Blogs Posts in DEPRESSION category; 329 blog posts

Depression-like symptoms found in smokers trying to quit

A new study shows another possibility for why people struggle to quit a habit that kills millions of people around the world each year and tens of thousands in Canada. The Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health released [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Childhood Depression, Anxiety Tied to Pain in Adulthood

Children who experience abuse or other adversities and develop mental health disorders are at increased risk for chronic physical problems when they're adults, according to a new study. Researchers examined data from people in 10 c [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Music therapy may help fight depression

Using music therapy alongside standard treatment is effective in helping people with depression, according to a study published online today in the British Journal of Psychiatry. Finnish researchers said that giving people music therapy h [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression-era work project leaves behind network of Prescot...

Times were tough in Prescott 75 years ago, but that did not dim the ambitions of a troop of transient workers stationed at the old Prescott Fairgrounds. Not only were the workers busy building many of the structures that still exist at [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Tropical Depression Don disappoints in parched Texas

The storm known as Don fizzled to a tropical depression, failing to quench the thirst of parched Texas counties. Don weakened from a tropical storm to a tropical depression Friday night and disappointed Texans, anticipating a respite from [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression Rates Higher in Wealthy Nations, According to New...

A new World Health Organization (WHO) study, published on July 25 in the journal of BMC medicine, suggests that depression is more common in affluent nations and argues that cases of major depression are on the rise throughout the world. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression Higher in Rich Countries, Study Suggests

People who live in wealthy countries are slightly more likely to be depressed than those in low- to middle-income countries, a new study of global depression rates suggests. In the study, close to 15 percent of people in high-income count [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Study Links Insomnia with Depression

Wakeup call for people who face difficulty in falling asleep as their insomnia can lead to depression. A recent study carried out by researchers from the Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing at the University of Western Austral [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Elderly Depression and How It Can Be Overcome

Although depression is not a normal outcome of aging, it is dangerous and one of the most significant barriers to aging well. Fewer than 5 percent of older adults have major depressive disorder in any given year , but as many as 20 percen [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression warning on Scotland’s economy

The influential analyst also made a case for the Coalition Government to consider a “Plan B”, involving a cut in taxes such as VAT and a capital spending programme, as it declared Scotland’s economic recovery was “ [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Incontinence May Increase Risk of Postpartum Depression

A new Canadian study discovers that women with urinary incontinence after giving birth are almost twice as likely to develop postpartum depression as those without incontinence. The surprise finding is an important contribution as post [...]

Posted On : Jun, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Deep depression weakens, veers slightly off track

After two days of having stormed into land, the deep depression has let up steam only by a notch and was located as a rain-spewing depression 25 km east-northeast of Ranchi on Sunday. This represented a northward-than-anticipated track, a [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression in Bay

The monsoon depression over the Northwest Bay and its adjoining area had moved to a north-northwest direction and was expected to cross Bangladesh-West Bengal coast near Raimangal river by yesterday night. Maritime ports of Chittaong, [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Weight-Loss Surgery Can Be Effective Despite Depression

Being depressed doesn't reduce the effectiveness of weight loss surgery, a new study finds. University of Michigan researchers analyzed data from more than 25,469 patients who had weight loss surgery and found that patients who were d [...]