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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.

Amphetamines affect men more than women (Guardian Unlimited)

Scientists find reason why men are more likely to take some illegal drugs and why women are more prone to depression.

The trip of a lifetime (BBC News)

Before 1960s' Flower Power, LSD was a medical wonder drug - a supposed treatment for mental illness. Then it became outlawed and discredited. But now a new generation is researching the medical benefits of psychedelic drugs.

Repeat Treatments For Depression Are More Successful

KSDK - Depression is a serious mental problem that costs billions of dollars in lost productivity, not to mention pain and suffering. As many as one in five Americans will suffer a major depression in their lifetime. There is effective treatment but it ...

The trip of a lifetime (BBC News)

Before 1960s' Flower Power, LSD was a medical wonder drug - a supposed treatment for mental illness. Then it became outlawed and discredited. But now a new generation is researching the medical benefits of psychedelic drugs.

Rapid Anti-Depressant Response Produced by Low Dose Treatment with Anti-Muscarinic Drugs (Pharmalicencing)

Available for licensing are new methods of rapidly treating depression.

Meth center to be ‘cutting edge’

Independent Record - BOULDER — The new, 40-bed women’s meth prison to be built in Boulder this coming year will offer cutting-edge treatment for chemical dependency in a corrections environment, said Michael Ruppert of Boyd Andrew Community Services, which is ...

The Register Star

Register-Star - GREENPORT — The statistics relating to suicide and its predictors are soberingApproximately 1 million teenagers suffer from depression in America. Only one-third of those teenagers are in treatment of some form. Nine percent of high school students ...

IMPAX Comments on Wyeth's Lawsuit Related to Generic Versions of ...

Genetic Engineering News - IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. (OTC: IPXL) today announced that Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), has filed a lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging patent infringement related to IMPAX's filing of an ...

Palo Alto Online

Palo Alto Online - School-leadership activist Barbara Spreng and advocate for the homeless Donald Barr, M.D., have been named 2006 recipients of the Tall Tree Award by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. The Children's Health Council has been cited as outstanding non ...

What Should You Do When Your Child Requires Mental Health Counseling?

KSDK - QUESTION: What are some reasons a child may need professional counseling? ANSWER: There are many reasons a child may be in need of professional counseling, including school related problems or behaviors that are difficult to manage, divorce, moving ...

Anything But Straight: The right's new legalism

Pride Source - Fundamentalist Christianity has always been a "legalistic" religion, but the term has taken on a whole new meaning as the far right has unleashed its legion of lawyers to bully, harass and intimidate opponents. As the Neo-puritans increasingly lose ...

Minister's forum: Cure for the blues? Throw a gratitude party

Tahoe Daily Tribune - Driving down Highway 50 last Wednesday morning, after dropping my grandson off at school, I became aware of a heaviness in my soul, accompanied by a stream of thoughts, all of which were either negative or worrisome. These were thoughts about the ...

Moving Pictures: Chasing Demons: The Life and Art of Daniel Johnston

Berkeley Daily Planet - All too often, films about the mentally ill descend into preciousness, romanticizing the drama and pain of madness. But The Devil and Daniel Johnston, a fascinating documentary opening today (Friday) at Shattuck Cinemas, does not fall into this trap ...

Suicide brought to front by health agency survey

Fremont News-Messenger - Even in the news business, suicide gets limited attention unless the person involved is prominent or the act happens in a public place. But the 2005 Sandusky County Community Health Assessment released this week shows that suicide is something a ...

HEALTH NEWS

Southern Voice - BEIJING — Former President Bill Clinton said March 25 that countries with high HIV infection rates should implement mandatory HIV/AIDS testing according to a report in China View. Clinton said this year the southern African country of Lesotho would ...

Child Abuse Prevention Month

Stripe - April is the Month of the Military Child and Child Abuse Prevention Month. Join the Walter Reed Army Medical Center as we honor and recognize the important role that children play in our hearts and lives. We live in a society that is constantly ...

YOU ARE HERE: (Aidsmap)

Gay men are extremely aware of the HIV risks associated with receptive unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) but still do not practice safer sex for a multitude of psychosocial reasons, according to qualitative data from the INSIGHT study presented to the Twelfth Annual Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) in Brighton on March 31 st . These require a diverse portfolio of interventions

These brain electrodes are no miracle cure for depression (Guardian Unlimited)

The Guardian gave enthusiastic coverage to news that Bristol University scientists were preparing to trial a new depression treatment, deep brain stimulation (When we turn the current on, the patients report the emptiness suddenly disappears, March 31). People with chronic depression would have electrodes pushed deep into the brain, and a small-scale trial suggested that the method might have

Sophie Corlett: Brain electrodes are no miracle cure for depression (Guardian Unlimited)

People with mental health problems need therapy, not invasive treatment, says Sophie Corlett.

Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain (New Scientist)

New nerve cells have been shown to form in rats given a cannabinoid chemical, and this cell growth might even lower depression

Cult favorite gets big-screen treatment in documentary Troubled artist ...

Inside Bay Area - 'THE DEVIL and Daniel Johnston" succeeds on many levels. It works as a story of human perseverance as well as a tragic tale of a troubled soul. It provides an intriguing sketch of an artist and manages to make the viewer care about the central ...

Medical Report

Southern Voice - BEIJING — Former President Bill Clinton said March 25 that countries with high HIV infection rates should implement mandatory HIV/AIDS testing according to a report in China View. Clinton said this year the southern African country of Lesotho would ...

