Mood Disorders Category Archives - Page 18 of 21

Husbands’ Anti-Social Behaviors Increase Wives’ Symptoms of Depression

February 23, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

In the United States, nearly 10 percent of the population suffers from a depressive disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. While the causes of depression vary, a new study at the University of Missouri reveals that marital hostility is a contributing factor. MU researcher, Christine Proulx, found that husbands’ hostile and anti-social […]

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Depression and Cognitive Problems Not Necessarily Associated

February 15, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

Many clinicians believe that depression goes hand in hand with cognitive difficulties such as memory problems or difficulties concentrating and paying attention, but a recent review of nearly 20 years of literature conducted by researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center has found that depression does not always lead to such impairments.

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Depressed People More Likely to Feel Gray, Not Blue

February 9, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

People with anxiety and depression are most likely to use a shade of gray to represent their mental state. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology describe the development of a color chart, The Manchester Color Wheel, which can be used to study people’s preferred pigment in relation to their state of mind.

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New Compound Could Become Important Antidepressant

February 5, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

Chemists at Oregon State University have discovered and synthesized a new compound that in laboratory and animal tests appears to be similar to, but may have advantages over, one of the most important antidepressant medications in the world. A patent has been applied for on the compound, and findings on it published in the Journal

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Brain Stimulation May be More Effective Than Antidepressants

February 4, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

For those who are dealing with debilitating depression, antidepressants are meant to provide relief. Recent research, however, has identified that more than one third of patients with depression may not be achieving a satisfactory response from their medication. A recent post in Science Daily shows that deep brain stimulation (DBS), a form of targeted electrical

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Study Finds Genetic Mutations Associated with Suicide Risk among Depressed Patients

February 3, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

A new report reveals that single mutations in genes involved with nerve cell formation and growth appear to be associated with the risk of attempting suicide among individuals with depression. The study will appear in the April print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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Excessive Internet Use Linked to Depression

February 3, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

People who spend a great deal of time browsing the Internet are more likely to show depressive symptoms, according to the first large-scale study of its kind in the West by University of Leeds psychologists. The researchers found striking evidence that some users have developed a compulsive Internet habit, whereby they replace real-life social interaction

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Stimulating the Brain’s Pleasure Center to Treat Depression

January 26, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

Even with the best of available treatments, over a third of patients with depression may not achieve a satisfactory antidepressant response. Deep brain stimulation (DBS), a form of targeted electrical stimulation in the brain via implanted electrodes, is now undergoing careful testing to determine whether it could play a role in the treatment of patients

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Excess Serotonin Receptors May Explain Why Antidepressants Don’t Work for Some Patients

January 18, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

An excess of one type of serotonin receptor in the center of the brain may explain why antidepressants fail to relieve symptoms of depression for 50 percent of patients, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center shows. The study is the first to find a causal link between receptor number and antidepressant

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Deep Brain Stimulation Successfully Treats Severe Depression

January 11, 2010 / By Promises Behavioral Health Editorial Team / Mood Disorders

A team of neurosurgeons at Heidelberg University Hospital and psychiatrists at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim have (for the first time) successfully treated a patient suffering from severe depression by stimulating the habenula, a tiny nerve structure in the brain. The 64-year-old woman, who had suffered from depression since age 18, could not

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