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.

Researchers Believe They Have Found A Way To Change The Action Of 60 Percent Of Currently Available Medications (Medical News To

Researchers believe they have found a way to change the action of 60 percent of currently available medications, in some cases making them many times more effective, according to an article published in the April edition of the journal Science. The discovery has the potential to improve treatments for diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression and arthritis... click link for

Claire Rayner: Our favourite aunt (Independent)

A guest of Claire Rayner is never left wanting for tea and motherly compassion. The nation's favourite agony aunt has made a career out of solving other people's problems, and her listening skills are formidable.

Re: Federal officials pledge to get tough on companies employing ...

Daily Herald - Take it one more step. If it doesn't say "Made in the USA" Don't buy it. Do everything that you can to support our country and the people that make our country stay safe. Think about the families of 911 and think about our war vets and think about ...

Claire Rayner: Our favourite aunt (Independent)

A guest of Claire Rayner is never left wanting for tea and motherly compassion. The nation's favourite agony aunt has made a career out of solving other people's problems, and her listening skills are formidable.

Ngata doesn't duck responsibilities

Cleveland Plain Dealer - Oregon defensive tackle Haloti Ngata heads into next weekend's NFL draft with a heavy heart but more motivation to succeed than ever. He lost both of his parents while at Oregon and now has four siblings to support. His dad, Solomone, died in a truck ...

Are antidepressants bad for pregnant women?

MSNBC - The answer is to focus on the right issues. Just as no medical treatment is without risk or potential discomfort, doing nothing also carries risks and discomforts. Try not to overreact to scary news accounts; instead, look at your own situation ...

Aetna Will Not Cover Implant to Treat Severe Depression

New York Times - The health insurer Aetna said yesterday that it would not pay for a nerve-stimulating implant the government has approved as a last-ditch treatment for severe depression . While some analysts said the national noncoverage decision is a continuation ...

Tragedy could have storybook ending for Dan Hendricks

San Diego Union-Tribune - Taking a jump he had negotiated many times before, Hendricks lost control of his motorcycle and crashed. The impact crushed vertebrae in his back and did damage to the spinal cord that paralyzed him from the waist down. “I knew right away ...

Dr. Barton Goldsmith: True love and being in love is not the same

New Castle News - I have had many people sit on the therapy couch, look deeply at their partner, and say, “I love you, but I’m not in love with you.” As the eyes of their other half fill with tears, I explain to both of them that this is not a bad thing. The ...

Two women use their friendship to fight MS

Longmont FYI - LONGMONT — Two Longmont women linked by friendship and an incurable disease will help raise money to find a cure for more than 400,000 Americans in the 2006 Multiple Sclerosis Walk. This year, Steffi O’Malley and Anne Garcia McCullough will co ...

McGee might plead insanity

Las Cruces Sun-News - A Mayfield High School star athlete charged with attempting to kill her mother and sister is back in jail after receiving treatment. Attorneys are still arguing about whether she needs further treatment or should remain in jail. Carissa McGee, a 16 ...

Hypnotherapy Helps Relieve Chest Pain (Medical News Today)

Hypnotherapy seems to relieve severe chest pain that is not caused by a heart condition, known as non-cardiac chest pain, suggests a small study published ahead of print in Gut.Around a third of patients investigated for chest pain thought to be caused by coronary artery disease have no identifiable cause for their pain... click link for more info.

Tom Jennings: Writing Project is therapy for some veterans

Fort Pierce Tribune - If you're stuck in a VA hospital, and you're looking for a way to express yourself and feel better about yourself, submitting your poem or prose to Hospitalized Veterans Writing Project just might be the tonic you need to keep you truckin'. The ...

Hypnotherapy Helps Relieve Chest Pain

Medical News Today - Hypnotherapy seems to relieve severe chest pain that is not caused by a heart condition, known as non-cardiac chest pain, suggests a small study published ahead of print in Gut. Around a third of patients investigated for chest pain thought to be ...

Hypnotherapy Helps Relieve Chest Pain (Medical News Today)

Hypnotherapy seems to relieve severe chest pain that is not caused by a heart condition, known as non-cardiac chest pain, suggests a small study published ahead of print in Gut.Around a third of patients investigated for chest pain thought to be caused by coronary artery disease have no identifiable cause for their pain... click link for more info.

Judge rejects inmate's requests

San Antonio Express News - Ronnie Joe Neal, the convicted murderer who recently tried imposing his own death sentence by swallowing about 80 antidepressants, convinced his jailers on Friday that he should once again be allowed medication that will help curb his depression ...

Dr. Barton Goldsmith: True love and being in love is not the same

New Castle News - I have had many people sit on the therapy couch, look deeply at their partner, and say, “I love you, but I’m not in love with you.” As the eyes of their other half fill with tears, I explain to both of them that this is not a bad thing. The ...

Mental Health Charities Welcome New GP Incentives For Depression But Highlight Inadequate Emphasis On Long-Term (Medical News T

Two leading national mental health charities, Depression Alliance and SANE, have come together during National Depression Week to welcome the inclusion of depression indicators for the first time in the national Quality and Outcomes Framework ("QOF") of the GMS (General Medical Services) contract. However, whilst marking an important step forward that could improve treatment for many people with

Psychiatric hospital may locate in Cold Spring

St. Cloud Times - COLD SPRING — Cold Spring officials could approve Monday a state-run psychiatric hospital in their business park. The proposed 16-bed inpatient facility is one of a handful being built across the state. If approved, it will serve patients in the St ...

Mental Health Charities Welcome New GP Incentives For Depression But ...

Medical News Today - Two leading national mental health charities, Depression Alliance and SANE, have come together during National Depression Week to welcome the inclusion of depression indicators for the first time in the national Quality and Outcomes Framework (“QOF ...

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 ...

Mental Health Charities Welcome New GP Incentives For Depression But Highlight Inadequate Emphasis On Long-Term (Medical News T

Two leading national mental health charities, Depression Alliance and SANE, have come together during National Depression Week to welcome the inclusion of depression indicators for the first time in the national Quality and Outcomes Framework ("QOF") of the GMS (General Medical Services) contract. However, whilst marking an important step forward that could improve treatment for many people with

Aetna Will Not Cover Implant to Treat Severe Depression

New York Times - The health insurer Aetna said yesterday that it would not pay for a nerve-stimulating implant the government has approved as a last-ditch treatment for severe depression . While some analysts said the national noncoverage decision is a continuation ...

Meshing church, mental health

San Antonio Express News - Like most people with a mental illness, the woman can change drastically when not taking her anti-psychotic medications. When that happens, the Rev. Stanley Wilson, preacher at the small Baptist church she often attends, usually either knows or hears ...

All Experts Defining Psychological Disorders Have Financial Ties to ...

Canton Repository - Every psychiatric expert involved in writing the standard diagnostic criteria for disorders such as depression and schizophrenia has had financial ties to drug companies that sell medications for those illnesses, a new analysis has found. Of the 170 ...

Depression

Depression_News