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Antidepressant Can Change Patient's Personality

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 07, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (12) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The nation is still debating the effects of antidepressant medications on brain chemistry almost 20 years after publication of the best-seller "Listening to Prozac." Though selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ...

Young adults' blood lead levels linked to depression, panic disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 07, 2009 | 3 / 5 (3) | 1

Young adults with higher blood lead levels appear more likely to have major depression and panic disorders, even if they have exposure to lead levels generally considered safe, according to a report in the December issue ...

Most antidepressants miss key target of clinical depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 08, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A key brain protein called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) - is highly elevated during clinical depression yet is unaffected by treatment with commonly used antidepressants, according to an important study published today in ...

Antiepileptic drugs not linked to suicide among those with bipolar disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 07, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Despite government warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and actions while taking antiepileptic drugs, these medications do not appear to be associated with increased risk of suicide attempts in individuals ...

Depression saps endurance of the brain's reward circuitry

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 21, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 1

A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that depressed patients are unable to sustain activity in brain areas related to positive emotion.

Scientists discover fog on Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 18, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (11) | 2

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system—aside from our home planet, Earth—with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface. ...

Antidepressants may increase risk of stroke and death

Medicine & Health / Medications

Dec 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Postmenopausal women who take antidepressants face a small but statistically significant increased risk for stroke and death compared with those who do not take the drugs. The new findings are from the federally-funded, multi-institution, ...

Book demystifies psychiatry for the general public

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Psychiatric disorders are underdiagnosed, poorly treated and highly stigmatized, according to psychiatrists Charles F. Zorumski, M.D., and Eugene H. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. So these Washington University physicians ...

Childhood traumas linger as health risk factors for adults

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 07, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Research from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London has found that negative experiences in childhood may alter not only mental health but also physical health, into middle age and beyond.

Brain scans show distinctive patterns in people with generalized anxiety disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School ...

New safety concern related to antipsychotic treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Overall, antipsychotic medications are reasonably effective, and fairly well tolerated treatments for mood and psychotic disorders. However, treatment with a number of antipsychotic medications is associated with weight ...

Study shows dream-enacting behavior is common in healthy young adults

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 01, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 1

A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that dream-enacting behaviors are common in healthy young adults, and the prevalence of specific behaviors differs between men and women.

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