Parents' depression can weigh on children
...SVILLE, Fla. --- A parents struggle with stress or depression can lower a childs quality of life -- and it could...y. Parent distress, peer bullying and childhood depression can propel a cycle that makes it more difficult for children to adopt healthier lifestyles, UF resea...Why women get more migraines than men
...h regard to a phenomenon called cortical spreading depression (CSD), which is thought to be a chief culprit in causing migraines. In a separate study, to be published in the September issue of the Journal of Headache and Pain, the researchers report preliminary success in preventing migraines using memantine, a...AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
...hand, increases the incidence of academic failure, depression and behavioral problems, says Dr. Kohler, adding that studies have shown that inadequate and disruptive sleep can lead to problems with behavior and mood along with difficulty with cognition. Ralph Downey III, PhD, chief of sleep medicine at the Sl...Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
...f students with significant symptoms of anxiety or depression do not seek help. This is despite the fact that ...ercent of students with positive screens for major depression did acknowledge they needed help for their mental health. Overall, about 10 percent of students surv...Rochester spreads knowledge of cancer-related fatigue
...ts report more stress from fatigue than from pain, depression or nausea. Unfortunately, no one has turned up a quick fix. "Exercise is looking very promising and one psychostimulant drug, modafinil, is being studied as a potential new treatment," Roscoe said. "But nothing yet has clearly demonstrated the abi...Conference to investigate basis of parental behavior
...al nervous system in conditions such as postpartum depression and female anxiety at the Parental Brain Conferenc...n topics ranging from maternal stress, anxiety and depression to bi-parental care. Conference supporters include National Institutes of Health, Cummings School De...Low libido in menopause linked to trouble sleeping
...nopause are more likely to report disturbed sleep, depression symptoms, and night sweats, according to Group Hea...utioned against inferring cause and effect between depression and low libido. They are each so complex that the interactions can be difficult to tease apart. D...Genetic variations may predispose some men to suicidal thoughts during treatment for depression
...etic variations may help explain why some men with depression develop suicidal thoughts and behaviors after they...A/Archives journals. Although most patients with depression respond favorably to antidepressant medications, a very small subgroup may experience worse symptoms...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
Drug-induced respiratory depression is a life-threatening condition caused by analgesi...rdose of some classes of abused drugs, respiratory depression also arises during normal, physician-supervised procedures such as surgical anesthesia, post-operati...Adding medication improves recovery for elderly with depression, says Pitt School of Medicine study
...on. Up to 84 percent of the elderly who experience depression either fail to respond to first-course treatment o...hat augmentation should be tried when older adults depression is not improving, said Dr. Dew. ...New mothers often not asked about depression, UNC survey finds
...orth Carolina do not probe for signs of postpartum depression in new mothers, according to a survey conducted by...s very important that physicians work some type of depression screening into postpartum visits, said Betsy Sleath, lead author of the study and a professor in UNC...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...le of Contents--Volume 44, Number 2 Effects of depression and pain severity on satisfaction in medical outpa...thcare quality. We performed this study to see how depression and pain severity affected patient satisfaction in medical outpatients. We analyzed data from the Me...Clinical review -- A psychological approach to the management of irritable bowel syndrome
... Patients with IBS are more likely to suffer from depression and have abnormal behaviour patterns including anxiety and somatisation (conversion of an emotional, mental, or psychosocial problem to a physical complaint). This has led to the idea that IBS has a psychological as well as a biological basis and a g...U of M teen sex and depression study finds most teens' mental health unaffected by nonmarital sex
...2th-graders over an 18-month period, measuring for depression and low self-esteem. Meier compared the mental hea...hat while the majority of teens did not experience depression as a result of first-time sex, some did -- those being the youngest teens (girls who had sex before ...Persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed than never smokers
...otect from depressive symptoms. It is known that depression is associated with cigarette smoking, but the natu...possible to test the causality between smoking and depression by using twin pairs discordant for depression, where the twin without depression served as a matched...Yoga and elevated brain GABA levels
...ce of yoga be explored as a possible treatment for depression and anxiety, disorders associated with low GABA levels. The World Health Organization reports that mental illness makes up to fifteen percent of disease in the world. Depression and anxiety disorders both contribute to this burden and are associa...Keeping pain and fatigue on the run
...hanges. Psychological effects such as anxiety and depression are also common. Physical symptoms exac-erbate anxiety as they are a constant reminder of the cancer and add to the worry about whether it will recur. Some of these symptoms are seen in cancer survivors as long as 20 years after the can-cer has gon...Improving communication with families of dying patients reduces stress, anxiety and depression
...reduce post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression after their loved one dies, according to a study t...to have symptoms of anxiety (44.6% vs. 67.3%), and depression (28.6% vs. 55.8%). The study included family members of 126 patients dying in 22 ICUs in France. ...High-quality child care for poor children found to offset the risk of later depression
...are from infancy to age 5 report fewer symptoms of depression than their peers who were not in this type of care...re program as young children had fewer symptoms of depression than those who had not taken part. The study also found that early child care moderated the effect o...