Treating Depression

Depression Treatment: Interactive Effects of N-Acetylcysteine and Antidepressants.

Interactive effects of N-acetylcysteine and antidepressants.

Filed under: Depression Treatment

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Feb 15;
Costa-Campos L, Herrmann AP, Pilz LK, Michels M, Noetzold G, Elisabetsky E

N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a glutathione precursor and glutamate modulator, has been… Continue reading

Treating Depression: Is There a Placebo Effect?


 

Treating Depression: Is there a placebo effect? – A Harvard scientist says the drugs used to treat depression are effective, but for many, it’s not the active ingredient that’s making people feel better. It’s the placebo effect.

 

How to Identify and Treat Depression


 

How to Identify and Treat Depression – What is depression? What are its symptoms? What is the biology behind it? How can it be treated – medicinally or by a cognitive behavioral therapy? What lays in the future of… Continue reading

Depression Screening Week 2012


 

Depression Screening Week 2012 – October 1-7 is San Diego Depression Screening Week and County Health and Human Services, Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP) and nearly two dozen agencies are offering free depression screenings and information at approximately 60… Continue reading

Depression Treatment: [Multidimensional Assessment of Public Health Care Services for Adolescents in Chile].

[Multidimensional assessment of public health care services for adolescents in Chile].

Filed under: Depression Treatment

Rev Med Chil. 2012 Sep; 140(9): 1145-53
Williams de T C, Poblete A F, Baldrich A F

Background: Adolescents are an especially vulnerable age… Continue reading

Depression Treatment: Organic Bases of Late-Life Depression: A Critical Update.

Organic bases of late-life depression: a critical update.

Filed under: Depression Treatment

J Neural Transm. 2013 Jan 25;
Jellinger KA

Late-life depression (LLD) is frequently associated with cognitive impairment and increases the risk of subsequent dementia. Cerebrovascular disease, deep… Continue reading

A Review of Electroencephalographic Changes in Diabetes Mellitus in Relation to Major Depressive Disorder.

A review of electroencephalographic changes in diabetes mellitus in relation to major depressive disorder.

Filed under: Depression Treatment

Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2013; 9: 143-50
Baskaran A, Milev R, McIntyre RS

A bidirectional relationship exists between diabetes mellitus (DM) and… Continue reading

Depression Treatment: Response to Comment On: Pan Et Al. Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1171-1180.

Response to Comment on: Pan et al. Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Studies. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1171-1180.

Filed under: Depression Treatment

Diabetes Care. 2013 Feb; 36(2): e28
Pan A, Hu FB… Continue reading

Can You Become Addicted to Opioids Using Tramadol?

Question by Chloe Megan: Can you become addicted to opioids using tramadol?
The BNF states that tramadol is not suitable in people with opioid addiction. So does this mean that tramadol is not addictive?

The BNF also states that… Continue reading

Does Therapy Actually Help Depression?

Question by Richard B: Does therapy actually help depression?
My girlfriend has been battling depression for years but has never visited a therapist. She recently started taking prozac prescribed by her physician. I now have her on my insurance… Continue reading