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Anxiety / Depression (July 2007, Week Vol. 29)

Double Trouble: Hopelessness Key Component Of Mood Disorder
Jul-26-2007
There's depression, and then there's double depression. Double depression occurs when an individual who suffers from dysthymia, a persistent case of mild depression marked by low energy, falls into a major depressive state. It is not a new concept, but psychologists know little about the characteristics that distinguish double depression from dysthymia or major depression alone.
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Jul-28-2007
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Diabetes and depression
Jul-28-2007
Depression and diabetes have an interesting relationship. People with depression early in adulthood have about a 35% increased risk for diabetes later in life. And the risk of depression in people with diabetes is about twice that of people who...
iFred Plants 2nd Annual Field of Hope to Honor Depression Survivors
Jul-28-2007
iFred, the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression, kicks off its 2nd Annual Field of Hope Campaign that is planted every year in honor of depression survivors. iFred will be selling seeds through their website at and hope to bring in many thousands of dollars for their cause to shine the light on depression. (PRWeb Jun 1, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/VGhpci1NYWduLU1hZ24tU2luZy1UaGlyLVplcm8=
World's Last Chance Announces How to Overcome Depression Without Taking Antidepressants
Jul-28-2007
World's Last Chance is offering the most comprehensive free information available on the web on how to overcome depression holistically. World's Last Chance has also released an article available on their website providing the eight mental steps and habits to overcome depression. [PRWEB Jul 24, 2007]
Brain Pathway for Depression Located in Rat Study
Jul-28-2007
Up until now, understanding the exact mechanism of depression causation has been confusing. Scientists have identified many different possible causes and the treatments for depression have several different modes...
Depression Research Study: Free Offer
Jul-28-2007
The Mood Disorders Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center studies ways to treat depression and anxiety. You may be eligible to participate in one of our depression st ..
New Study Examines Breast Feeding And Post Natal Depression
Jul-25-2007
The commonly held belief that mothers suffering from post natal depression will not be able to breastfeed has been recently challenged. Researchers also suggests that the manner in which current breastfeeding promotion strategies are communicated may contribute to feelings of guilt and fears of inadequacy by mothers suffering from depression.
The Problem of Depression in Men
Jul-28-2007
Six million American men experience depression each year. There are many different causes and types of depression. Some types are easier to identify than others; bereavement, marriage breakdown, or being...
Gene May Help Spur Premenstrual Depression
Jul-23-2007
Scientists have discovered a gene variant linked to an increased risk of severe premenstrual depression. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, is a psychiatric condition that affects about 8 percent of women in their childbearing years. Women with PMDD experience bouts of major depression and/or anxiety and severe irritability during the second half of their menstrual cycle. [...]
Scientists Find Possible Genetic Link to Severe Premenstrual Depression
Jul-28-2007
Scientists believe they have found a possible genetic link to an increased risk of severe premenstrual depression, says an article published on Forbes.com. Severe premenstrual depression occurs in women diagnosed...
A New Site for Lawyers with Depression
Jul-28-2007
Here's why lawyer Daniel T. Lukasik created his new site Lawyers with Depression: Depression is often a very isolating experience - - even when the depressed person has a supportive and loving group of people to rely on. In my...
Getting Some Anxiety And Stress Relief Posted By :
Jul-24-2007
Everyone is seeking some form of anxiety and stress relief. Hopefully you haven't resorted to self-medication with alcohol. Rather than applying a balm to the sore of stress, why not find a way to stop the stress from getting out of hand in the first place. I'll take preventative medicine over reactive medicine any day. One effective approach to getting anxiety and stress relief is to address the thinking in your mind that is causing the stress. The whole field of cognitiv...
World's Last Chance Announces How to Overcome Depression Without Taking Antidepressants
Jul-28-2007