Fear still haunts Tsunami survivors (New Scientist)

It is one year since the Indian Ocean tsunami killed over 300,000 people, but efforts to return to normal are hampered by a lack of psychological support

These brain electrodes are no miracle cure for depression (Guardian Unlimited)

The Guardian gave enthusiastic coverage to news that Bristol University scientists were preparing to trial a new depression treatment, deep brain stimulation (When we turn the current on, the patients report the emptiness suddenly disappears, March 31). People with chronic depression would have electrodes pushed deep into the brain, and a small-scale trial suggested that the method might have

Fear still haunts Tsunami survivors (New Scientist)

It is one year since the Indian Ocean tsunami killed over 300,000 people, but efforts to return to normal are hampered by a lack of psychological support

Sophie Corlett: Brain electrodes are no miracle cure for depression (Guardian Unlimited)

People with mental health problems need therapy, not invasive treatment, says Sophie Corlett.

New Drug Shows Significant Reduction In Time To Fall Asleep, With No Evidence Of Rebound Insomnia Or Withdrawl Effects (Medical

Results of a sub-analysis from a Phase III clinical study showed that ROZEREMTM (ramelteon) significantly reduced time to fall asleep in adults with chronic insomnia and showed no evidence of rebound insomnia or withdrawal effects. The results were presented today at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology... click link for more info.

Surgery can flick switch on depression

Canada.com - A University of Toronto research team has identified the sad centre of the brain and developed radical new surgery to lift deep depression at the flick of a switch. The treatment involves placing electrodes in the region of the brain known as Area 25 ...

The Register Star

Register-Star - GREENPORT — The statistics relating to suicide and its predictors are soberingApproximately 1 million teenagers suffer from depression in America. Only one-third of those teenagers are in treatment of some form. Nine percent of high school students ...

New Drug Shows Significant Reduction In Time To Fall Asleep, With No ...

Medical News Today - Results of a sub-analysis from a Phase III clinical study showed that ROZEREMTM (ramelteon) significantly reduced time to fall asleep in adults with chronic insomnia and showed no evidence of rebound insomnia or withdrawal effects. The results were ...

More funds for mentally ill

San Bernardino County Sun - San Bernardino County is taking wide strides to better meet the needs of people with untreated mental illnesses, starting with a more diverse outreach that will seek out Latinos, blacks and others in need. The hiring of a cultural competency officer ...

Children And Television / Video Games: Summaries (Medical News Today)

Studies featured in the April Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine theme issue on children and the media include the following:Violent Video Games May Contribute to Negative Health Attitudes and BehaviorsIn a small study of male undergraduates, those who played a violent video game had greater increases in diastolic blood pressure, greater negative affect (tendency toward anxiety,

New Drug Shows Significant Reduction In Time To Fall Asleep, With No Evidence Of Rebound Insomnia Or Withdrawl Effects (Medical

Results of a sub-analysis from a Phase III clinical study showed that ROZEREMTM (ramelteon) significantly reduced time to fall asleep in adults with chronic insomnia and showed no evidence of rebound insomnia or withdrawal effects. The results were presented today at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology... click link for more info.

The War Comes Home: Toughest battle begins Soldiers who lost limbs ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - WASHINGTON -- Army Sgt. Michael Buyas stared at the new guy in the physical therapy room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He looked bad, even for this place, where everyone was hacked up and missing legs, arms, hands, feet. Over the past year, a ...

Solving the mystery of fibromyalgia

Southern Illinoisan - You go to the doctor complaining of throbbing, burning muscle pain throughout your body, overwhelming fatigue, and anxiety that makes it extremely difficult to do even the everyday things like housecleaning, playing with the kids and exercising ...

Diagnosis And Quality Of Life For People With Parkinson Disease ...

Medical News Today - New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology aim to educate physicians on the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson disease and provide people with Parkinson disease an improved quality of life. The guidelines, released at the ...

Counseling Center offers assistance for suicide

Collegiate Times - The collegiate experience is bound together with the friends and associations made in a variety of venues. It’s a fact that students are busy — aside from the stress of classes, many students devote their time into school organizations, jobs and ...

Health Calendar

Winchester Star - The Winchester Area/Dr. Robert C. Green Chapter of the American Diabetes will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Millwood Station Fire and Rescue Building on Costello Drive. The Arthritis Support Education Forum will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at ...

Possible brain hormone may unlock mystery of hibernation

SpaceRef - The discovery of a possible hibernation hormone in the brain may unlock the mystery behind the dormant state, researchers reported in the April 7, 2006 issue of Cell. Hibernation allows animals from bears to rodents to survive unscathed--in a state ...

Diagnosis And Quality Of Life For People With Parkinson Disease Improved By New Guidelines (Medical News Today)

New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology aim to educate physicians on the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson disease and provide people with Parkinson disease an improved quality of life. The guidelines, released at the American Academy of Neurology 58th Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif... click link for more info.

No workers for new hospital ward (BBC News)

A hospital trust is so short of cash it may never be able to pay the staff needed to open its new multi-million pound ward.

Diagnosis And Quality Of Life For People With Parkinson Disease Improved By New Guidelines (Medical News Today)

New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology aim to educate physicians on the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson disease and provide people with Parkinson disease an improved quality of life. The guidelines, released at the American Academy of Neurology 58th Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif... click link for more info.

Diagnosis And Quality Of Life For People With Parkinson Disease Improved By New Guidelines (Medical News Today)

New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology aim to educate physicians on the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson disease and provide people with Parkinson disease an improved quality of life. The guidelines, released at the American Academy of Neurology 58th Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif... click link for more info.

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