Tag: harvard health publications
group name: depression
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February 28, 2008 11:33 AM EST --
For those who don't live in the sunshine states, the winter can seem endless. For people touched by seasonal affective disorder, the depression that accompanies the cold weather and lack of light . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:46 PM EDT --
According to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, only about 40% of people with major depression receive adequate conventional treatment, so it’s important to get a better understanding of . . .
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June 02, 2008 11:20 AM EDT --
I have a neighbor who prides himself on having the perfect lawn. He spends hours each week tending, mowing, and weed-whacking his yard. I get tired just watching him.
Perfectionism can be exhausting. . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
Depression in bipolar disorder is a condition that lasts longer than mania and causes more suffering and disability. Because the symptoms of bipolar depression often combine despair with agitation and . . .
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May 05, 2008 12:37 PM EDT --
Recently, a colleague told me about one of his patients who suffered a relapse of major depression. Her symptoms were so severe that she was hospitalized for several days. When we talked later about what . . .
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July 27, 2007 12:19 PM EDT --
Often, medications are the first choice in treatment, especially if you’re experiencing a severe depression or suicidal urges. Controlled studies have found that about 65%–85% of people get . . .
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June 16, 2008 03:00 PM EDT --
Positive psychology is sometimes dismissed as so much happy talk. But in some circumstances, these techniques provide a much-needed balance to psychiatry's traditional focus on psychic pain and pathology. . . .
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July 14, 2008 04:56 PM EDT --
As the treatment arsenal for bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder has expanded in recent years, some experts have become concerned that lithium — a mainstay of treatment since FDA approval in 1970 . . .
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July 28, 2008 04:51 PM EDT --
Although bipolar disorder is diagnosed largely on the basis of whether a manic or hypomanic episode has occurred, the condition’s most painful burden may be depression and disability.
Full recovery . . .
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August 11, 2008 10:20 AM EDT --
Some people find that the first medication they try delivers great results: their depression lifts, they feel more like themselves, and they have few or no side effects. But for many others, finding the . . .
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July 09, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
When depression isn’t treated, there’s a high likelihood that it will recur. Roughly half of those who have a single untreated episode of major depression will go on to have another. The second . . .
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July 09, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
Whether you get a recommendation for a therapist from your primary care doctor, a friend, or your insurance company, finding out about his or her background and training can help you feel comfortable with . . .
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August 20, 2007 12:37 PM EDT --
The American Psychiatric Association requires any five of nine symptoms for a diagnosis of major depression. As the definition implies, these symptoms do not all appear in everyone who is depressed. Two . . .
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May 19, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
I've written here in the past about the use of meditation for reducing anxiety and as part of comprehensive treatment for depression. Another technique that may help some people is hypnosis.
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July 16, 2007 10:51 AM EDT --
Psychotherapists know that psychiatric disorders always involve activity in the brain. In this era of psychopharmacology, brain imaging, and therapeutic electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, . . .
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July 27, 2007 12:06 PM EDT --
Mood changes during pregnancy are very common, which makes it harder to figure out what is normal and what is not. However, pregnancy does not protect us from other diseases, and depression is no exception. . . .
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August 06, 2007 12:40 PM EDT --
Childhood should be a happy time, but children do get depressed. Here, we review some basic information about recognizing and treating depression when it occurs in children.
Exact numbers are hard to . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:49 AM EDT --
Q. I’ve been taking Zoloft. Recently, my pharmacist filled my prescription with a generic form of the drug. Does the brand name matter?
A. The patent expired on Zoloft, one of the popular selective . . .
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August 03, 2007 09:13 AM EDT --
In a 2006 study, researchers from Brown Medical School and the Rhode Island Department of Health found a strong association between mothers with symptoms of postpartum depression and those with colicky . . .
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July 23, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
It’s known that several kinds of psychotherapy are effective treatments for depression, but little is known about which ones are best for which patients. A study conducted at the University of Toronto . . .
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