News related to Pristiq (Desvenlafaxine) and/or conditions it is approved for
Depression Predicts Early Retirement in Patients With RA
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines [2013.06.15]
Attention to patients' emotional well-being may help retain workplace productivity, a new study suggests.
Medscape Medical News
Depression Key Reason to Stop Work with RA (CME/CE)
Source: MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians [2013.06.14]
MADRID (MedPage Today) -- Depression was the strongest predictor of the decision by rheumatoid arthritis patients to apply for disability leave from work within a year of disease onset, a researcher said here.
Depression Tied to Infections, Autoimmune Disease (CME/CE)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology [2013.06.12]
(MedPage Today) -- Autoimmune disease and severe infections may increase risk of developing depression and other mood disorders, a population-based study suggested.
Brain Imaging May Guide Depression Tx (CME/CE)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry [2013.06.12]
(MedPage Today) -- Responses to psychotherapy versus antidepressant drugs differed according to levels of glucose metabolism in the brains of depressed patients, researchers said.
Many Parkinson's Patients Also Affected By Depression Or Dementia
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.06.11]
"More than a third of Parkinson's patients suffer from dementia," Prof Dr Heinz Reichmann told more than 3,000 experts gathered at the 23rd Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Barcelona to discuss the latest developments in the field...
Half Of Patients With PTSD Also Suffer From Depression
Source: Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today [2013.06.07]
About one of every two people diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also suffer symptoms of depression, according to new research by Case Western Reserve University's Department of Psychological Sciences. The analysis also concludes that both genders diagnosed with PTSD equally suffer from depression...
Depression Common in Those With PTSD, Study Finds
Source: MedicineNet Depression Specialty [2013.06.07]
Title: Depression Common in Those With PTSD, Study Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 6/6/2013 2:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/7/2013 12:00:00 AM
Cancer Survivors And Partners More Prone To Anxiety Than Depression
Source: Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today [2013.06.05]
Long-term cancer survivors are not at a much higher risk of developing depression compared with healthy people, but they are more likely to experience anxiety. The finding was published today in The Lancet Oncology and outlines that not only are the survivors at risk for anxiety, but their partners face similar levels of depression and higher levels of anxiety than the survivors themselves...
Ketamine Effective At Treating Depression
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.06.04]
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that the general anesthetic, Ketamine, is very effective at treating depression when administered over a long period. The study, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, revealed that prolonged, low-dose intravenous infusions of Ketamine, have excellent potential in reducing the symptoms of severe depression...
Molecular Cousin To Ketamine Rapidly Lifts Depression Without Side Effects
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.06.03]
GLYX-13, a molecular cousin to ketamine, induces similar antidepressant results without the street drug side effects, reported a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that was published last month in Neuropsychopharmacology. Background Major depression affects about 10 percent of the adult population and is the second leading cause of disability in U.S...
Teen Depression
Source: MedicineNet Depression Specialty [2013.05.31]
Title: Teen Depression
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 1/31/2005 4:16:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/31/2013 12:00:00 AM
Psychotherapeutic Interventions Benefit Patients With Depression
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.30]
Treatments for depression that don't involve antidepressant drugs but rather focus on different forms of talking therapy (referred to as psychotherapeutic interventions) are all beneficial, with no one form of therapy being better than the others, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine...
Talk Therapy Can Ease Depression, But No Single Type Deemed 'Best'
Source: MedicineNet Clinical Trials Specialty [2013.05.29]
Title: Talk Therapy Can Ease Depression, But No Single Type Deemed 'Best'
Category: Health News
Created: 5/28/2013 6:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
Link Between Depression, Telomere Enzyme, Aging And Chronic Disease
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.27]
The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology - and not limited to the brain. In recent years some studies have linked major, long-term depression with life-threatening chronic disease and with earlier death, even after lifestyle risk factors have been taken into account...
In Children With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Depression Is Common
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.27]
A new study determined that children and adolescents with seizures involving the temporal lobe are likely to have clinically significant behavioral problems and psychiatric illness, especially depression...
