Depression News

Shelley Letendre, of Austin, is launching "Desperate Tears" after her own struggle with depression and the eventual suicide of one of her close friends.

Gazing into your lover's eyes isn't only romantic; it also releases a brain chemical called oxytocin that strengthens social bonds in a variety of species.

New Delhi, Feb 13 : This Valentine's Day will be special for Manuel Uribe, the world's heaviest man - he will tie the knot with longtime girlfriend Claudia on the special occasion and it will be shown on television.

The combination of smart phones and social media means that each one of us are data-generating dynamos.

Newswise - PHILADELPHIA, PA - A work-focused, telephone counseling program for depressed employees not only improves depression but also leads to increased productivity and decreased costs, reports a study in the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , official publication of the American College of Occupational and ... (more)

Researchers at Northwestern University are developing the Mobilyze! device as a way of giving more immediate assistance to those suffering from depression and other mood disorders.

New Democratic Party Leader Dominic Cardy is urging the Department of Social Development to reconsider a policy that could force seniors to give up their pets or move out of their subsidized housing units.

Many depression patients have failed with antidepressant medications. YNN's Kafi Drexel tells us about a new technology called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, or TMS therapy which aims to control the patient's mood.

MADISON -- A decade ago, Thomas Murphy was a college dropout who used alcohol and drugs to deal with undiagnosed depression.

I usually reserve this column for less serious topics, but as my interview subject will tell you, some things just need to be talked about a lot more frequently.

The Question: My husband is having panic attacks, trouble sleeping and has felt "dull," "empty" and "disconnected" from me and his friends for months.

There's a cartoon picturing a chicken and an egg in bed together. The chicken is smoking a cigarette with a very satisfied expression on his face, and the egg is restless and disgruntled.

McALLEN The Rio Grande Valley is "the forgotten land," according to the executive director of the National Alliance of Mental Illness in Texas.

Whitney Houston's cause of death is believed to be by an overdose of Xanax, TMZ reports.

Nice article in Common Health about yoga in the medical profession. From " Downward-Facing Docs: Med Students Study Yoga To Help Patients, Selves ": As everyone knows, medical students are a singularly stressed-out lot.

For the past five months, journalism students and faculty have examined the state of mental health treatment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.

Depression is a significant concern, especially due to the fact the ailment can often provide suicidal ideas and behaviors as component of its facet outcomes.

She hypothesized that people with pervasive depressive personality traits were more difficult to treat then those who suffered from depression.

Teenagers feigning depression in order to be prescribed antidepressants, in the false belief the drugs will cause weight loss, improve sexual performance and speed up alcohol intoxication.

Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that follows a seasonal pattern, starting in the fall and continuing through the winter, sapping energy and making a person feel moody.