Depression
« Previous EntriesExperts Tout Benefits Of Exercise For People Taking Antidepressants.
Monday, April 26th, 2010USA Today (4/26) reports, “Most people seeking treatment for depression or anxiety face two choices: medication or psychotherapy. But there’s a third choice that is rarely prescribed, though it comes with few side effects, low costs and a list of added benefits, advocates say.” That third option is exercise. Psychologist Jasper Smits says, “It’s become […]
Few depressed Americans treated appropriately: study
Friday, January 8th, 2010Source: Reuters Health
Most Americans with major depression go untreated or under treated using a benchmark of American Psychiatric Association guidelines, according to a national study released this week.
Mexican Americans and African Americans are the least likely to receive treatment, especially treatment consistent with the guidelines, the study found. Those racial and ethnic disparities persisted regardless […]
Antidepressants’ effectiveness may vary according to severity of depression.
Thursday, January 7th, 2010The New York Times (1/6, A12, Carey) reports that “some widely prescribed” medications “for depression provide relief in extreme cases, but are no more effective than placebo pills for most patients,” according to a study published Jan. 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. After reviewing “data from previous trials on two types […]
Combination therapy with mirtazapine may be more effective than fluoxetine alone.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Medscape (12/23, Brauser) reported that, according to a study published online Dec. 15 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, “mirtazapine used in combination with fluoxetine, venlafaxine, or bupropion is more effective and as well tolerated in treating major depressive disorder (MDD) as fluoxetine alone.” After treating “a total of 105 patients meeting Diagnostic and Statistical […]
For depression, changing personality with a pill might work best
Monday, December 7th, 2009Source: Los Angeles Times Health Blog
A new study suggests that if you want to chase away depression and keep it at bay, you’d do well to change your personality to become more positive, outgoing and friendly.
But such change is generally neither easy nor fast — left to our own devices, most of us change very […]
