12, 2007
The mind, as it evolves
Health |
February 12, 2007
IN the fall of 2005, psychiatrist J. Anderson Thomson Jr. Read more
