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Depression significantly impairs health but is unrecognized and untreated

“Treatment for depression should at least be on a par with that for other chronic diseases.”  An article in this week’s edition of The Lancet based on World Health Organization (WHO) surveys concludes that depression produces the greatest decline in health compared with the chronic diseases angina, arthritis, asthma,... Read moreChevron
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Craig Stoltz

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Health Journalist

New Data: SSRIs Appear to Reduce, Not Raise, Teen Suicide Risk

Some truly awful news--that more children and teens killed themselves in 2005 than in the year before--casts new light on the emotional controversy over whether antidepressant medications known as SSRIs increase or decrease suicide risk.  Bottom line first A study in the American Journal of Psychiatry... Read moreChevron
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Expert_badge Teri Robert

The Mental Health Link Between Childhood Abuse, Depression, and Migraines

It's well established that women with Migraine disease have a might higher incidence of depression. Among Migraineurs, the prevalence of depression is 47%, much higher than in the general population. Now a study published in the September 4, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, childhood... Read moreChevron
Expert_badge Teri Robert

Depression is Not an Invisible Illness

  There have been times when depression has made me feel invisible, as if I were all alone in the world. Perhaps that's because depression is an invisible illness. When people look at us, we look fine to them. They don't see a wound or bruises. We don't need crutches or a wheel chair. So we must be healthy. Right?  In a... Read moreChevron
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Kimberly Tyler

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Public Health Advocate

Celebrities with Depression: Owen Wilson

While I am not surprised (but quite saddened) by the media hounding received by Owen Wilson, his family and associated executives in the industry, what does continue to surprise (and sadden) me is the continuing lack of awareness and reporting surrounding mental illness as well as suicide.   Considering that Mr. Wilson requested, "I... Read moreChevron

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