Depression links - 1/22/08

• Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Abstract | 1477-7525-6-4 | Emotional and rational disease acceptance in patients with depression and alcohol addiction ( Tuesday, Jan 22 at 09:07 AM )

  "Disease acceptance should not be regarded as a coping style with an attitude of fatalistic resignation, but as a complex and active process of dealing with a chronic disease. One may assume that an emotional acceptance of disease will result in a therape

• Today Is the Most Depressing Day of the Year, Google Says No ( Monday, Jan 21 at 07:42 PM )

  The original article claims that January 21 is the most depressing day of the year. This story - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6847012/ - says that it's January 24.

• » Pet Depression FAQ’s » Blog Archive » MicroNutra Articles ( Monday, Jan 21 at 06:32 PM )

  If your pet has symptoms of depression, try the natural product Anivive to stabilize their mood.

• Brainsway Home ( Monday, Jan 21 at 06:30 PM )

  " Brainsway Inc. is dedicated to the development and marketing of Deep TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimluation) systems, a novel, non-invasive medical device for treatment of a wide range of neurological and psychopathological disorders. In principle

• People not always needed to alleviate loneliness « Biosingularity ( Sunday, Jan 20 at 03:02 AM )

  "... anthropomorphizing pets or God may actually confer many of the same psychological and physical benefits that come from connections with other people."

• Vicarious Therapy: Early Medical Intervention For Major Depression ( Saturday, Jan 19 at 10:17 PM )

  I often wonder, had I received help at 18 or 19, instead of 36, would I be better today? Would I be struggling so hard to find something to help me?

• 3quarksdaily ( Saturday, Jan 19 at 06:05 PM )

  Why is the experience of antidepressants so variable? Medical anthropologists have known for a long time that medicines are not just taken by bodies; they are incorporated into cultures, that is to say into preexisting cosmologies that permit certain rep

• MHA Response To New England Journal Of Medicine Study, "Selective Publication Of Antidepressant Trials And Its Influence On Apparent Efficacy" ( Saturday, Jan 19 at 12:53 AM )

  "Historically, papers that get published have been those with positive results. This study highlights what is known as the "waste basket" problem in which studies with positive outcomes are more likely to be published than those with neutral or negative o

• Depression Is Not A Chemical Imbalance & Antidepressants Are Not Effective : Elaine Vigneault ( Friday, Jan 18 at 05:33 AM )

• Dr Shock MD PhD: ECT and Election Time ( Friday, Jan 18 at 05:26 AM )

  Senator Thomas Francis Eagleton of Missouri was the running mate for George McGovern, the Democratic candidate for the election for the Presidency of the United States in 1972. He had to step back because of his disclosure having had ECT in the mid 60's.

• Selegiline patch doesn't alter sexual function ( Friday, Jan 18 at 04:54 AM )

• Student and his family open up on toll of depression, risk of suicide - The Boston Globe ( Thursday, Jan 17 at 07:19 PM )

  "It's extremely difficult for parents to acknowledge it, because there's a lot of pain with acknowledging it, and also it's a hard thing to identify..."

• CeNeRx BioPharma Announces Successful Completion Of Phase L Clinical Program For Novel Antidepressant Agent Tyrima(TM) ( Thursday, Jan 17 at 07:17 PM )

  the unique selectivity and reversibility of CeNeRx's Tyrima should enable patients to benefit from the efficacy advantages of the class while avoiding the food- associated cardiovascular side effects of older MAOIs.

• Depression is over-diagnosed, psychiatrist claims | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited ( Thursday, Jan 17 at 06:47 PM )

  More importantly, it appears that antidepressants are over-prescribed, given for what we could better characterize as fairly normal unhappiness.

• Shrink Rap: This is Why You Need A Psychiatrist ( Thursday, Jan 17 at 06:21 PM )

  More about the recent news reports showing that negative reports on the efficacy of antidepressants are often not published.

• Women and Men Doctors Have Divergent Views on Women and Depression | Medical Health Articles ( Thursday, Jan 17 at 04:27 AM )

  “The beliefs of female and male doctors about women and depression are pretty consistent,” said Jo Parrish, vice president of communications for the Society, “but our survey does reveal a few areas where female doctors may be more in tune with the c

• Depression: It's Spiritually Incorrect ( Wednesday, Jan 16 at 09:36 PM )

  Somehow Christians and God-fearers of all religions are programmed to believe they are "above" mental illness and depression. Faith conquers all.

• Method for Treating Apathy Syndrome ( Wednesday, Jan 16 at 09:31 PM )

  Did you know that there was such a thing as an apathy syndrome? We learn, however, that apathy is not depression. See http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/314

• Is Complete Remission Realistic? - World of Psychology ( Wednesday, Jan 16 at 09:26 PM )

  The reality today is that few treatment plans filled out by clinicians with their clients say, “Goal: Complete remission of depression.” Instead, they are far more likely to say, “Goal: Reduce daily depressive feelings by 10% as measured by self-rep

• How to Naturally and Surely Cure Depression and Neurosis - Associated Content ( Wednesday, Jan 16 at 09:05 PM )

  Curing depression with Jung and the interpretation of dreams

• On Depression and Coping « Tarakuanyin ( Wednesday, Jan 16 at 09:03 PM )

  One family's story about depression and other diseases and how each member of the family finds a pathway through.

• Nature and nurture are both to blame for depression, study says ( Wednesday, Jan 16 at 03:27 AM )

• Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression - Out of the Black Hole ( Tuesday, Jan 15 at 08:44 PM )

  this is the first book to be published about winning the battle with a medical implant procedure called VNS Therapy.

• Treating Depression in Older Adults: Challenges to Implementing the Recommendations of an Expert Panel ( Tuesday, Jan 15 at 05:58 PM )

  via Hospice and Caregiving Blog

• Re-occuring depression . . . an attack of tachyphylaxis « The Sidewalk Psychiatrist ( Tuesday, Jan 15 at 05:57 PM )

  Tachyphylaxis is the fancy term used to describe the waning of benefit that some people experience from antidepressants or other medication.