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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Medication For Depression

Depression during pregnancy eased by talk, drug therapy: study

August 25, 2009
New guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Obstetricians say that women who suffer from depression during pregnancy can use both talk therapy and antidepressants to treat their depression. Experts say there are pros and cons to using depression medications during pregnancy, since they treat the mother's depression but have been linked to birth defects and low birth weight in babies. But the guidelines say for some women, antidepressants are a "safe and a... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Teen Depression on Health Central
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

  Depression is one of the most common co-existing conditions that accompany ADHD. Many of us know... Read more »

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Mental Health and MS: Depression Treatments
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

...either treatment alone - medication or therapy.   Medication for Depression   The most... Read more »

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Stress and Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...likely than the general population to experience depression because the painful limitations of... Read more »

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What? Me, Take Medicine?
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert

...medicines are not just for people with clinical (major) depression. In fact, millions of people... Read more »

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Men and Depression
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...Madness in 1995, I wrote an article about women and depression. At that time it was believed... Read more »

Health Guide

Depression and Teenagers: Some Basics
Teen years are difficult -- for both the teens and their families. Add depression to the situation, and it can be especially difficult to know where to turn, and what to do. Just as there are... Read more »
How Antidepressants are Used to Treat Anxiety
...are currently used to treat anxiety disorders. Antidepressants, although originally intended to treat depression, have been found to be effective in relieving symptoms of anxiety. Medication does... Read more »
Depression Issues: How is depression treated?
Depression treatment often incorporates anti-depressant medicine and psychotherapy. Psychotherapy alone, involving cognitive and behavioral awareness and change as well as interpersonal training,... Read more »
Depression
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. But true clinical... Read more »
Major depression with psychotic features
Psychotic depression; Delusional depression Symptoms The symptoms of psychotic depression are a combination of symptoms of depression and... Read more »

Medications

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...for quitting smoking. It may also be used to treat depression (antidepressant). While... Read more »

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...for quitting smoking. It may also be used to treat depression (antidepressant). While... Read more »

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...Doing so can destroy the long action of this drug and may increase side effects. Drink 8 ... Read more »

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...arms/legs tiredness mental/mood changes (e.g., depression, mood swings, agitation) ... Read more »

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...swelling of the ankles/feet mental/mood changes (e.g., depression, mood swings, agitation) ... Read more »

Related News

Multiple Births Up Depression Risk
April 17, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Having more than one baby at a time puts new moms at significantly higher risk for postpartum depression. That's the key finding... Read summary »

Study Links Depression to Alzheimer's Disease
June 24, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Research shows that the popular Alzheimer's drug Donepezil may delay the progression to Alzheimer's disease in depressed people... Read summary »

SSRIs: Clarifying the Suicide Risk
February 16, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Much has been written about the link between drugs used to treat depression and the risk of suicide. A study conducted by the... Read summary »

Breast Cancer Drug Beats Bipolar Disorder
November 09, 2007

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A drug more commonly associated with breast cancer treatment is holding out new promise for people suffering through the manic... Read summary »

FDA approves Seroquel for depressive episodes in bipolar disorder
October 02, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) for the treatment of depressive episodes associated with... Read summary »