News tagged with antidepressant drugs
New Way To Predict Drug Side Effects
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Predicting the side-effects of a drug is not simple task. The human body has more than 1,500 molecules that are known to be involved in various diseases, and often a drug designed to hit one of these targets will also hit ...
Scientist Probes Promising Link Between Warmth, Better Moods
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder scientist who discovered that playing in the dirt might ease depression is probing the link between higher temperatures and elevated mood.
Embracing your primitive nature can help in fight against depression
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2009 |
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He doesn't care for the term "caveman therapy." But Stephen Ilardi, associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Kansas, has turned to our hunter-gatherer ancestors for clues about how to best combat major ...
Researchers Link Huntington Depression to Genetics
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The depression experienced by people with Huntington disease (HD) may have nothing to do with the emotional stress of knowing you have a devastating, incurable disorder, according to a University of British ...
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Researchers explore the antidepressant effects of ketamine
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Drug treatments for depression can take many weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge. The excruciating and disabling nature of depression highlights the urgency of developing treatments that act more rapidly. Ketamine, ...
Using Brain Waves to Help Treat Depression
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers conducted a study at 9 sites in the U.S. with 375 people suffering from major depression. The testing takes about 15 minutes and could help people suffering from depression find ...
New mouse model of depression/anxiety enhances understanding of antidepressant drugs
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 27, 2009 |
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A recent study finds that the antidepressant effects of drugs like Prozac involve both neurogenesis-dependent and -independent mechanisms, a finding that may lead to development of better treatments for depression and anxiety. ...
Brain protein may be a target for fast-acting antidepressants
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It takes weeks or months for the effect of most antidepressants to kick in, time that can feel like an eternity to those who need the drugs the most. But new research suggests that a protein called p11, previously ...
Popular antidepressant associated with a dramatic increase in suicidal thoughts amongst men
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Nortriptyline has been found to cause a ten-fold increase in suicidal thoughts in men when compared to its competitor escitalopram. These findings are published in the open access journal BMC Medicine.
Study reveals an increase in long-term antidepressant drug use
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A dramatic rise in antidepressant prescriptions issued by GPs has been caused by a year on year increase in the number of people taking antidepressant drugs on a long-term basis, according to researchers from the University ...
Are older antidepressants better for depression in Parkinson's disease?
Dec 17, 2008 |
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A new study shows that antidepressant drugs which only affect serotonin, often used as first choice treatments, may not be best for depression in people with Parkinson's disease. The new research is published in the December ...
Coming undone: How stress unravels the brain's structure
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 04, 2009 |
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The helpless behavior that is commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related losses of synapses—microscopic connections between brain cells—in the brain's hippocampal ...
New study replicates association between genetic variation and antidepressant treatment response
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Pharmacogenetics, the study of genetic variation that influences an individual's response to drugs, is an important and growing focus in all of medical research, including psychiatry. It is a complex field, however, revealed ...
Young adults not at risk of suicidal behavior from antidepressants
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 06, 2007 |
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Antidepressants lower the risk of suicide attempt in adults with depression, according to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. The researchers also found that the lower risk held true f ...
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