02/09/2010 | Media reports of suicidal people who master a crisis and decide to continue living may help reduce suicide by others, researchers have concluded.
02/09/2010 | Doctors are always on the lookout for depression and anxiety in their patients but won’t seek help for the disorders when they themselves develop symptoms, a new review by mental health group beyondblue has found.
02/09/2010 | Women with antenatal depression are four times more likely to have depression at two years postpartum, an Australian study finds.
26/08/2010 | Adults medicated for ADHD who still have symptoms should be given cognitive behavioural therapy, a randomised controlled trial published in JAMA concludes.
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19/08/2010 | The number of overdoses with antidepressants is in long term decline despite increasing use of the drugs, new Australian figures show.
12/08/2010 | Follow-up of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder treated at a specialised Maudsley Hospital clinic in London have found the illness persisted in about 40% of cases but the symptoms were usually mild.
12/08/2010 | Eliminating diabetes, treating depression, and increasing literacy via public health policies can lead to significant decreases in the incidence of dementia, a population study finds.
05/08/2010 | An interdisciplinary approach is needed to treat older patients with osteoarthritis and break the cycle between pain and depression, Canadian researchers have claimed. 1 comment
29/07/2010 | Mandatory information for patients inserted into packets of antidepressants vary widely in their content, quality and usefulness and need to be improved, a study of British products has concluded.
29/07/2010 | The threshold for remission in major depressive disorder needs to be lowered, a study concludes, because under the current threshhold, patients in remission may not be functioning normally.