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Depression, Disability Can Follow ICU Care: Study

FRIDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) — Depression and new physical problems are common among patients released from the intensive care unit after treatment for a potentially deadly condition called acute lung injury, a new study finds…….click here to continue reading

Women’s post-natal depression linked to partners’ abuse: study

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Forty percent of women who suffer depression after childbirth are abused either physically or emotionally by their partners, researchers in Australia said on Wednesday, calling on health workers to be more alert to such cases. “That is a very important message to get out to health professionals,” said Hannah Woolhouse at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Victoria ………click here to continue reading

Medicaid Spending for Depression Rose in Past Decade

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) — While spending for Medicaid patients with depression has increased substantially, there have been only small improvements in care, a new study shows…….click here to continue reading

Depression Therapeutics Reviewed by NeuroPerspective

CARDIFF, CA– - NeuroPerspective has released its December issue, which reviews the field of therapeutics for depression. The treatment of depression, while a major success story for psychopharmacology, ………click here to continue reading

Risk for Dementia Rises When Diabetes, Depression Meet: Study

MONDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) — When people with type 2 diabetes also struggle with depression, their odds for a third worrisome condition — dementia — goes up markedly, a new study suggests…….click here to continue reading

The relationship between grief and depression

Psychiatrists are now reconsidering whether bereavement should exclude a diagnosis of major depression…….click here to continue reading

Obesity and depression are a two-way street

Being obese, Luppino told Reuters Health, not only increases the risk of depression, but is more likely to fuel the onset of clinical depression, rather than merely depressive symptoms…….click here to continue reading

Players’ union issues depression advice

England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) is set to increase the circulation of a booklet offering guidance on coping with depression to 50,000 former players following Gary Speed’s death…….click here to continue reading

Depression, Partner Conflict Raise Suicide Risk for Pregnant Women, New Moms

FRIDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) — Major depression and conflicts with intimate partners increase the risk of suicide among pregnant women and new mothers, a new study indicates…….click here to continue reading

Depression said to impact stress recovery

MONTREAL, Dec. 2 (UPI) — Depression may hamper recovery from physical activity, increasing the time for heart rates to slow and return to normal after a workout, a Canadian study says…….click here to continue reading