For long, brain development and maturation has been thought to be a one-way process, in which plasticity diminishes with age. The possibility that the adult brain can revert to a younger state and regain plasticity has not been considered, often. In a paper appearing on November 4 in the online open-access journal Molecular Brain, Dr. Tsuyoshi ...
Date Posted: November 6, 2013
Categories: Depression
GOLouise Sharpe, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sydney, is examining the role of late onset depression in Australian adults over 65 years, in a study part funded by beyondblue. Professor Sharpe said that depression was not a ...
Oct 21
Categories: Depression
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Mental health organisations across the world are raising awareness on Thursday, Oct. 10, for World Mental Health Day.
Below is a map of depression in the United States from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, based on a 2006 survey. One ...
Oct 11
Categories: Depression
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October is National Depression Screening Month. One in 10 Americans struggles with depression. A common misconception about depression is that it is something people can just "snap out of." Unfortunately, for those people who experience major ...
Oct 10
Categories: Depression
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On Sunday night the television news program 60 Minutes broadcast “Untreated mental illness an imminent danger?” Correspondent Steve Kroft introduces the report by stating: “The mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard two weeks ago that ...
Oct 3
Categories: Depression, Schizophrenia
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The reasons behind why it often takes people several weeks to feel the effect of newly prescribed antidepressants remains somewhat of a mystery – and likely, a frustration to both patients and physicians.
Sep 16
Categories: Depression
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Mental illness and substance abuse are the leading causes of non-fatal illness in the world, according to the latest part of major research into the global burden of disease.
And the issues are second only to musculoskeletal diseases as causes of ...
Aug 30
Categories: Addictions, Depression
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Effexor (Venlafaxine) is an antidepressant, belonging to the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) class of drugs, used for the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.
The drug, currently marketed by Pfizer, is the most ...
Jul 23
Categories: Depression
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We all know how easy it is to catch your roommate’s cold or flu, but what about his or her mood? New research claims that, in some situations, a depressed mood can be contagious.
The authors of the new study, which is published in the journal ...
Jul 8
Categories: Depression
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There have been previous media rumblings (and blog) about ketamine through the years, so I’m rather curious as to why the article came out now (maybe there’s another new paper out? I didn’t see any referenced and couldn’t find anything). To ...
May 28
Categories: Depression
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Publication of US psychiatry's updated diagnostic code has provoked renewed debate in recent weeks over the extent to which mental illness ought to be framed as a psychosocial or a biological problem. The answer of course is that it is both. A new ...
May 22
Categories: Depression
GOCan we reduce deaths caused by depression and schizophrenia with early detection?
May 20
Categories: Depression, Schizophrenia
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Depression has become a common medical issue worldwide. Conventional treatments, generally, have not been effective in preventing recurrence of this condition. SSRIs can take months to provide a beneficial effect. Adverse side effects of ...
May 14
Categories: Depression
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Every cell in our bodies runs on a 24-hour clock, tuned to the night-day, light-dark cycles that have ruled us since the dawn of humanity. The brain acts as timekeeper, keeping the cellular clock in sync with the outside world so that it can govern ...
May 14
Categories: Depression, Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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A recent article in NYTimes [1] declared that the rising rate of suicides among our baby boomer generation now made suicides, by raw numbers alone, a bigger killer than motor vehicle accidents! Researchers quoted within the article pointed to ...
May 14
Categories: Depression, Suicide Prevention
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The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study.
After analyzing data from nearly 5,000 American adults, the researchers found that ...
May 2
Categories: Depression, Relationships & Marriage
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