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Depression Heightens Dementia Risk in People With Diabetes

Depression is a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Diabetes, too, has been linked to an increased Alzheimer’s risk. Now, a new study shows that having both diabetes and depression raises the [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

The truth about depression: six people speak out

Depression is not picky. Men, women, rich, poor, white, black. No one is immune. It is not just an illness for people with dark, mysterious pasts or chaotic presents. It is ubiquitous. Empirical and anecdotal evidence suggests this is fas [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression Taking Its Toll Over People in Britain

It has been reported that the cases of depression in Britain are increasing significantly. Every year, the medical authorities of Britain spend £11 billion for provide care and treatment to patients suffering from depression. Med [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

How people respond while suffering from various anxiety diso...

Anxiety disorders are commonly seen around us in the present age. The hectic life schedules and stiff competition has led us to a situation where everybody goes through this feeling, some or the other time. A moderate level of anxiety is [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Sad People Have Surprising Memory Advantage

Sad people are apparently better than happy people at face recognition, an upside to being down in the dumps that is yielding insights into how mood can affect the brain. The findings, based on experiments involving college students, coul [...]

Posted On : Aug, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Depressed People Make Better Decisions

Depression might not be all bad, new research finds. People with major depressive disorder do better on a decision-making task than people without the disease. Depression is a psychiatric condition defined by consistently low mood, low se [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Bright light may help treat depression in elderly peopleR...

Exposure to bright light may help treat older patients with major depression [a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity] , according to the findings of a Dutch randomized trial. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Light Can Affect People’s Emotion

Sleeping with the atmosphere of light exposure can make changes in the brain that can lead to a bad mood, including depression, according to a study. These findings could explain why workers with night shift usually exposed by light at n [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Doctors should stop pushing drugs at depressed people

People with depression often get better when they change the way they think. Since therapy is more likely to achieve this with longer-lasting results than drugs, doctors need to stop pushing pills and start pushing treatments that wor [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Depressed people less receptive to feel good chemicals in br...

A new study at the University of Michigan Depression Center has shown that some people suffering from depression have fewer receptors for some of the brain’s ‘feel good’ stress-response chemicals, which could explain why s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

More people suffer from depression in Turkey

Antidepressant and antipsychotic use has risen significantly in Turkey along with the growing number of people who see psychiatrists, a local paper Turkey Daily News reported here on Wednesday. The paper reported that antidepressant consump [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Depressed people less likely to crave for pleasure

People, who suffer from anhedonia, a key symptom of depression, are less likely to pursue rewards if there is any need to put an effort to obtain them, according to new study. The research has indicated that decreased cravings for pleasure [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Are Too Many People Being Diagnosed With Depression?

Too many people are being diagnosed with depression when all they really are is unhappy, says Australian psychiatrist Professor Gordon Parker.In an article in the British Medical Journal, Parker claims that the current threshold for what is [...]

Posted On : Aug, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Depression in People with Learning Disability

Some people have special difficulty in learning to talk, look after themselves and in coping with schooling and preparation for adult life. This disability, once called mental handicap or retardation, is now known as learning difficulty or [...]