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Children seriously affected when a parent suffers from depression

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. It is therefore important for the health services ...





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Cognitive behavioral intervention helps prevent depression among at-risk teens

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adolescents at an increased risk of depression who participated in a group cognitive behavioral intervention significantly reduced their symptoms and episodes of depression compared to teens who received usual care, although ...


Girls growing up with heroin-addicted parent more resilient than boys

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Growing up with a heroin-addicted parent exposes children to a variety of detrimental experiences before the age of 18 and new research indicates that girls are four times more resilient than boys in overcoming such adverse ...


Depression and anger can plague recent university graduates: Study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 13, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The post-university years can start out tough. The good news: it gets better. A new University of Alberta study of almost 600 of its graduates (ages 20-29 years old) tracked mental health symptoms in participants for seven ...


Depression Causes Malfunctions in Brain's Pleasure Center

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Clinically depressed individuals are less capable of finding pleasure in activities they previously enjoyed, a recent study has proven. Research featured in the August 26 issue of the NeuroReport shows reduced brain function ...


Study: depression can lead to inflated reports of physical symptoms

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows people who feel depressed tend to recall having more physical symptoms than they actually experienced. The study indicates that depression -- not neuroticism -- is the cause of such over-reporting.


Connection between depression and osteoporosis detailed

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research carried out among thousands of people has shown a clear connection between depression and a loss of bone mass, leading to osteoporosis and fractures.


Grinch likely depressed, suffers from lack of love, joy, expert says (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Being irritable, grumpy and seeking social isolation are also hallmarks of depression, and could explain the Grinch's disdain for the Who -- the tall and the small -- his mistreatment of his dog Max and, ...


Background TV found to have negative effect on parent-child interactions

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More than a third of American infants and toddlers live in homes where the television is on most or all the time, even if no one's watching. A new study looks for the first time at the effect of background TV on interactions ...


Depression Patients More Apt to Receive Opioids for Chronic Pain

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression, according ...


Ketamine reduces suicidality in depressed patients

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Drug treatment options for depression can take weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge, which is clearly inadequate for those at immediate risk of suicide. However, intravenous (IV) ketamine, a drug previously used as ...



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