World's Last Chance is offering the most comprehensive free information available on the web on how to overcome depression holistically. World's Last Chance has also released an article available on their website providing the eight mental steps and habits to overcome depression. (PRWeb Jul 24, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q291cC1Ib3JyLVpldGEtUGlnZy1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Anxiety and IBS - You're Not Alone
Jul-28-2007
You're not alone if you have anxiety disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. Find out what IBS is and what you need to do about it if you don't want it...
Gene May Help Spur Premenstrual Depression
Jul-23-2007
Title: Gene May Help Spur Premenstrual Depression
Category: Health News
Created: 7/24/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/24/2007
Double Depression Dims Hopeful Outlook
Jul-26-2007
Title: Double Depression Dims Hopeful Outlook
Category: Health News
Created: 7/27/2007
Last Editorial Review: 7/27/2007
ECT for Depression: A Necessary Lifesaver
Jul-28-2007
This excellent article in today's Washington Post details the modern face of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for the treatment of people with depression. Most of us equate the procedure with lobotomy or that ghastly scene in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's...
Can You Find Anxiety and Stress Relief Posted By :
Jul-25-2007
There are bills to be paid, family to take care of and catastrophes on the news; the worry and strain can seem crushing. It can also feel as if you are the only one in the world going through such worries; however, you aren't. You have a universal problem that many people experience in silence about. But there are many people and organizations that can help you find anxiety and stress relief.
Gene May Help Spur Premenstrual Depression (HealthDay)
Jul-23-2007
Scientists have discovered a gene variant linked to an increased risk of severe premenstrual depression.
Do You Have the Post Adoption Blues?
Jul-28-2007
Just as real as post partum depression, post adoption depression can send adoptive parents into a spiral of despair. Perhaps adoptive parents are worn down from the new physical...
Greenpeace - Making Waves: Life after Live Earth
Jul-28-2007
I'll admit it. I'm suffering a bit of post Live Earth depression. It's a bit like "post holiday depression", which is a well known medical phenomona that I am not making up. According to Mental Health America, "Many factors can...
Parnate Help/Question -- Joe44 5/9/07
Jul-28-2007
Hi, I recently started taking parnate for depression and concerntration issues (my type of depression was characterized by...
Economics and poetry
Jul-28-2007
Great Depression Story Claudia Emeerson Sometimes the season changed in the telling,sometimes the state, but it was always during the Depression, and he was alone in the boxcar,the train stalled beneath a sky wider than any he'd seen so far,...
Erectile Dysfunction as a result of Psychological Issues
Jul-28-2007
Erectile can happen to anyone at any time depending on the stressors they are encountering in their lives. Often anxiety about one thing in life can lead to anxiety about sexual performance. Here's a useful article from US News. Here's...
Depression in Children and Adolescents
Jul-28-2007
Dr. Jerry Wilde, author of Hot Stuff to Help Kids Cheer Up shares advice with Parenting of K-6 Children readers on how to recognize the subtle signs of childhood depression...
Press box
Jul-28-2007
BASKETBALL Summitt: Depression led to retirement NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The depression Chamique Holdsclaw battl...
Tips for Nighttime Anxiety
Jul-28-2007
Anxiety at night may be frustrating, frightening and disruptive. If you continually lose sleep over time, you may find your anxiety worsening along with your quality of life during the...
Chronic Insomnia Linked to Depression and Anxiety
Jul-28-2007
According to a new study, chronic insomnia could be a sign of a larger problem, like depression or anxiety. In surveys of more than 25,000 adults, Dr. Dag Neckelmann of Haukeland...
Hereditary Linked To Premenstrual Depression
Jul-28-2007
A specific genetic variation may be tied to an increased risk for severe premenstrual depression, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Institute of Mental Health have found. Known medically as premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, this psychiatric condition affects roughly 8 percent of women in their childbearing years. [click link for full article]
Genetic Link Found Between Smoking and Depression
Jul-28-2007
A Saint Louis University School of Public Health researcher believes there may a genetic link between smoking and depression. Dr. Qiang John Fu and his team analyzed 3,360 pairs of middle-aged,...
When Depression Goes Untreated
Jul-26-2007

