Depression Counselling and Therapy News

Bringing you the latest news and announcements about depression therapy and counselling. Including research and clinical trial details for medications, self-help, support groups and everything relevant to depression for mental health professionals. News is updated at least twice daily.

Scheduling fun a good way to fight depression

Redlands Daily Facts - Many patients who suffer from depression feel tired, uninspired and worthless. They may spend hours isolated in their bedrooms with the shades drawn. They frequently sleep or lie in bed ruminating on their failures and shortcomings. Sometimes they ...

Devastating emotional side-effects of cancer (Daily Telegraph)

The emotional strain of cancer on a patient's marriage or relationship is seriously overlooked, says a report by a leading cancer charity.

Cancer patients 'feel isolated' (BBC News)

People with cancer do not get the support they need to come to terms with their illness, a survey indicates.

Herbal therapy alert as doctors point to risk of drug failure (The Scotsman)

TWO of the most popular herbal remedies, St John's wort and echinacea, could limit the effectiveness of up to a quarter of all pharmaceutical drugs, researchers warned yesterday.

New Approaches to Relapsing Addictive Behavior

University at Buffalo Reporter - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two research teams at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions recently explored the scientific literature focusing on relapse to addictive behavior. The first team reviewed studies of relapse to driving under the ...

Herbal therapy alert as doctors point to risk of drug failure (The Scotsman)

TWO of the most popular herbal remedies, St John's wort and echinacea, could limit the effectiveness of up to a quarter of all pharmaceutical drugs, researchers warned yesterday.

Abstract (Kurdish Media)

The Anfal of the males would clearly have profound negative effects on the women left behind after 18 years passing. In total 144 female participants took part in the study. In the experimental group there were 84 illiterate participants and 60 in the control group.

New Guidelines Update Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

Medscape News - April 4, 2006 (San Diego) — The updated guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Parkinson's disease are more comprehensive than any previous documents, according to a panel of experts who presented highlights of the guidelines here at the ...

Millions of Elderly Could Be Quietly Sliding into Major Depression

Senior Journal - April 4, 2006 – Elderly patients with any form of depression less than major depression are more than five times as likely as healthy seniors to descend into major depression within a year, according to a study published today in the Annals of ...

Barbara McKee: I am not weak

Albuquerque Tribune - The stigma that depression is a personal weakness couldn't be further from the truth. Since I was hospitalized, I've had the hardest time of my life getting back into my groove. At first I chalked it up to simple recovery from a major medical event ...

Abstract (Kurdish Media)

The Anfal of the males would clearly have profound negative effects on the women left behind after 18 years passing. In total 144 female participants took part in the study. In the experimental group there were 84 illiterate participants and 60 in the control group.

Depression Linked to Approach of Menopause

NewsMax.com - Two separate studies show a woman's risk for a first bout with depression rises sharply as she approaches menopause. One of the studies measured hormone levels in 231 Philadelphia-area women over eight years and found that a woman's chances of ...

Depression hits some women at menopause

MSNBC - CHICAGO - Two separate studies show a woman’s risk for a first bout with depression rises sharply as she approaches menopause. One of the studies measured hormone levels in 231 Philadelphia-area women over eight years and found that a woman’s ...

Study finds lesser conditions a stepping stone to major depression

EurekAlert - Elderly patients with lesser versions of depression, a group many times larger than those with major depression, are more than five times as likely as healthy patients to descend into major depression within one year, according to a study published ...

Entire Iraq needs therapy! (Middle East Online)

Saddam used to beat us and then Bush sent his army to beat us and now my father beats me, says one patient.

Studies Show Links to Depression & Menopause

KYW News radio - Two separate studies show a woman's risk for a first bout with depression rises sharply as she approaches menopause. One of the studies measured hormone levels in 231 Philadelphia-area women over eight years and found that a woman's chances of ...

Studies show risk of depression climbs with approach of menopause

Jackson Clarion-Ledger - CHICAGO — Two separate studies show a woman's risk for a first bout with depression rises sharply as she approaches menopause. One of the studies measured hormone levels in 231 Philadelphia-area women over eight years and found that a woman's ...

Books : Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Science Daily - Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance ...

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Science Daily - Frictionless Motion Observed In Water -- Discovery Has Fundamental Implications For Chemistry (April 2, 2006) — A molecule spinning in a liquid can create a friction-free bubble for itself, researchers report in Science. The finding violates ...

Books : Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That ...

Science Daily - When you "OUTSMART" your cancer, only the cancer cells die - not your healthy cells! In writing "Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work", Tanya Harter Pierce interviewed scores of people who outsmarted their cancer and went ...

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Entire Iraq needs therapy! (Middle East Online)

Saddam used to beat us and then Bush sent his army to beat us and now my father beats me, says one patient.

Race & Class, April 2006 (Independent Race and Refugee News Network)

The April 2006 edition of the IRR journal Race & Class leads with an essay by Anis Shivani on a new literary 'Orientalism', continues with Graham Murray's analysis of last year's riots in the French banlieues and features articles on a new 'ethnographic' museum in Paris, the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 and the politics of the US Liberator magazine, 1929-1934.

Sepracor Announces Publication of LUNESTA(TM) Insomnia-Depression ...

Genetic Engineering News - Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) today announced that data from its Phase IIIB/IV, 545-patient study of LUNESTA(TM) brand eszopiclone in patients with insomnia and co-existing major depressive disorder (MDD) have been published. The article is in press ...

