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Boost your mood by going to the source: brain chemicals

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Brain chemistry can be affected by diet, exercise, stress management, sleep, probiotics and medication
By Bobbe Taber, For BE Healthy magazine
Good days. Bad days. We all have them. What if we could choose to have more good days?
Dr. Joyce Frye, of the Center for Integrative Medicine at The University of Maryland, says depression can be a [...]

Effective Treatments Available for Anxiety Disorder

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

When worries pile up, seem inescapable and interfere with day-to-day activities, it’s time to see a doctor. Overwhelming worry is a symptom of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The March issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers the symptoms of GAD and treatment options.
With generalized anxiety disorder, shedding worries is difficult, even when the worry is [...]

Depression often linked with pain

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Like the famous question, “Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?” both depression and pain can be the other’s cause or effect. While depression can generate and amplify pain due to an imbalance in neurotransmitters, extended pain, in turn, can cause a person to become depressed.
Over 75 percent of patients with depression complain [...]

SSRI Antidepressants May Lower Adult Suicide Risk

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

But their effect on depressed individuals under 25 remains unclear, researchers say
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may significantly reduce the risk of attempted or completed suicide in depressed adults, according to a review of eight large-scale observational studies.
SSRIs include such widely used antidepressants as Celexa, Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft.
The authors, from the World Health Organization [...]

Popular Antidepressants: How They Stack Up

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Researchers Rank 12 Common Antidepressants on Efficacy, Acceptability
To rate the 12 antidepressants studied, researchers used two separate measures. The first was efficacy — or how likely patients were to experience the desired effects of the drug. The second was acceptability — the likelihood that a patient would continue using a drug for the duration of [...]

Understanding Depression and antidepressant medications

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Understanding Depression and antidepressant medications
Source:  dddnews.com
Approximately 121 million people are affected by depression worldwide, which causes the illness to be the leading cause of disability, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
“In my experience as a practicing psychiatrist, I’ve seen that many people with depression don’t realize that they have the condition or that it’s [...]