Emma Riches. Diagnosis: Insanity caused by childbirth
These days, work stress, postnatal depression and anxiety are addressed with compassion. But just a few generations ago, the women who suffered from these conditions, were confined to an asylum.
Victorian Women Sent to Asylums For Stress, Post Natal Depression and Anxiety – All Related to Hormone Imbalance
May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Depression over Jobs Affects Women and Men Differently
May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A job can increase the risk of depression in both men and women, but for different reasons, a new study from Canada suggests.
Women in the study who felt they were not appreciated at their job, or were not appropriately rewarded for their efforts, had an increased risk of depression, compared with women who felt they were rewarded appropriately, the study showed. No such link was found in men.
Depression Affects the Entire Body – and Accelerates Aging
April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In an early look at accelerated aging, researchers at Duke University found about 20 years ago that brain scans of older people with depression showed much faster age-related loss of volume in the brain compared with people without depression.
Mo. teen on Prozac killed 9 year old – gets life with possible parole
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an “ahmazing” thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl’s family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison.
Dietary Changes Can Improve Your Mental Health
December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Studies Indicated a Direct Tie to Poor Nutrition And an Increased Risk for Mental Disorders Just in time for the annual, holiday season Bad Food Choice Fest the latest issue of the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Mind, Mood and Memory reminds us all about how important good food choices are to our mental and emotional well Continue Reading …
Sleepy and Depressed
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Star.com
Malaysia
Sunday October 23, 2011
CIRCADIAN rhythm disorders driven by changes in the sleep-wake cycle has been identified as one of the major causes of depression, the fourth most disabling disease in Malaysia, affecting up to 10% of the population.
Misdiagnosis and/or sub-optimal treatment of depression and the relatively little attention paid to changes to circadian rhythms that control physical, mental and behavioural patterns that follow roughly a 24-hour cycle is further hampering treatment of this malady.
Why are more women depressed? Is this a real epidemic – or the result of cynical marketing by drug giants?
September 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mail Online By John Naish Last updated at 11:33 PM on 12th September 2011 More women than ever are reaching for the happy pills, it was revealed last week. New research suggests there has been a massive increase in the number of women with depression. Women are twice as likely to suffer from the illness Continue Reading …
EXCLUSIVE: Antidepressants and Breast, Ovarian Cancer Link Suggested
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Women’s Media Center
By Dr. Sharon Ufberg
August 1, 2011
Authored by Lisa Cosgrove of the Harvard Center for Ethics, a recent statistical analysis of studies assessing the relationship between breast and ovarian cancer and antidepressant drug use finds possible link.
Are you one of the thousands of women currently taking antidepressants? A recent review indicates that these medications are not risk free, particularly for women.
The analysis of published studies suggests a link between breast and ovarian cancer and antidepressant drug usage. The review, which found an 11 percent increased risk overall in both breast and ovarian cancer for patients taking such medication, points to a need for further investigation, particularly since the results varied widely depending on who funded the research.
Women, Sex and Diabetes: Are You Suffering in Silence?
August 3, 2011 By 1 Comment
Health Realizations
NutriWellness
July 2011
Diabetes impacts over 9 million U.S. women, 3 million of whom have not been diagnosed. Along with increasing the risk of heart attack, miscarriages, yeast infections, eye and nerve damage, and more, diabetes increases the risk of sexual problems — a largely unspoken problem among women.
Sexual dysfunction is a topic most often associated with men, and while men with diabetes are more likely to lose interest in sex or experience erectile dysfunction, women with diabetes are also more likely to have sexual side effects.
Jab that could put a stop to stress without slowing us down
July 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mail Online
By Rachel Quigley
Last updated at 10:32 AM on 2nd August 2010
Forget the age-old remedies of yoga, meditation or popping pills. Relieving chronic stress could soon be as simple as having an injection, according to scientists.
Academics say they are close to developing the first vaccine for stress – a single jab that would help us relax without slowing down.
After 30 years of research into cures for stress, Dr Robert Sapolsky, professor of neuroscience at Stanford University in California, believes it is possible to alter brain chemistry to create a state of ‘focused calm’.
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