Check For Depression If Requesting Physician Assisted Suicide

The ability of 'Death with Dignity Act' in Oregon state is now questioned because those requesting physician assisted suicide may be depressed at the time of making the request. Therefore, those requesting physician assisted suicide should be checked for depression.

Millisecond Brain Signals Predict Response To Fast-Acting Antidepressant

Images of the brain's fastest signals reveal an electromagnetic marker that predicts a patient's response to a fast-acting antidepressant.

Counseling Equals Drug In Relieving Depression In Heart Failure Patients

Nurse-facilitated supportive care appears to be just as effective as the antidepressant sertraline (a generic form of Zoloft) in treating depression in patients with heart failure.

Depression Common In Sarcoidosis Patients

New Italian research adds to evidence that people with the immune condition called sarcoidosis often suffer from mental health problems, especially depression.

Examining Postpartum Depression Among Asian-Indian Women

Research has shown that one in 10 women in the U.S. experience postpartum depression, and South Asian women -- particularly newer immigrants -- may be at a higher risk for [postpartum depression, because of difficulties adjusting to a new culture, loneliness, isolation and the lack of a traditional Indian support system.

Depressed dialysis patients more likely to be hospitalized or die

Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.

Depression Common Among Youth In Rwanda

Depression is common among teenage and young adult orphans in Rwanda who head households and provide care for younger children.

Sex Differences Seen In Response To Common Antidepressant

Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug.

Family-Focused Therapy Effective In Treating Depression

Adolescents with bipolar disorder who received a nine-month course of family-focused therapy (FFT) recovered more quickly from depressive episodes and stayed free of depression for longer periods than a control group.

Brain Neurogenesis Linked To Depression, Stress

Chronic stress can affect the brain and lead into depression: Environmental stressors (e.g. job and family situation, neighborhood) and especially stressful life events such as trauma or abuse are amongst the most potent factors to induce depression. Since the development of novel approaches to antidepressant treatment is based upon an improved neurobiological understanding of this condition, new information about the cellular changes that take place in the brain is required.

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