A Good Marriage Can Buffer The Effects Of A Father's Depression On His Young Children
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.27]
What effect does a father's depression have on his young son or daughter? When fathers report a high level of emotional intimacy in their marriage, their children benefit, said a University of Illinois study...
Teens Protected From Sleep Problems And Depression By Parent And Teacher Support
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.26]
A new study suggests that disturbed sleep in adolescents is associated with more symptoms of depression and greater uncertainly about future success. However, perceived support and acceptance from parents and teachers appears to have a protective effect. Results show that disturbed sleep was significantly associated with depressed mood and greater uncertainty about future success...
Early Identification And Treatment Of Postpartum Depression Can Limit Or Prevent Debilitating Effects
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.23]
The epigenetic modifications, which alter the way genes function without changing the underlying DNA sequence, can apparently be detected in the blood of pregnant women during any trimester, potentially providing a simple way to foretell depression in the weeks after giving birth, and an opportunity to intervene before symptoms become debilitating...
Having Both Migraines, Depression May Mean Smaller Brain
Source: MedicineNet Headache Specialty [2013.05.23]
Title: Having Both Migraines, Depression May Mean Smaller Brain
Category: Health News
Created: 5/22/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/23/2013 12:00:00 AM
Identifying Risk Factors For Depression Among COPD Patients
Source: Respiratory / Asthma News From Medical News Today [2013.05.22]
Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) typically suffer from depression more frequently than those without COPD, resulting in higher levels of disability and illness and increasing the overall healthcare burden for the COPD population...
Depression May Raise Low Blood Sugar Risk in Diabetics
Source: MedicineNet glucose Specialty [2013.05.22]
Title: Depression May Raise Low Blood Sugar Risk in Diabetics
Category: Health News
Created: 5/21/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/22/2013 12:00:00 AM
Link Between Depression And A Nearly Doubled Stroke Risk In Middle-Aged Women
Source: Stroke News From Medical News Today [2013.05.20]
Depressed middle-aged women have almost double the risk of having a stroke, according to research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. In a 12-year Australian study of 10,547 women 47-52 years old, researchers found that depressed women had a 2.4 times increased risk of stroke compared to those who weren't depressed...
Depression Doubles Risk Of Stroke In Middle-Aged Women
Source: Stroke News From Medical News Today [2013.05.19]
Depression doubles the risk of having a stroke in middle-aged women, according to a new study in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. The research, a 12-year examination of 10,547 Australian females between the ages of 47 and 52 years old, showed that depressed women had a 2.4 times higher likelihood of stroke than those who were not suffering from depression...
Adult Children of Substance Abusers More Prone to Depression
Source: MedicineNet Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Specialty [2013.05.17]
Title: Adult Children of Substance Abusers More Prone to Depression
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2013 6:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
Depression May Boost Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women, Too
Source: MedicineNet Stroke Specialty [2013.05.17]
Title: Depression May Boost Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women, Too
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
Anti-Gay Bullying Tied to Teen Depression, Suicide
Source: MedicineNet Suicide Specialty [2013.05.17]
Title: Anti-Gay Bullying Tied to Teen Depression, Suicide
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
TBI Increases Odds For Depression, Behavior Impulsivity, PTSD In Patients With Nonepileptic Seizures
Source: Epilepsy News From Medical News Today [2013.04.10]
A new study by a Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that traumatic brain injury (TBI) can significantly increase the odds of having major depression, personality impulsivity and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). The paper, by W. Curt LaFrance Jr., M.D., M.P.H...
An Antioxidant May Prevent Neuron Loss In Schizophrenia And Depression
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.03.15]
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) deficits have been implicated in schizophrenia and depression. In schizophrenia, deficits have been particularly well-described for a subtype of GABA neuron, the parvalbumin fast-spiking interneurons. The activity of these neurons is critical for proper cognitive and emotional functioning...
