major depression

Magnetic Relief For Depression?

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:00:00 -0600

Steve Newman had suffered from major depression from the time he was 13. He tried innumerable treatments: psychotherapy and medications. Approaching 60, single by necessity and friendless by choice, he decided his train had only two stops left before suicide.

NJIT professor finds engineering technique to identify disease-c...

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(New Jersey Institute of Technology) Scientists believe that complex diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression and cancer are not caused by one, but a multitude of dysfunctional genes.

St. John’s Wort for Major Depression?

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:02 -0500

A new data review shows that St. John’s wort can be as effective as prescription antidepressants for easing symptoms of major depression.

UNC project helps students with mental illnesses, support servic...

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Nationally, an estimated 15 percent of students experience some form of mental illness such as major depression while in college. Many often struggle with where to get support.

Study identifies changes to DNA in major depression and suicide

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(University of Western Ontario) Autopsies usually point to a cause of death but now a study of brain tissue collected during these procedures, may explain an underlying cause of major depression and suicide. Michael O. Poulter of Robarts Research Institute at The University of Western Ontario and Hymie Anisman of the Neuroscience Research Institute at Carleton University, found proteins that modify DNA directly are more highly expressed in the brains of people who commit suicide.

Kids And Health: Treatment for depression has improved

admin — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:58:00 -0500

It is estimated that at some point, 10 percent to 15 percent of children and adolescents have some symptoms of depression. The bad news is that major depression in children is very serious. The good news is that depression is treatable.

Combat Stress May Cost U.S. Up to $6 Billion

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500

About 300,000 U.S. military personnel who have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression, a mental toll that will cost the nation as much as $6.2 billion over two years, according to a Rand Corp. report released yesterday.