Depression

Dr. Irving Kirsch is associate director of the program in placebo studies at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School…….click here to continue reading

Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Lung cancer patients may experience heightened depression because of sense of social rejection, internalized shame and social isolation, a new study has revealed…….click here to continue reading

Studying the role of social stigma in depression for lung cancer patients, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found that depression can be heightened by a lung cancer patient's sense of social rejection, internalized shame and social isolation. These factors may contribute to depression at rates higher than experienced by patients with other kinds of cancer…….click here to continue reading

After using electroconvulsive therapy for more than 70 years to treat severe depression, doctors say they now have discovered how it works…….click here to continue reading

FRIDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) — People who live alone have a nearly 80 percent greater risk of depression than those who live with others, new research suggests…….click here to continue reading

NEW YORK, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:  R&D Trends: Depression – Clinical attrition driven by mature market ………click here to continue reading

NEW YORK, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:Depression Market………click here to continue reading

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has always seemed like a barbaric treatment. Even though anesthesia now makes the procedure itself painless for patients, it still involves literally shocking the delicate electrical systems of the brain to produce seizures and may cause painful muscle spasms and memory problems afterwards. Still, after seven decades of use, ECT remains the ……click here to continue reading

On Wednesday evening, March 28, the DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE (DBSA) will feature at its monthly meeting Kimberlee Karpack, LPC, LCADC, who works with children, adolescents and adults with issues ranging from mood disorders to personality disorders, psychiatric issues,………click here to continue reading

Scientists have discovered how electroconvulsive or electric shock therapy - a controversial but effective treatment - acts on the brains of severely depressed people and say the finding could help improve diagnosis and treatment of mental illness……click here to continue reading