Antipsychotic Meds Not That Helpful for Depression: Study
Source: MedicineNet Schizophrenia Specialty [2013.03.13]
Title: Antipsychotic Meds Not That Helpful for Depression: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 3/12/2013 6:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/13/2013 12:00:00 AM
Vision Loss, Depression May Be Linked, Study Finds
Source: MedicineNet Eye Care Specialty [2013.03.08]
Title: Vision Loss, Depression May Be Linked, Study Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 3/7/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/8/2013 12:00:00 AM
Health Tip: When Grief Becomes Depression
Source: MedicineNet Loss, Grief, and Bereavement Specialty [2013.03.04]
Title: Health Tip: When Grief Becomes Depression
Category: Health News
Created: 3/4/2013 8:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/4/2013 12:00:00 AM
Shared Genes May Link ADHD, Autism and Depression
Source: MedicineNet Schizophrenia Specialty [2013.02.28]
Title: Shared Genes May Link ADHD, Autism and Depression
Category: Health News
Created: 2/27/2013 8:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/28/2013 12:00:00 AM
Untreated Depression May Cut Shingles Vaccine Effectiveness
Source: MedicineNet Chickenpox (Varicella) Specialty [2013.02.14]
Title: Untreated Depression May Cut Shingles Vaccine Effectiveness
Category: Health News
Created: 2/14/2013 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/14/2013 12:00:00 AM
Depression In Both Stroke Patients And Spouse Caregivers Influenced By Self-Esteem And Optimism
Source: Caregivers / Homecare News From Medical News Today [2013.02.08]
Self-esteem, optimism and perceived control influence depression in stroke survivors and their spouse caregivers - who should be treated together, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013...
Electrical Brain Stimulation Plus Drug Fights Depression: Study
Source: MedicineNet sertraline Specialty [2013.02.07]
Title: Electrical Brain Stimulation Plus Drug Fights Depression: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 2/6/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/7/2013 12:00:00 AM
Jaw Pain Disorder Tied to Anxiety, Depression
Source: MedicineNet Temporomandibular Joint Disorder Specialty [2013.01.24]
Title: Jaw Pain Disorder Tied to Anxiety, Depression
Category: Health News
Created: 1/23/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/24/2013 12:00:00 AM
Multiple Concussions Could Up Depression Risk in Former NFL Players
Source: MedicineNet Autopsy Specialty [2013.01.17]
Title: Multiple Concussions Could Up Depression Risk in Former NFL Players
Category: Health News
Created: 1/16/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 1/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
Winter Depression May Require Treatment Plan
Source: MedicineNet Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Specialty [2012.12.26]
Title: Winter Depression May Require Treatment Plan
Category: Health News
Created: 12/26/2012 10:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
Depression Takes a Toll on Parkinson's Patients
Source: MedicineNet Tremor Specialty [2012.11.29]
Title: Depression Takes a Toll on Parkinson's Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 11/29/2012 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/29/2012 12:00:00 AM
Bright Light at Night Could Up Depression Risk, Mouse Study Suggests
Source: MedicineNet Ganglion Specialty [2012.11.15]
Title: Bright Light at Night Could Up Depression Risk, Mouse Study Suggests
Category: Health News
Created: 11/14/2012 2:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 11/15/2012 12:00:00 AM
Depression, DNA Linked to Higher Death Risk in Bladder Cancer Patients
Source: MedicineNet Bladder Cancer Specialty [2012.10.19]
Title: Depression, DNA Linked to Higher Death Risk in Bladder Cancer Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 10/18/2012 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 10/19/2012 12:00:00 AM
Depression Quiz: Test Your Medical IQ
Source: MedicineNet Fibromyalgia Specialty [2012.10.05]
Title: Depression Quiz: Test Your Medical IQ
Category: MedicineNet Quiz
Created: 7/1/2010 1:54:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 10/5/2012 5:28:24 PM
Obesity, Depression Linked to Daytime Sleepiness
Source: MedicineNet modafinil Specialty [2012.06.14]
Title: Obesity, Depression Linked to Daytime Sleepiness
Category: Health News
Created: 6/14/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/14/2012 12:00:00 AM
Depression in the Elderly
Source: MedicineNet Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Specialty [2012.05.17]
Title: Depression in the Elderly
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 1/31/2005 4:16:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/17/2012 12:00:00 AM
Depression