What alarms many experts more than overdiagnosis is that depression is too often missed in those at risk of harming themselves.

An Overview of Depression Recovery
Jul-25-2007

Recovering from depression isn't easy. One of the hardest things is that you just don't know what to expect.

Benefits of Exercise in Recovery from Depression
Jul-26-2007

If you're just recovering from depression, you may still feel pretty exhausted. Putting on your sneakers and going to the gym could seem like the last thing you want to do.

The Accelerated Change Technique Improves Work Environment with Stress and Anxiety Management
Jul-28-2007
Businesses looking to cut down on stress and anxiety in the workplace can turn to the subconscious techniques offered by the Rookstone Group Inc. at UltimateHypnosisUniversity.com. (PRWeb Jul 19, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SG9yci1TcXVhLVNpbmctU3F1YS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
July 27, 2007, Hour Two: Depression Medication / Baby Talk / Search Engines
Jul-28-2007
Join Joe Palca in this hour of Science Friday for a look at how search engines work, and where they are headed. Plus, researchers explore how one anaesthetic can serve as a fast-acting depression drug. And, can a computer program explain how babies learn to talk?
"Co-ruminating" Can Lead to More Depression and Anxiety in Girls, Says Study
Jul-28-2007
Young girls love to get together to chat with friends about what's going on their lives, which can be a good thing in many ways. It helps to have...
Did You Know...Hoover Flags
Jul-28-2007
When the U.S. stock market crashed in 1929, President Herbert Hoover attempted to stop the U.S. economy from spiraling into what has become known as the Great Depression. Although President...
Last Week Was Rough
Jul-28-2007
When I last posted eleven days ago, I wrote that I was having a bad bout of insomnia and depression....
When Benzos don't work anymore?? -- King of Nothing 7/28/07
Jul-28-2007
What can be used to battle anxiety when benzos don't work anymore? I've been on benzos over 25 years and have developed...
Trinity Mirror expected to advertise revenues rise
Jul-28-2007
THE FTSE 100 Index suffered its worst week in four months, fuelled by continuing anxiety over US sub-prime mortgages and concerns that a tightening credit market could stifle enthusiasm for takeovers.
How Do You DX CFS if have off Throid and old Lymes -- Phillipa 7/8/07
Jul-28-2007
Since my thyroid is off so tired my anxiety is now making me tired instead of anxious or it's all internal. Also history of...
What's the max safe theraputic dose of Parnate? -- malcolm664 6/10/07
Jul-28-2007
I've been on Parnate 60 mgs for the last three weeks, the med has definitely calmed my anxiety (not like Nardil did, but it...
ZOLOFT + PROVIGIL...Depression getting worse... -- alexxf 7/20/07
Jul-28-2007
I'm on zoloft (10 mg) and have been for a little over 2 months now, i keep trying to give it time to REALLY kick in, but it...
Modafinil (Provigil, Alertec) a short term miracle -- AdamCanada 6/11/07
Jul-28-2007
I tried Modafinil trial before and today I tried a 100mg from the 2nd sample box that I have left. My social anxiety has...
Naked Yoga
Jul-28-2007
I think I may have just snapped out of a five and a half year depression. All it took was a room full of naked girls, 75mg of Wellbutrin and a Coke....
Does ECT help with grief? -- sandyann 7/4/07
Jul-28-2007
I have had sevier anxiety and depression most of my life. I stay under the care of a psycharist. I have one brother and...
Social Anxiety ruining my life. What can help? -- AdamCanada 6/10/07
Jul-28-2007
I am currently on paxil 10mg (any more and it puts me to sleep), and xanax low dose 4 times a day. I also have severe...
Women with ADD - Michelle's Story
Jul-27-2007
I am a 35 year old woman who has been recently diagnosed with ADD/Anxiety disorder(as of 3 weeks ago. I guess you could say that i hae always suffered with ADD and not realized it...
Parnate vs. Nardil -- malcolm664 6/10/07
Jul-28-2007
Hi: I've been on Parnate (I'm up to 60 mgs daily) for the last six weeks and it seems to have reduced my depression and...
Xanax..............nothing compared to klonopin!!! -- rovers95 6/10/07
Jul-28-2007
Have got hold of some xanax, which i have used this weekend. Granted, no depression...but its anti - anxiety effects are...
Old-Timey Dewey.
Jul-28-2007
From an article in today's Washington Post, a picture from approximately 1931. Note the people playing Drop It Like It's The Depression....
Wet Basement Problems and How to Fix Them
Jul-28-2007
Few things create anxiety in a homeowner like a wet basement. But not all "leaks" are caused by the same problem. Sometimes a wet basement can be solved with...
Dealing With Depression
Jul-28-2007
Everyone has had days where they were feeling a little "blue". We all have been "down in the dumps" or felt "blah" But when these feelings last longer than a...
Summitt explains Holdsclaw's condition (AP)
Jul-27-2007
AP - The depression Chamique Holdsclaw battled throughout her WBNA career probably played the biggest role in her decision to retire.
Have bi-polar or depression? READ THESE -- tendency 7/27/07
Jul-28-2007
All I can say is: word. Since treating my thyroid I'm no longer bipolar. http://www.psycheducation.org/thyroid/introduction...
Many at Risk for Undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder
Jul-28-2007
About one out of seven of patients who are diagnosed with unipolar depression have experienced manic symptoms within the last year and are likely to actually have bipolar disorder, according...
Who's left on the market
Jul-22-2007

Print Entry filed under: NHL The first few days of free agency were a mad rush. While there was an anticipation to see where players would land, there was also a little depression.

Cosme a welcome relief
Jul-27-2007

KAHULUI Tropical Depression Cosme brought soaking rains Saturday to several areas of Maui where the water is desperately needed.

Susie Love Dows: captain of her ship
Jul-25-2007

For more than 50 years, bipolar illness - called manic-depression in past decades - has been in my life.

Must bust follow boom ?
Jul-27-2007

CHILD actress Shirley Temple shot to fame during the 1930s and movie-goers found her to be the perfect antidote to the misery of the Great Depression.

Gun store denied Snyder's 1st purchase attempt
Jul-25-2007

Aaron Snyder, the man killed at the state Capitol last week, was turned away from a Fort Collins gun shop in late March after he admitted he had struggled with delusions and depression.

Broward teacher may lose job over MySpace
Jul-25-2007

A Broward high school band director who shared his page with students could lose his job because the site included talk about sex, drugs and depression.

Cosme to boost winds, may bring showers
Jul-22-2007

can expect stronger-than-normal trade winds with a chance of increased showers on eastern and southeastern slopes as Tropical Depression Cosme slides south of the islands today.

Rather than a hard-knock life, orphanage alumni recall good times
Jul-24-2007

"I choose to remember the good times"

By most accounts, Dolores Goble's life hasn't been much of a picnic. In the midst of the Depression, her mother died.

Would You Eat Your Placenta to Avoid Postpartum Depression?
Jul-28-2007
A recent USA TODAY article is bringing attention to a practice called placentophagy, in which the...