How Exercise Impacts Your Mental Health By Christy Matta, MA joggerMost people living in a modern world understand that regular exercise is beneficial to physical health. And many people recognize that exercise makes them “feel better.” In fact, incorporating exercise into a sedentary lifestyle can have significant physical and mental health benefits. Exercise is healthy, [...]
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SAMe and Folate and Depression Treatment
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Sep 062011
Question: “I keep hearing about SAMe and folate as an ‘add-on’ treatment to standard antidepressant treatment. Does this make sense pharmacologically, and what is the evidence for their effectiveness?” Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH: You are right on many counts here. There has recently been a significant uptick in the conversation regarding SAMe and folate as [...]
Sep 062011
Some Drugs Work To Treat Depression, But It Isn’t Clear How November 18, 2005; Page B1 Source: Wall Street Journal SCIENCE JOURNAL By SHARON BEGLEY Hardly any patients know how Lipitor lowers cholesterol, how Lotensin reduces blood pressure, or even how ibuprofen erases headaches. But when it comes to Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil, ads and [...]
Sep 052011
Science Update November 8, 2006 U.S. Youth Suicide Rates Lower in Counties with High SSRI Use For children ages five to 14, suicide rates from 1996 to 1998 were lower in areas of the country with higher rates of antidepressant prescriptions, according to an NIMH-funded study published in the November 2006 issue of the American [...]
Sep 052011
Science Update May 29, 2009 Searching for Risk Factors of Suicidal Events During Antidepressant Treatment A new set of analyses of the NIMH-funded Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) were conducted to better understand what may predict the development of suicidal events during treatment. The analyses, which were published in the May 2009 issue [...]
What is a depressive disorder?
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Sep 052011
WHAT IS A DEPRESSIVE DISORDER? A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. A depressive disorder is not the same as a passing blue mood. It is [...]