Depression and Anxiety

Link between depression and inflammatory response found in mice: New treatments for mood disorders?

By |2016-10-05T06:46:11-04:00December 21st, 2010|Categories: Depression/Anxiety, Research|Tags: , , , , , , , |

ScienceDaily (2010-12-20) -- Researchers may have found a clue to the blues that can come with the flu -- depression may be triggered by the same mechanisms that enable the immune system to respond to infection. In a new study, scientists activated the immune system in mice to produce "despair-like" behavior that has similarities to depression [...]

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Top 5 Books on Childhood Bipolar Disorder

By |2016-10-05T06:46:11-04:00December 6th, 2010|Categories: Books, Depression/Anxiety, Parenting|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

These are the top 5 books I recommend on Childhood (Pediatric) Bipolar Disorder. If you have any that you would like to recommend, feel free to leave a comment on this post. 1. Pavuluri, M. (2008). What works for bipolar kids: Help and hope for parents. New York: Guilford Press. My review: Review 2. Greenberg, R. [...]

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5 Tips for Dealing with the Sunday Blues

By |2016-10-05T06:46:11-04:00September 5th, 2010|Categories: Depression/Anxiety|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

For many people, Sunday can be a rough day. This is especially true if you have been through a loss. Here are 5 ways to make your Sunday go a little easier. 1. Have a schedule. Part of having the Sunday blues is that it's one of the days of the week that doesn't really have [...]

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Rise in abuse of stimulant medication by teens

By |2016-10-05T06:46:12-04:00August 25th, 2009|Categories: ADHD, Books, Depression/Anxiety, Events, Research|Tags: , , , , |

A WebMD article states: Researchers found calls to poison control centers for adolescent ADHD prescription drug abuse increased out of proportion to other poison center calls in recent years, which suggests a growing problem with abuse of these stimulant drugs. The article also goes on to state that the study found that there was an increase [...]

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Pilots and Psychiatric Medications

By |2016-11-20T07:53:50-05:00January 2nd, 2009|Categories: ADHD, Depression/Anxiety, Medication|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I never realized that the Federal Aviation Administration could decline someone from becoming certified if they took certain psychiatric medications - even antidepressants and/or medications for ADHD, or if they had a psychiatric diagnosis such as depression or ADHD. If you have or have had a psychiatric diagnosis or are taking medication, you are required to [...]

New study on the effectiveness of St. John’s Wort

By |2016-10-05T06:46:13-04:00October 9th, 2008|Categories: Depression/Anxiety, Medication, Research|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Across 29 studies, St. John's Wort was found to be more effective than placebo and just as effective as Prozac in treating mild to moderate depression. However, it should be noted that the researchers stated that some of the smaller German studies may have had "over-optimistic results". Keep in mind that in some countries, like Germany, [...]

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Impact of depression in ADHD adolescent females

By |2016-10-05T06:46:14-04:00May 14th, 2008|Categories: ADHD, Depression/Anxiety, Research|Tags: , , |

In a study by Biederman, Ball, Monuteaux, et al. (2008), adolescent females with ADHD had a 2.5 higher risk for developing major depression compared to the non-ADHD control group. Females with ADHD had a longer duration of depression, the onset was at an earlier age, their depression caused more impairment, there was a higher rate of [...]

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Study finds higher rate of creativity in children with bipolar disorder

By |2016-10-05T06:46:14-04:00March 18th, 2008|Categories: ADHD, Depression/Anxiety, Research|Tags: , , , , |

In a study of 40 children who had or were at risk for bipolar disorder scored higher on a measure of creativity than 18 children without the disorder. All of the children's parents had bipolar disorder. Half of the children of bipolar parents had bipolar disorder themselves, and the other half had ADHD. In the measure [...]

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Resources for families and friends of suicide victims

By |2016-10-05T06:46:14-04:00March 16th, 2008|Categories: Depression/Anxiety|Tags: , , , , , , |

Sadly, tonight I had to research information on support groups for a family whose loved one committed suicide. I thought I'd also post the support group contact info here. Here's a website that also has a forum for family members and friends: http://www.survivorsofsuicide.com/ Both support group links on the right don't seem to be working, But [...]

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Bipolar children have greater difficulty with identifying facial expressions

By |2016-10-05T06:46:14-04:00March 5th, 2008|Categories: Depression/Anxiety, Research|Tags: , , , |

In the February 2008 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, it was found that children with bipolar disorder and children who have a parent or sibling with bipolar disorder have the same difficulty with reading facial expressions. Weak connections and differences in activity were found in a brain circuit that interprets the meaning of social [...]

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