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Modern diet's fatty acid imbalance increases depression, stress and inflammation risk

Saturday, 31 March 2007 7:29 A GMT+01
A new study suggests that people whose diets contain dramatically more of one kind of polyunsaturated fatty acid than another may be at greater risk for both clinical depression and certain inflammatory diseases.

Healthy habits keep Depression at bay

Saturday, 31 March 2007 7:19 A GMT+01
Maintaining healthy habits such as exercising regularly and avoiding too much alcohol not only help you look good, but such habits might also stave off depression.

Virtual tool helps beat combat PTSD

Saturday, 31 March 2007 7:14 A GMT+01
The scenario may sound terrifying, but there is no need to fear. It's not reality - it's virtual reality. And it is part of a new therapy for combat related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD - being fine-tuned at Madigan Army Medical Center.

Abstract: Anxiety, Depression often missed in primary care setting

Saturday, 31 March 2007 7:04 A GMT+01
Objective: To assess 5-year mental disorder recognition rates and determine the natural history of mental disorders in primary care.

[USA] Spending on psychotropic drugs surges

Saturday, 31 March 2007 6:59 A GMT+01
Spending on prescription drugs to treat depression, anxiety, pain, schizophrenia and other conditions climbed from $7.9 billion in 1997 to $20 billion in 2004 - over a 150 percent increase,

Just a thought

Saturday, 31 March 2007 6:52 A GMT+01
"Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago." Author, poet, playwright Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49)      

VNS Therapy effective long-term for treatment resistant major depression

Friday, 30 March 2007 9:04 A GMT+01
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have announced the results of a two-year study, which tested the long-term antidepressant response to VNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulation) Therapyin patients with treatment-resistant depression

Too much memory may be a bad thing

Friday, 30 March 2007 8:15 A GMT+01
New research may explain why people who are able to easily and accurately recall historical dates or long-ago events, may have a harder time with word recall or remembering the day's current events. They may have too much memory -

Appearance-based rejection sensitivity bad for mental, physical health

Friday, 30 March 2007 8:04 A GMT+01
....the first known evidence that some people anxiously expect that they will be rejected by others because of their physical appearance, and that this sensitivity, if not mitigated, has serious implications for their mental and physical health.

[Australia] New mums to be screened for pre- and postnatal depression

Friday, 30 March 2007 7:56 A GMT+01
A new national action plan to help women who experience depression during and after pregnancy is being developed by beyondblue: the national depression initiative, in association with a group of perinatal mental health experts.

Just a thought

Friday, 30 March 2007 7:49 A GMT+01
Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. (He is also a fool.) Sci-Fi author Robert Anson Heinlein (1907-88)      

PTSD: Treatment efficacy and future directions

Thursday, 29 March 2007 7:49 A GMT+01
In this article, we provide a summary of research on the efficacy of treatments for PTSD and suggest directions for future work.

rTMS shows prolonged antidepressant effect

Thursday, 29 March 2007 7:45 A GMT+01
Depression can be relieved through daily left prefrontal cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), say researchers.

[England] NHS to provide computerised CBT programs for anxiety, depression

Thursday, 29 March 2007 7:42 A GMT+01
Computer-based therapy for milder, but more common mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety should be made available to any patients in England who could benefit from it from April, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said today.

Just a thought

Thursday, 29 March 2007 7:35 A GMT+01
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)      

Nurse care managers improve Depression outcomes, but who pays?

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 7:49 A GMT+01
Nurse care managers nearly double the likelihood of significant improvement among depressed patients, according to strong evidence in a new review of studies.

Abstract: Anxiety disorders and workplace-related anxieties

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 7:45 A GMT+01
Workplace-related anxieties are often connected with sick leave. There are no established instruments which allow to assess this phenomenologically heterogeneous group of disorders.

Anxiety rising on U.S. college campuses

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 7:43 A GMT+01
U.S. colleges and universities are experiencing a surge in the number of students seeking mental health services, a new report finds.

Abstract: Recovery from social phobia in the community and its predictors

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 7:41 A GMT+01
The present longitudinal study aimed to determine rate of natural recovery from DSM-IV social phobia in the community and to examine predictors of recovery.

Just a thought

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 7:38 A GMT+01
Logician/mathematician Kurt Gödel (1906-78) died of a paradox: he thought people were plotting to kill him by poisoning his food, so he refused to eat and consequently starved to death.

Discrimination increases depression risk among African American mothers

Tuesday, 27 March 2007 8:36 A GMT+01
Low-income African American mothers of young children reported high rates of probable depression-in some cases resulting from routine experiences of discrimination, a new University of Michigan study suggests.

Drunk drivers often need help for more than alcohol abuse

Tuesday, 27 March 2007 8:32 A GMT+01
Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is a significant public-health problem in the US. In 2005, according to the Department of Transportation, there were 16,885 alcohol-related fatalities

Just a thought

Tuesday, 27 March 2007 8:27 A GMT+01
Think of how much higher medical costs would be if doctors supplied new magazines in their waiting rooms.

Many mental health needs go unmet

Tuesday, 27 March 2007 7:59 A GMT+01
Psychiatrists' first large-scale assessment of the general population shows nearly 30 percent need mental health care and about one-third of them get it.

Abstract+: What treatments would psychiatrists prescribe for themselves?

Monday, 26 March 2007 9:29 A GMT+01
We undertook an independent national survey of psychiatrists' treatment preferences should they become mentally ill.

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