Source: MedicineNet Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Specialty [2012.05.15]
Title: Depression
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/15/2012 12:00:00 AM
Depression in Children
Source: MedicineNet Loss, Grief, and Bereavement Specialty [2012.05.15]
Title: Depression in Children
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 1/31/2005 4:16:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/15/2012 12:00:00 AM
Being Bullied Tied to Anxiety, Depression in Special-Needs Kids
Source: MedicineNet Sickle Cell Specialty [2012.04.30]
Title: Being Bullied Tied to Anxiety, Depression in Special-Needs Kids
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
Study Explains How Shock Therapy Might Ease Severe Depression
Source: MedicineNet Electroconvulsive Therapy Specialty [2012.03.20]
Title: Study Explains How Shock Therapy Might Ease Severe Depression
Category: Health News
Created: 3/19/2012 6:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/20/2012 12:00:00 AM
Postpartum Depression
Source: MedicineNet Hypothyroidism During Pregnancy Specialty [2011.11.15]
Title: Postpartum Depression
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 9/24/2004 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/15/2011 12:00:00 AM
Role of Seroquel in treating bipolar depression confirmed
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry
Seroquel achieved a statistically significant reduction in levels of bipolar depression when compared with placebo.
Social support more protective against major depression for women
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry
American Journal of Psychiatry article describes social support and risk for major depression in opposite-sex twins.
Antidepressants of Questionable Value in Late-Onset Illness
Source: Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health Headlines [2013.06.14]
A new meta-analysis suggests that older adults with long-standing moderate to severe depression have the most clinically meaningful response to antidepressant therapy.
Medscape Medical News
Heart Patients Need Anxiety Checkup Too (CME/CE)
Source: MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians [2013.06.14]
(MedPage Today) -- American Heart Association guidelines recommend screening cardiac patients for depression, but it may be time to also screen for anxiety, researchers reported.
Analytic Hierarchy Process Tested By IQWiG Could Become A Component Of Health Economic Evaluations
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.06.13]
It is more important to patients suffering from depression that they show a noticeable response to treatment in the first place than being completely cured. It is exactly the opposite in physicians treating people with this disease: they consider remission to have higher priority than response...
Mental Health Services Inadequate For Survivors Of Intimate Partner Violence
Source: Anxiety / Stress News From Medical News Today [2013.06.12]
Although many abused women suffer from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/or depression, they are not receiving needed mental health services, a University of Missouri researcher found...
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients On Kinase Inhibitors Report Serious Quality-Of-Life Issues
Source: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News From Medical News Today [2013.06.12]
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have determined that chronic myeloid leukemia patients who are treated with a class of oral chemotherapy drugs known as a tyrosine kinase inhibitors have significant side effects and quality-of-life issues that need to be addressed. Some of these issues include depression, fatigue, nausea and change of appearance...
Feeling Happy Or Sad Changes Oral Perceptions Of Fat For Mildly Depressed Individuals
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.06.05]
Oral perceptions of fat, taste stimuli altered by mood, state of mind Subjects with mild, subclinical depression rate the taste of high-fat and low-fat foods similarly when in a positive or negative mood, according to research published June 5 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Petra Platte and colleagues from the University of Wurzburg, Germany...
After the Cancer the Worry Remains (CME/CE)
Source: MedPage Today Dermatology [2013.06.04]
(MedPage Today) -- Anxiety, not depression, is the most common mental health issue facing long-term cancer survivors and their spouses, a large meta-analysis found.
Huntington's Disease Breakthrough
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.28]
Researchers at Lund University have succeeded in preventing very early symptoms of Huntington's disease, depression and anxiety, by deactivating the mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of mice...
