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
The Professional Footballers’ Association will send a booklet on handling depression to all ex-players following Gary Speed’s death…….click here to continue reading
 Researchers have compiled data from multiple studies and found that people with depression are more likely to have a stroke than those who are mentally healthy, and their strokes are also more likely to be fatal. The research, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), analyzed data consisting of 28 studies and including more than 315,000 patients. The ………click here to continue reading
( American Sociological Association ) Working moms have lower rates of depression than their stay-at-home counterparts, but buying into the supermom myth could put working mothers at greater risk for depression, suggests new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association…….click here to continue reading
We all have our ups and downs—a fight with a friend, a divorce, the loss of a parent. But most of us get over it. Only some go on to develop major depression. Now, a new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests part of the reason may be that people with depression get stuck on bad thoughts ………click here to continue reading
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Depression is linked to an increased risk of developing kidney failure in the future, according to a new study. With nearly 10 percent of the U.S population facing depression at some point in their lifetime, this association of diseases could have detrimental affects for many people. Lead investigator, Dr. Willem Kop from the Department of Medical Psychology and ………click here to continue reading
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Depression is linked to an increased risk of developing kidney failure in the future, according to a new study. With nearly 10 percent of the U.S population facing depression at some point in their lifetime, this association of diseases could have detrimental affects for many people. Lead investigator, Dr. Willem Kop from the Department of Medical Psychology and ………click here to continue reading
New depression treatment recommendations include the use of shock therapy and other alternatives like exercise. The American Psychiatric Association issued new guidelines on Friday that are the first update on depression treatment in over a decade. “The five-year process of intense review, discussion and thoughtful revision-making has led us to today’s release of new guidelines that we believe ………click here to continue reading
The American Psychiatric Association has released new guidelines on the treatment of depression, the first update in 10 years…….click here to continue reading
HAMBURG (Aug 30, 2010): Depression can heighten the risk of developing type 2 diabetes as the mental illness also increases the likelihood of obesity and failing to take enough exercise, a study carried out by the German Diabetes Association (DDG) has shown…….click here to continue reading