News tagged with severe depressive
GOES satellite eyeing late season lows for tropical development
Its late in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific hurricane seasons, but the calendar isn't stopping the tropics. The GOES-13 satellite is keeping forecasters informed about developing lows like System 90E in the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Biological links found between childhood abuse and adolescent depression
Queen's University professor Kate Harkness has found that a history of physical, sexual or emotional abuse in childhood substantially increases the risk of depression in adolescence by altering a person's neuroendocrine response ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Psychological impact of Japan disaster will be felt 'for some time to come'
The psychological impact of natural disasters such as the Japan earthquake can be revealed in the way people inherently respond to unpredictable situations, according to a psychology expert at Queen Mary, University of London.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Therapy for depression can be delivered effectively by non-specialists
Depression can be treated effectively with psychotherapy by mental health nurses with minimal training, according to new preliminary research findings.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Poor sleep quality is associated with greater disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients
A study in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that poor sleep quality correlated with higher levels of depressive symptoms, greater pain severity, increased fatigue, and greater functional disabi ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Brain pacemakers: A long-lasting solution in the fight against depression
Physicians from the University of Bonn, Germany, together with colleagues from the US, have suggested a new target structure for a very promising depression therapy, the so-called deep brain stimulation. They hope to achieve ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Scientists identify elusive neuronal targets of deep brain stimulation
Shooting steady pulses of electricity through slender electrodes into a brain area that controls complex behaviors has proven to be effective against several therapeutically stubborn neurological and neuropsychiatric ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 14, 2010 |
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More than half of depression patients give up their treatment
Most patients who take anti-depressants give up their treatment in less than six months, the minimum period recommended for treating severe depression and other derived pathologies. This is the conclusion ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Animal studies suggest new paths to treating depression
New animal research has identified factors, such as the stress response and immune system, that may play important roles in depression. Scientists have also found that the regulation of nerve cell signals influences depression ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Can telemedicine improve geriatric depression?
Studies have shown a high rate of depression among elderly homebound individuals, and few patients receive adequate treatment, if any. To address this issue, researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and other organizations have ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 03, 2010 |
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Partners of breast cancer patients are at risk of developing mood disorders
A new analysis finds that men whose partners have breast cancer are at increased risk of developing mood disorders that are so severe that they warrant hospitalization. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journa ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Advocacy intervention does not produce meaningful results in depression among abused Chinese women
Among Chinese women who are survivors of intimate partner violence, an advocacy intervention that included empowerment sessions and telephone support from social workers did not result in a clinically meaningful improvement ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Changing thoughts key to battling even severe depression
Moderate to severely depressed clients showed greater improvement in cognitive therapy when therapists emphasized changing how they think rather than how they behave, new research has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 12, 2010 |
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Pramipexole shows promise for treating depression in patients with Parkinson's disease
Pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, improves depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and has the potential to become an important antidepressant treatment for these patients. The Article published Online ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 09, 2010 |
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Excessive Internet use is linked to depression
People who spend a lot of time browsing the net are more likely to show depressive symptoms, according to the first large-scale study of its kind in the West by University of Leeds psychologists.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2010 |
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