When 'baby blues' deepen

Newsday - Mary Greiner of Jackson Heights knew about postpartum depression, but she never expected it would happen to her. Yet, about one month after the birth of her twins eight months ago, she knew something wasn't right. "It was like flipping a switch ...

Maine News : Maine Governor Unveils State Health Plan

All American Patriots - “The State Health Plan is our roadmap for making Maine the healthiest state in the nation,” said the Governor. “It calls upon each of us -- individuals, families, communities, business, government, and health care providers and professionals ...

BABY BLUES MUM DIES ALONE IN THE WOODS (Daily Record)

TWO little boys spent more than a year waiting in vain for their mum to come home. Depressed Lillian Forrester, 35, disappeared in February 2005. But yesterday, her body was found in a park and the news of her death was broken to her family.

Treating depression may reduce heart attack risk

Macleans - Depressed people have an overactive "fight or flight" response that may increase their risk for heart disease, but the problem will respond to treatment with antidepressants, according to Australian researchers. The team says their work may help ...

Man, once homeless, wants money to help others

Waterbury Republican-American - Copyright © 2006 Republican-American WATERBURY -- Gary Morgan wants $1 million. Morgan, who says he once was homeless, will use the money to help other people in the Waterbury area cope with homelessness. But the people in Waterbury who work every ...

Sick and tired

Asbury Park Press - When it comes to illness, doctors and patients alike prefer a sure diagnosis, an active course of treatment and a clear-cut cure. Some disorders, though, such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, don't yield so easily to the wishes of ...

Readers weigh in on bed-wetting, anorexia

Denver Post - On bed-wetting: We consulted our family doctor, who explained that bed-wetting is not unusual for girls our daughter's age, 12. He prescribed Desmopressin, which is dispensed in a nasal spray. The spray reduces the flow of urine. A few sprays in each ...

Physical activity low among emphysema patients

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic obstructive lung disease, commonly emphysema, have low levels of physical activity during and after being hospitalized for an acute flare-up of their condition, researchers report. This in turn can lead ...

Shootist gets four-year prison term

Rapid City Journal - RAPID CITY - A man who pleaded guilty to firing a gun into a wall with two women on the other side will serve four years in prison despite testimony from the women saying they forgive him. Justin Schmidt, 21, was arrested Nov. 6, after firing 12 ...

New guidelines for Parkinson disease

Food Consumer - SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2006 (UPI) - The American Academy of Neurology is releasing new guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson disease at its annual meeting in San Diego this week. Often misdiagnosed, Parkinson is a progressive movement ...

Therapy Helping Children With ADD

KEYE Austin - (CBS 42) AUSTIN More than three million children and more than a million adults are on drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Some of the medications blamed for a small number of cardiovascular problems and possible psychiatric problems ...

Man Takes 40,000 Ecstasy Tablets (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Doctors believe a man who claims to have taken 40,000 Ecstasy pills during his lifetime is the biggest recorded user of the drug. The 37-year-old, known as Mr A, has trouble working out the time of day or knowing what is in his supermarket trolley.

Laughter: a cure for the mind, body, and soul

South End - Yes, a laughter clinic—a consulting practice designed specifically to make people laugh. These clinics use a technique called “humor therapy” to treat anything from chronic depression to a throbbing toothache. One specific form of a laughter ...

NO NONSENSE APPROACH TO WELL-BEING (Daily Record)

SCOTS personal trainer Marlene Macmillan appeared to have the perfect life - until it all fell apart. After suffering the failure of repeated attempts at IVF fertility treatment and the loss of her sister, Marlene broke her back in a horse riding accident.

TWO LITTLE BOYS WHOSE MUM NEVER CAME HOME (Daily Record)

TWO little boys spent more than a year waiting in vain for their mum to come home. Depressed Lillian Forrester, 35, disappeared in February 2005. But yesterday, her body was found in a park and the news of her death was broken to her family.

MS Awareness: But you look so good!

Charlotte Sun-Herald - ENGLEWOOD -- When organizer Jill Lovelace declared, "But you look so good," into the microphone at the Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Fair on Saturday, the crowd groaned. Almost every MS patient in the room at the Tringali Center in Englewood has heard ...

Drugs group to fund research network (Financial Times)

Wyeth, the US drugs group, yesterday signed a £50m deal with Scottish Enterprise and four leading academic institutions to create a pioneering medical research network.

NO NONSENSE APPROACH TO WELL-BEING (Daily Record)

SCOTS personal trainer Marlene Macmillan appeared to have the perfect life - until it all fell apart. After suffering the failure of repeated attempts at IVF fertility treatment and the loss of her sister, Marlene broke her back in a horse riding accident.

NO NONSENSE APPROACH TO WELL-BEING (Daily Record)

SCOTS personal trainer Marlene Macmillan appeared to have the perfect life - until it all fell apart. After suffering the failure of repeated attempts at IVF fertility treatment and the loss of her sister, Marlene broke her back in a horse riding accident.

Depression Linked to Approach of Menopause

San Francisco Gate - Two separate studies show a woman's risk for a first bout with depression rises sharply as she approaches menopause. One of the studies measured hormone levels in 231 Philadelphia-area women over eight years and found that a woman's chances of ...

Empty Stockings

Independent Record - This Empty Stockings feature is printed every year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving to present the Wish and Need lists of Helena area nonprofit organizations who assist families and individuals in various ways throughout the year. It is heartwarming ...

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