http://www.medicinefordepression.com Everything about depression medicines Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:13:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In small theater spaces across the United States, people fighting psychiatric illness are learning that acting can be a powerful form of therapy, while the shows they put on help educate audiences through deeply personal accounts of mental health issues. "Theater arts can really give patients a very valuable additional opportunity ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/taking-to-the-stage-to-battle-mental-illness As if depression wasn't bad enough on its own, new research suggests older adults with depressive symptoms are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is a fatal brain disorder marked by memory loss and an inability to function in daily life. Researchers have long known that depression and Alzheimer's ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/depression-may-increase-chances-of-getting-alzheimers A combination of antidepressants, alcohol counseling and behavioral therapy may help curb violent tendencies in men with drinking problems, a small clinical trial suggests. U.S. government researchers found that adding the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) to alcohol treatment and behavioral therapy worked better than the latter two alone in reducing anger and ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/antidepressant-may-aid-domestic-abusers-who-drink New mothers who think they should be perfect parents might be at risk for postpartum depression, a new study suggests. The results show that a type of perfectionism in which individuals feel others expect them to be perfect, known as "socially prescribed perfectionism," is associated with postpartum depression for first-time mothers. The ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/perfectionists-at-risk-for-postpartum-depression Brain atrophy may be a major reason why the lifetime risk of depression in multiple sclerosis patients is as high as 50 percent, new research suggests. This atrophy, marked by a shrinkage of brain mass, occurs in the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in a number of functions, including ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/brain-changes-in-ms-may-spur-depression At his research clinic in Dallas, psychologist Jasper Smits is working on an unorthodox treatment for anxiety and mood disorders, including depression. It is not yet widely accepted, but his treatment is free and has no side effects. Compare that with antidepressant drugs, which cost Americans $10 billion each year ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/exercise-lifts-mood-but-does-it-work-against-depression Nurses who work in hospital wards that are usually filled to capacity may have a higher risk of depression than their counterparts in less-crowded hospitals, Finnish researchers suggest. Their new study found that hospital staffers who worked in the most crowded wards were twice as likely to take sick leave for ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/nurses-at-crowded-hospitals-more-likely-depressed Pregnancy is often fraught with complications, not least for women suffering from depression while carrying a child: new research suggests that women who take antidepressant medications during pregnancy may have an increased risk of miscarriage. Scientists at the University of Montreal reported Monday, May 31, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/link-between-antidepressants-and-miscarriage A widely prescribed type of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appear to boost the risk for developing cataracts among seniors, according to the first study to explore the subject. The increase in risk, reported in the June issue of the journal Ophthalmology, was calculated to be approximately 15 ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/certain-popular-antidepressants-linked-to-cataracts-in-seniors When you're depressed, do you need to meet a therapist in person? Maybe not, suggests a small new study, which finds that therapy by telephone is almost as effective as face-to-face. Researchers at Brigham Young University had 30 people who were newly diagnosed with depression talk to a therapist by phone ... http://www.medicinefordepression.com/for-depression-phone-therapy-may-be-an-answer