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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Depression abates with constant electrical stimulation, study finds

Science | By Denise Gellene | 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 | By James Hohmann | 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 | By Melissa Healy | 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 | By Susan Brink | 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 | By Josh Fischman | 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 | By Susan Brink | 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 | By Thomas H. Maugh II and Denise Gellene | 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 | By Denise Gellene | 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 | By Childs Walker | 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 | By Victoria Clayton | May 28, 2007
SUNSHINE and warm weather aren’t for everyone. Read more
 

Saturday, May 26, 2007

War boosts `baby blues’ risk

Science | By Denise Gellene | 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
 

For kids, depression drugs help

Health | April 23, 2007
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Monday, March 26, 2007

Talk about therapeutic

Health | By Janet Cromley | 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 | By Susan Brink | 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 | By Shari Roan | 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 | By Ronald Kotulak | 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 | By Ashley Surdin | 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 | By Julia M. Klein | February 12, 2007
IN the fall of 2005, psychiatrist J. Anderson Thomson Jr. Read more
 
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