major depression

My Psychologist Diagnosed Me With “Major Depression” After Our First Session. He’s Insisting I Take Medication?

Question by .: My psychologist diagnosed me with “Major Depression” after our first session. He’s insisting I take medication?
He claims if i dont take medication that there is a “high risk” i will commit suicide?

Is this true of… Continue reading

UK Scientists Found the First Biomarker for Boys at Risk of Major Depression

UK Scientists Found The First Biomarker For Boys At Risk Of Major Depression
LONDON (Reuters) – British brain scientists have identified the first biomarker, or biological signpost, for clinical depression and say it could help find boys in particular who… Continue reading

Medication to Treat Agitation for Alzheimer Disease Shows Mixed Results

Medication to Treat Agitation for Alzheimer Disease Shows Mixed Results
Anton P. Porsteinsson, M.D., of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y., and colleagues randomized 186 patients with probable Alzheimer disease without major depression and clinically… Continue reading

Teen Girls With Mental Health Issues Have Higher Risk of Pregnancy: Study

Teen girls with mental health issues have higher risk of pregnancy: study
The study found pregnancy rates among girls with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or major depression were not only three times higher, but they also have been declining at a… Continue reading

Severe Depression Relief With the Option Process® at the Option Institute

Severe Depression Relief with The Option Process® at The Option Institute
http://www.option.org The personal growth and development programs at The Option Institute are engaging, interactive and dynamic. We believe in experiential …


 

 

Stroke Causes and Prevention
Reports from… Continue reading

Depression, Not Cognitive Deficits, Improves With Sleep Loss in Bipolar I

Depression, not cognitive deficits, improves with sleep loss in bipolar I
Also "in agreement with the literature, we found that as medication load decreases, cognitive performance improves. However, medication effects alone are not likely to fully account for the… Continue reading

Depression……….please Read!!!!!?

Question by Barrel_Racing_Cowgirl: Depression……….please read!!!!!?
I’m 16 and for the last 2 weeks have had an on and off depressed mood. I was very depressed and suicidal for a week and then it went completely away for a couple days… Continue reading

Would You Agree With This? or Do You Think the Situations Are Too Different to Comparee?

Question by English: would you agree with this? or do you think the situations are too different to comparee?
Here are the 2 situations:

person A is seeing a therapist for grief counseling over the loss of a loved one.… Continue reading

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Ketamine May Offer New Relief For Major Depression, Proving Worth Beyond
In brain imaging experiments on rhesus monkeys, investigators from RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan found that ketamine boosted activity… Continue reading

Talk Therapy Can Ease Depression

Talk therapy can ease depression
In the study, published online May 28 in PLoS Medicine, Swiss researchers from the University of Bern analyzed nearly 200 clinical trials testing seven different types of psychotherapy for major depression. Overall, they found that… Continue reading