In patients diagnosed with clinical depression, belief in a concerned god can improve response to medical treatment, according to a new paper.
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February 23, 2010
Belief in a caring god improves response to medical treatment for depression, study finds
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December 11, 2009
Key Target Of Clinical Depression Missed By Most Antidepressants
A key brain protein called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) - is highly elevated during clinical depression yet is unaffected by treatment with commonly used antidepressants, according to an important study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. The study has important implications for our understanding of why antidepressants don't always work...
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November 25, 2009
What your Facebook page says about who you "really" are
Recently a woman had her sick leave benefits based on a diagnosis of clinical depression terminated because of a few pictures she posted on her Facebook page showing her smiling at a birthday party and enjoying a trip to the beach. Was this a fair assessment of her medical condition? Probably not--people with clinical depression can have moments of genuine joy or elation, and even sad people can
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October 24, 2009
Deep Brain Stimulation for Depressed Rats
Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) is probably the most exciting emerging treatment in psychiatry. DBS is the use of high-frequency electrical current to alter the function of specific areas of the brain. Originally developed for Parkinson's disease, over the past five years DBS has been used experimentally in severe clinical depression, OCD, Tourette's syndrome, alcoholism, and more.Reports of the eff
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July 1, 2009
Do Antidepressant Drugs Increase Risk of Obesity? (Psych Central)
Previous research has shown an association between people who have had clinical depression and obesity. But does having a major clinical depressive episode - or the drugs used to treat depression, called antidepressants - increase the risk of becoming obese? Researchers looked at data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), a longitudinal study over [...]
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