Blogs Posts in Antidepressants category; 21 blog posts

COULD GAMES BE THE NEW ANTIDEPRESSANTS?

Leading up to the release of our Future Of Gaming report, the PSFK consulting team spoke with the founder of Kill Screen, Jamin Warren. Kill Screen a videogame arts and publishing company exploring the intersection of games, technology an [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Workings Of The Antidepressants

An antidepressant is generally used as a psychiatric medication which is consumed in order to decrease depression or dysthymia that is commonly known as the milder depression. The antidepressants are normally consumed as a course continui [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant, Talk Therapy Fail to Beat Placebo

Neither antidepressants nor "talk therapy" were able to outperform inactive placebo pills in a new clinical trial on depression treatment -- though there were hints that the effects varied based on people's sex and race, res [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant use figures defended

Doctors in Scotland are prescribing antidepressants "appropriately and in accordance with clinical guidelines", public health minister Michael Matheson has told MSPs. Mr Matheson, responding to reports on health statistics, said [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Antidepressants and anti-clotting medication may raise bleed...

Heart attack patients are sometimes prescribed selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors to treat depression. But if those SSRIs are taken in combination with anti-blood clotting drugs, those patients could be at greater risk for bleeding, [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

What Is Antidepressant Medication Research and Where Is It H...

The main focus of most antidepressant medication research is how to counter the various side effects that these medications cause. Besides that, the research also wants to discover how these side effects work and which medications give th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

What Are Augmenter Antidepressant Drugs?

There are patients that need Augmenter antidepressants to make their medication more effective and of these, the most prescribed is Lithium and triiodothyronine. There are also other drugs that are neuroleptic or antipsychotic th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

The Different Types of Antidepressant Medications

Antidepressants have several types or classification. All of which mainly aims to treat depression. Amitriptyline is among the types of antidepressant medication and is given in several doses to include 10mg, 25mg, 50mg, 75mg, 100mg, and [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

What Are Augmenter Antidepressant Drugs?

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Basic Guide To Old And New Antidepressants

Scientist has found many antidepressants which reduce depression or cure it completely. These antidepressants are also used for other disorders other than depression. The first antidepressant was iproniazid which was discovered for tub [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Are antidepressants glorified placebos?

Which came first, the mental illness or the drug? While in other areas of medicine this is a no-brainer (no pun intended), some argue that certain psychiatric conditions are created and classified because of the effects particular drugs h [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Randomized Study Combining L-Methylfolate with Antidepressan...

New findings from a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study of Deplin® 15mg (L-methylfolate) added to commonly prescribed antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) showed that all pat [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Children under six on anti-depressants

Federal health department data reveals prescribing rates of the controversial drugs have risen from 852 in 2007-08 to 1264 in 2009-10. But despite Health Minister Nicola Roxon ordering an investigation three years ago, a Freedom of Inform [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Supermodel Speaks to 'GMA' About Her Experience With Antidep...

Paulina Porizkova, the 46-year-old supermodel and actress, said she was devastated when she was thrown off the television reality show "Dancing With the Stars" in 2007, feeling engulfed by anxiety. "I had been out of the pu [...]