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Depression is a treatable illness, with many therapeutic options available. Increasingly, professionals are viewing major depression as a chronic illness (the condition nearly always returns when treatment is stopped). Therefore, medical intervention and help must be ongoing.
Patients with chronic depression have a number of options, including psychotherapy, antidepressants, or both. In general, the treatment choice depends on the degree and type of depression and other accompanying cond...
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Group Therapy Helps Prevent Depression in Teens
By Teri Robert , Health ExpertA study published in JAMA has shown that group cognitive behavioral therapy may help prevent... Read more »
What Young People Worry About
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertAdolescence is one of the most unsettling periods of development. Some young people appear highly... Read more »
Anxious Mom Begets Anxious Teen
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...home environment lead to an increase of anxiety and depression symptoms when these children hit... Read more »
Some Good News about Antidepressants
By Deborah Gray , Health ExpertI was immeasurably relieved to see a study last week in the American Journal of Psychiatry that... Read more »
Recognizing Depression in Teenagers
By Deborah Gray , Health ExpertTeenagers are mysterious creatures. Even though we've all been teenagers, somehow... Read more »
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According to a major surveys, more than 13% of Americans experience major depression disorder over the course of their lifetimes. Furthermore, an estimated 18 million Americans experience... Read more »Depression Issues: What are the causes of depression and the risk factors for depression?
...Altered neurotransmitter (serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine) levels are responsible for clinical depression symptoms in many people. Diets low in omega-3 and other fatty acids, folic acid,... Read more »Depression Basics
Everyone experiences some unhappiness, often as a result of a change, either in the form of a setback or a loss, or simply, as Freud said, "everyday misery." The painful feelings that... Read more »Depression: Suicide and Complications
of DepressionDepression is often chronic, with episodes of recurrence and improvement. Approximately one-third of patients with a single episode of major depression will have another... Read more »Bipolar Disorder Overview
Bipolar disorder, or manic-depressive illness, is characterized by moods that swing between two opposite poles:Periods of mania with exaggerated euphoria, irritability, or bothEpisodes of... Read more »Images
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Teen smoking may increase depression risk
August 07, 2009Teens who smoke may be putting themselves at risk for depression later in life, a new study has found. A team of researchers found that adolescent... Read summary »
Exercise Eases Depression and Heart Disease
January 21, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients suffering from both coronary heart disease and symptoms of depression can cut their risk of cardiovascular events by... Read summary »
Diabetes Treatment Ups Depression Risk
July 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) The treatment used to help people with type 2 diabetes may cause some patients to develop depression. Johns Hopkins researchers... Read summary »
Cancer and Depression
May 27, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? People who receive a diagnosis of cancer are often depressed about it. But is that depression just the result of getting the bad... Read summary »
Depression Increases Risk of Heart Failure
April 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Heart disease patients diagnosed with depression could be in double trouble. New research shows these patients are at an... Read summary »
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