Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, Nov. 21, 2006, issue
...mproved quality of life and had significantly less depression than those in the control group. NOTE: This article is the subject of a video news release. Call for coordinates. 2. COORDINATED SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS IMPROVED DEMENTIA CARE Researchers assigned 408 pairs of people with dementia and their ca...Novel program enhances dementia caregivers' quality of life
...stigators also measured the prevalence of clinical depression among the caregivers and collected data on whether...d that following the program, the rate of clinical depression was significantly lower among caregivers in the intervention group than those in the control group (...Combination of personality traits increases risk for heart disease
...th their feelings of hostility, anger, anxiety and depression as well as reduce their physical risk factors for heart disease. "We want to help people at earlier points in their life by teaching them ways to cope with problems and how to make wiser choices that promote health," Suarez said. "By helping them b...Counseling Alzheimer's caregivers postpones the nursing home
... more support from family and friends, alleviating depression among caregivers and helping them understand and tolerate the memory and behavioral problems that accompany Alzheimer's. "Spouse caregivers are often very isolated," says Dr. Mittelman. "Managing the care of a relative with dementia is very l...Depression, not antidepressants, increases mortality risks in heart failure
...art failure, the researchers found that it was the depression itself, not the patients' use of antidepressant me...ased mortality seen in heart failure patients with depression is due to the depression itself or the medications prescribed to treat it, the researchers said. T...ESSP launches project on the effects of global environmental change on human health
...ace a higher risk of skin cancer and immune system depression due to depletion of stratospheric ozone. "Global environmental changes constitute a major new category of health hazard, arising predominantly from human-induced systemic changes to the natural systems and processes that underpin health and life,"...Stress, childhood trauma linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in adults
... to neurotransmission that have been implicated in depression and emotional instability." "These findings suggest plausible mechanisms for chronic fatiguing illness," they conclude....Mental health problems threaten the knowledge economy
...ealth problems like work related stress, burn out, depression and other ailments. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) about 4 % of gross national product (GNP) in countries such as the Netherlands is lost due to the direct and indirect costs of mental health problems. This may help to explain why...Regular follow-up important during antidepressant treatment
...ing a suicide attempt and concerns about untreated depression tell their patients this: "The Food and Drug Administration requires a warning that antidepressant medications can sometimes cause or increase thoughts of suicide. Studies in children and adolescents have shown that antidepressants can increase sui...Women with mental disorders less likely to have mammograms
... the general population. However, women with mild depression do not differ markedly. But, as depression severity increases, so does the likelihood that women will not receive needed screening," said seni...Depression symptoms less likely in kids with accurate self-perceptions
...acceptance were more likely to develop symptoms of depression over time. The study, "Bias and Accuracy of Childr...Instead, they found that those who had symptoms of depression at the start of the study over time became less accurate and more negatively biased about how well t...Doctor urges health-care workers to be alert to suicide risk amongst cancer patients
... and, overall, it seems plausible to conclude that depression played a likely role in many of the suicides." Dr Kendal concluded: "We must get the message out to physicians, nurses and social workers that they should be aware of the potential for suicide in their cancer patients and that maybe, by giving peo...Brain changes in patients with migraine
...a corresponded to the source of cortical spreading depression previously identified in a person who had migraine with aura. As well as showing that there are some structural differences in the brains of people with migraine, the position of the changes could help to explain why some people with migraine have pr...Internet of long-term benefit for depression
... found that brief Internet-based interventions for depression are not only immediately effective, but have a sig...n some cases, be as effective for the treatment of depression as treatments involving direct human contact. CMHR is a leader in the development and provision o...New treatment for post-concussion syndrome pioneered at UB
...epressants do little more than relieve some of the depression symptoms. We were interested in a treatment that didn't just treat the symptoms, but actually improved the patient's brain function." The researchers call their new treatment "regulated exercise." The approach consists of determining the ideal exe...Exercise helps breast cancer patients avoid anemia
...sarcoma. Radiation also causes fatigue, anemia and depression soon after therapy is initiated. These symptoms are often associated with laboratory findings of reduced circulating red blood cells and hemoglobin, the means of oxygen transport in the body. Studies have shown that physical rehabilitation followin...Appetite changes, depression signal impulse control disorders in Parkinson disease
...hese results highlight the potential usefulness of depression and appetite changes as 'sentinel symptoms' associated with an impulse control disorder," according to lead study author Laura Marsh, MD, with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and a member of the American Academy of...New gene linked to bipolar disorder
A new gene linked to both depression and bipolar disorder has been identified by UCL (U...scovery will eventually lead to new treatments for depression and bipolar disorder, including possible preventive strategies, for example with drugs or even throu...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for October 3, 2006, issue
...Improve Depression A study of 375 patients with depression found that those whose doctors used a depression decision support program did not get better (Article, p. 477). They did report more satisfaction wit...Short episodes of manic symptoms may indicate bipolar disorder in some youth
...essive illness, is characterized by swings between depression and mania and periods with mixed symptoms. As defined in adults by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV), bipolar disorder consists of two primary subtypes. Bipolar I (BP-I) is characterized by episodes of full-blown m...