Blogs Posts in Antepartum Depression category; 132 blog posts

Positive family history can also worsen depression

People with a family history of depression, anxiety and alcohol and drug dependence are not only likely to develop these conditions, but tend to suffer more seriously and need more treatment, a study has found. In the nearly 30-year study [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Diabetes and Depression: Can Hypnosis Help?

Discussed in this article: 1) The Quiet Crisis Within Diabetes. 2) A Hidden Danger of Diabetes. 3) Are Physicians Aware Of This Danger? 4) Does Depression Cause Diabetes? 5) The Formation of Depression Post-Hypnotic Suggestions. 6) S [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Depression Treatment Try These Useful Home Remedies for Dep...

People with depression are simply not able to carry on their lives normally. Without treatment, symptoms can last for weeks, months, or years. When these symptoms become very intense, they start interfering with one’s ability to norma [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Teen depression and sleep

Some teens might resent their parents for enforcing a bed time, but a recent study shows that kids who get to bed by 10 on a week night are less likely to become depressed or have suicidal thoughts. “This study bolsters the argument [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Quit-smoking aid may cause depression: Health Canada

Canadians who have made New Year’s resolutions to quit smoking should be careful about what types of smoking-cessation aids they choose, as Health Canada warned consumers Tuesday about the depressive side-effects from a certain produc [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Treatment of Depression in Adults Should Consider Children, ...

Physicians and other health care professionals who treat adults with depression also should consider the effects of the illness on their patients' children, according to a new report from the National Research Council and the Institute of M [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Angina Frequency Linked to Depression, Anxiety

Ischemic heart patients with depression and anxiety were more likely to suffer chest pain than patients without those psychosocial symptoms, a new study shows. The findings, published in the June 30 edition of Circulation, suggest that an [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Is the husband a bum? Or is it depression

Dear Annie: I have been married five years, and my husband has never wanted to work. I am the sole support for our family. I recently kicked him out and am considering divorce. He is mean to my daughter from a previous marriage and screams [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Relationship and Depression

Relations and the people around us tend to impact our lives in the ways, more than you can even think of. The relation we share with our nearest and dearest, can effect the way our thinking and our lives moves. A good relationship, where t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

The evolutionary origin of depression

CLINICAL depression is a serious ailment, but almost everyone gets mildly depressed from time to time. Randolph Nesse, a psychologist and researcher in evolutionary medicine at the University of Michigan, likens the relationship between mil [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Vitamin D and depression

Here’s a prescription for depression: a vacation on a tropical island, soaking up vitamin D. Or, if you live in Arizona, just take a walk outside. Either way, the common denominator is sunlight, and it can banish the blues and depress [...]

Posted On : Jun, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

New Study Disputes 'Depression Gene' Finding

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We all know that some people do not seem as emotionally strong as others when life gets difficult. But why is that? A study published in two thousand three in the journal Science offered an an [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

The Meanings of Depression-Era Culture

Unemployment rises, the stock market dives, the banking system tanks. We've been there before — and so, in the midst of our current crisis, we look to the Great Depression for answers. Tell us quickly, what does history teach us? Tell [...]

Posted On : Jun, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Season's 1st tropical depression forms in Pacific

The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season is approaching the coast of Mexico.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the depression was centred about 395 kilometres south of the coastal city of Mazatlan at 2 a.m. Pac [...]