PARIS, May 13 Actually you can connect to a therapist from wherever you like. A novel study to be published in the June edition of the journal Behavior Therapy claims clinical depression can be treated nearly as effectively by phone as face-to-face. Offering a phone or webcam option for psychotherapy does appear warranted from an efficacy ………click here to continue reading
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The College of Direct Support (CDS), an internet-based college for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) and managed in partnership by Elsevier I MC Strategies and the University of Minnesota’s Research and Training Center, has introduced its newest Disability Intensive Course (DIC) into the CDS Curriculum - “Depression.” The course on ………click here to continue reading
Actress Brooke Shields and former New Jersey First Lady Mary Jo Codey joined U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez in Ridgewood Monday to announce the passage of federal legislation to help women suffering from postpartum depression…….click here to continue reading
Scientists have found an important clue in the quest to understand why people who suffer from depression in later life are harder to treat and keep well in the long term. According to a new study, older adults with depression don’t respond normally to emotional stimuli, such as when they see happy, sad or neutral faces…….click here to continue reading
Football standout Jake Weiss missed a chunk of his senior season at Roosevelt High School because of a head injury suffered in a game. It was frustrating, sure, but hardly embarrassing. Yet that’s how he described the prospect of making known the depression with which he’d been dealing. So he kept it a secret for three years. He needed to get a handle on the disease before he could tackle the ………click here to continue reading
LOS ANGELES, May 8 (UPI) — Singer Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, says she sees a therapist and talks more with her parents after suffering depression…….click here to continue reading
FRIDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) — Persistent depression after a heart attack is associated with changes in the brain, a new study has found…….click here to continue reading
Young children whose mothers have long-lasting postpartum depression do not seem to suffer any ill effects on their growth and weight gain, new research suggests…….click here to continue reading
Vast amounts of research on postpartum depression have focused on difficulties facing new mothers, and studies of adult depression have focused on individual struggles. Depression in mothers with children over the age of six months, however, is less discussed but exceedingly common. At least 12 percent of women in any given year–many of whom are mothers–and 20 percent of disadvantaged mothers ………click here to continue reading
Patients suffering from depression may find relief from treatments using electromagnetic stimulation, offering a possible alternative to mood-altering medications, a new study found…….click here to continue reading