Networks Of Neurons Identified In The Brain That Are Disrupted In Psychiatric Disease
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.05.27]
Studying the networks of connections in the brains of people affected by schizophrenia, bipolar disease or depression has allowed Dr. Peter Williamson, from Western University, to gain a better understanding of the biological basis of these important diseases. Dr...
Insomnia May Cause Dysfunction In Emotional Brain Circuitry
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.26]
A new study provides neurobiological evidence for dysfunction in the neural circuitry underlying emotion regulation in people with insomnia, which may have implications for the risk relationship between insomnia and depression...
Heart Condition Induced By Stress, Anxiety, Treated With Antidepressant
Source: Depression News From Medical News Today [2013.05.23]
A drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve a stress-related heart condition in people with stable coronary heart disease, according to researchers at Duke Medicine...
Depressive Symptoms Are Linked To Early Death In Cancer Survivors
Source: Colorectal Cancer News From Medical News Today [2013.05.20]
Depressed cancer survivors are twice as likely to die prematurely than those who do not suffer from depression, irrespective of the cancer site. That's according to a new study, by Floortje Mols and colleagues, from Tilburg University in The Netherlands. Their work is published online in Springer's Journal of Cancer Survivorship...
Ketamine Associated With Rapid Antidepressant Effect In Largest Clinical Trial To Date
Source: Pain / Anesthetics News From Medical News Today [2013.05.20]
Patients with treatment-resistant major depression saw dramatic improvement in their illness after treatment with ketamine, an anesthetic, according to the largest ketamine clinical trial to-date led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
The Lancet Series On Bipolar Disorder: Advances In Biological Understanding Need To Be Brought Closer To The Experience Of The Patient
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.05.14]
Bipolar disorder - where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation (mania) to severe depression - is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's population in its most pronounced forms (bipolar I and II), with milder forms of the disorder affecting another 2%...
Medicaid Expansion - Mental And Financial Health Improve, But No Improvement Shown In Physical Health
Source: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News From Medical News Today [2013.05.03]
New findings from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment show that Medicaid coverage had no detectable effect on the prevalence of diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, but substantially reduced depression, nearly eliminated catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditures, and increased the diagnosis of diabetes and the use of diabetes medication among low-income adults...
International Study Reveals 'Backbone' Of Mental Illness Stigma
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.04.15]
An international study found that despite widespread acceptance that mental illness is a disease that can be effectively treated, a common "backbone" of prejudice exists that unfairly paints people with conditions such as depression and schizophrenia as undesirable for close personal relationships and positions of authority...
Improving Mood Symptoms In Children And Adolescents At Risk For Bipolar Disorder Through Family Intervention
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.03.09]
A study published in the February 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that children and adolescents with major depression or subthreshold forms of bipolar disorder - and who had at least one first-degree relative with bipolar disorder - responded better to a 12-session family-focused treatment than to a briefer educational treatment...
Neurophysiological Review Shows Benefits Of Meditation
Source: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News From Medical News Today [2013.02.16]
Mindfulness meditation training in awareness of present moment experience, such as body and breath sensations, prevents depression and reduces distress in chronic pain. In a new paper, Brown University scientists propose a neurophysiological framework to explain these clinical benefits...
Distinct Circuit Dysfunctions May Contribute To Different Features Of Emotion Dysregulation In Bipolar Disorder
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.01.15]
Bipolar disorder is a severe mood disorder characterized by unpredictable and dramatic mood swings between the highs of mania and lows of depression. These mood episodes occur among periods of 'normal mood', termed euthymia. Prior research has clearly shown that brain emotion circuitry is dysregulated in individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder...
Prozac improves learning and memory in Huntington's disease
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Neurology
Scientists in Melbourne found that fluoxetine improves depression, learning and memory in Huntington's disease.
TV viewing of Katrina affects children psychologically
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry
NYU Researchers say that repeated viewing of the disaster puts children at risk of developing PTSD, anxiety and depression.
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