Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Depression News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/depression/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171771.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171771.php Maternal depression can worsen asthma symptoms in their children, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Respiratory / Asthma Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171714.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171714.php Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Depression Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171586.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171586.php Patients who received telephone-delivered collaborative care for treatment of depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery reported greater improvement in measures of quality of life, physical functioning and mood than patients who received usual care, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA. The study is being released early online because of its presentation at an American Heart Association scientific conference. Heart Disease Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171560.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171560.php Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) neurologists Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, and Daniel Tarsy, MD, have been awarded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) to conduct investigations aimed at improving the quality of life for patients with Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's Disease Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171465.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171465.php People who experience a lot of negative emotions and do not express these experience more health problems, says Dutch researcher Aline Pelle. She discovered that heart failure patients with a negative outlook reported their complaints to a physician or nurse far less often. The personality of the partner can also exert a considerable influence on these patients. Aline Pelle investigated patients with a so-called type D personality. Psychology / Psychiatry Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171382.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171382.php A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking. Depression Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171311.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171311.php The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009. Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171301.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171301.php Depressive symptoms improved among women with coronary heart disease who participated in a motivationally-enhanced cardiac rehabilitation program exclusively for women, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. Depression often co-occurs with heart disease and is found more often in women with heart disease than in men. Heart Disease Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171267.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171267.php Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents, with almost 42% of high school seniors admitting to having experimented with it. Continued marijuana use may result in a number of serious consequences including depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease, and certain forms of cancer. As such, it is critical to prevent marijuana use by adolescents and numerous behavioral and medical scientists have been trying to establish the best means of prevention. Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171180.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171180.php Patients who received telephone-delivered collaborative care for treatment of depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery reported greater improvement in measures of quality of life, physical functioning and mood than patients who received usual care, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA. The study is being released early online because of its presentation at an American Heart Association scientific conference. Heart Disease Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171071.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171071.php The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found. These trials were the first ever to test a therapy that works at the level of the brain to enhance libido in women reporting low sexual desire, said John M. Thorp Jr., M.D. Sexual Health / STDs Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171053.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171053.php The results of the 2009 Pfizer Health Index announced at the Royal College of Physicians Ireland reveal that the recently unemployed are four times more likely to claim to have depression than the general population. There is also evidence that the recession is leading to anxiety over money, is bad for self-esteem and is leading to relationship tension. The greatest impact of the recession is apparent among those between the ages of 25 and 50, who are parents and who live in urban areas. Depression Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171033.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171033.php 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 to new research. The study, published in the November-December issue of the journal General Hospital Psychiatry, analyzed the medical records of tens of thousands of patients enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente and Group Health plans between 1997 and 2005. Depression Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170879.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170879.php Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knockout animals, concluding that the deleted gene may have an important role in mood regulation. Depression Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170919.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170919.php Queen's University researcher Steven Lehrer has won a prestigious international award in recognition of his contributions to health economics. A professor in Queen's School of Policy Studies and Department of Economics, Dr. Lehrer shares the RAND Corporation's Victor R. Fuchs Research Award with Jason Fletcher of Yale University. Mental Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170910.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170910.php Most adolescents who belong to an ethnic minority group wrestle not only with their self-esteem (like most teens), but also with identity issues unique to their ethnic group, such as dealing with social stigma. A new study tells us that young people's ethnic pride may affect their mental health. Psychology / Psychiatry Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170568.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170568.php Americans do not believe they know much about depression , but are highly aware of the risks of not receiving care, according to a survey released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). See full survey results at http://www.nami.org/depression. Depression Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170526.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170526.php Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. Post-stroke depression is associated with greater disability, reduced quality of life and an increased risk of death. The systematic review appears in the November-December issue of the journal Psychosomatics. Brittany Poynter, M.D. Depression Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170433.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170433.php 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. This was revealed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, Prof. Raz Yirmiya, head of the Brain and Behavior Laboratory, and Prof. Itai Bab, head of the Bone Laboratory. They further revealed that the relationship between depression and bone loss is particularly strong among young women. Depression Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170249.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170249.php Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry. Psychology / Psychiatry Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170013.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170013.php Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment. TMS therapy is the first FDA-approved, non-invasive antidepressant device-based treatment clinically proven for treatment of depression. Psychiatrists at Rush University Medical Center were among the first to test the technique and Dr. Depression Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169661.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169661.php Thanks to a new method there is a reason for hope for patients with very severe depression. Physicians at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne have treated ten patients with deep brain stimulation. This involved implanting electrodes in the patients' nucleus accumbens. This centre has a key role as the brains reward system, whose function may be impaired in depressive people. Subsequent to this treatment, the patients' depression improved significantly in half of the patients. Depression Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169515.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169515.php A study of an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme has found it had significant clinical results for depression and anxiety sufferers. The results are published today, 2nd November 2009, in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. Psychology / Psychiatry Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169489.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169489.php A new study led by researchers in the UK found that an overall healthy "whole food" diet comprising a high proportion of fruits, vegetables and fish, protected middle aged people against depression compared to a processed food diet containing a high proportion of high fat dairy food, processed meat, fried food, refined grains and sugar-laden desserts. Depression Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169436.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169436.php Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking, based on mouse studies published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "The impetus for this research was our interest in how stress alters the brain's cell receptors and protein signals in ways that lead to mood changes, depression, anxiety, and drug seeking," said Dr. Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs