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Alternative names
Depression - adolescents; Teenage depression

Definition
A disorder occurring during the teenage years marked by persistent sadness, discouragement, loss of self-worth, and loss of interest in usual activities.

A panel formed last year to study the area’s ability to take care of drug abusers and the mentally ill will present its findings next month.

Carlisle Area Health and Wellness Foundation…

About 1 in 5 people suffering from heart failure become clinically depressed, and four factors seem to increase the risk, researchers reports.

“Depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure are strongly…

Depressed men and women who consider themselves affiliated with a religion are less likely to attempt suicide than their non-religious counterparts, according to new study findings.

“If someone acknowledges being religious,…

  1. Be yourself. “The right words” are unimportant. If you are concerned, your voice and manner will show it.

  2. Listen. Let the person unload despair, ventilate anger.…

Many of us have been told, “Your problems aren’t that bad. They don’t add up to suicide,” or, “If you only took 15 pills, you weren’t really serious.”

We have a condition…

Poorly resolved grief has many causes. Its origins are often in childhood. We may have had parents who were unable to grieve normally, and were unable to be good models for healthy…

Social stigma and prejudice are our enemies. Every human being is taught from childhood that suicidal people are shameful, sinful, weak, selfish, manipulative-taught that we are contagious, that we want to harm others.

Sudden cardiac death from emotional stress may be triggered by uneven signals from the brain to the heart, according to a study by University College London…

Depression, subcortical dementia and normal aging: all three may have similar neurobehavioral manifestations. So how does a clinician make a differential diagnosis?

Speaking at the recent U.S. Psychiatric & Mental…

Panic disorders, phobias and other childhood anxiety conditions should be treated during childhood so that they won’t be carried over into adulthood, according to advice in the latest Harvard Mental Health…

Individuals with Depression and anxiety respond better to antidepressant medication if they carry a mutation in a gene called CRHR1, results of a study indicate.

This finding is “very relevant,”…

Scientists have identified a genetic variation that could make people more susceptible to depression, according to a report published Friday in the New York Times. The study by Duke University researchers could…

A person’s race may influence his or her level of physical fitness, according to the findings of a study of black and white adults who underwent treadmill stress tests.

Kids and teenagers who suffer from Depression may not be receiving care in accordance with published guidelines, finds a new study in this month’s Archives of General Psychiatry.

Studies show depressive disorders occur in…

A new study suggests Depression increases the risk of dying from a stroke.

Researchers found men with the most depressive symptoms were twice as likely to die of a stroke compared to those…

A new study shows the reason some adolescents experience Depression could be abnormal brain structure. The study published in BioMed Central Medicine states depressed teenagers tend to have a smaller hippocampus - the part…

Many women with eating disorders may have a history of childhood anxiety disorders, particularly social phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to a new study.

The findings, say researchers, suggest that childhood…

Metyrapone, a compound that inhibits the body’s production of steroids, seems to accelerate and augment the effects of serotonergic antidepressant drugs, the results of a trial suggest.

Depression is associated with a…

British health authorities tightened warnings on popular Prozac-type antidepressants on Monday, urging doctors to use them sparingly and consider non-drug interventions, such as counseling.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory…

Depression might be more harmful than the other chronic diseases that can strike elderly people, a new study claims.

Even though heart and lung disease can take their toll on…

When standard medication fails to improve depression symptoms, adding the dietary supplement SAMe may help, preliminary research suggests.

The study involved 30 patients with persistent depression despite treatment with selective serotonin…

Men and women who’ve ever dealt with unemployment may have a heightened risk of dying early, particularly from suicide and injuries, a Swedish study suggests.

Among more than 20,600 men…

Cold weather enthusiasts may eagerly await the snowy days of winter, but for those with seasonal affective disorder, the change from sunny to gloomy days often brings on a similar…