DEPRESSION should be something that is talked about as easily as the flu, according to Minister for Mental Health, John Moloney, who yesterday revealed he too suffered from a bout of the illness…….click here to continue reading
A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues as youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era…….click here to continue reading
Despite the Christmas song that claims that this is the “hap-, happiest season of all,” for some, it’s anything but. Area mental health counselors said the stresses of the holidays might trigger depression in some and grief in others. Eileen Brito, LCSW,……click here to continue reading
Results of a large study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health showed that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) might be equally effective in both patients with unipolar depression and those with bipolar depression…….click here to continue reading
BOSTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) — Chronic depression requires more intensive treatment than a single episode of depression, a U.S. mental health newsletter says…….click here to continue reading
The government is to announce a major shift in mental health policy in England with a new emphasis on tackling depression…….click here to continue reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this past week that two types of Seroquel-brand (quetiapine fumarate) atypical antipsychotic medications have been approved for two different mental health treatments — for use as an add-on treatment for depression, and for pediatric schizophrenia and bipolar mania. The FDA approved once-daily Seroquel XR (quetiapine fumarate) Extended ……click here to continue reading