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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.
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.
Neuropsychopharmacology Galen Missig1, Luke W Ayers1, Jay Schulkin2 and Jeffrey B Rosen1 1Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA 2Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; Behavioral Endocrinology Section, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Research Department, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC, USA Correspondence: Professor JB Rosen, Department Continue Reading …
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Your Neurotransmitter Levels and Emotional Health
Your emotional health is a combination of attitudes, personality, support systems, and your brain’s neurotransmitter levels. Positive attitudes and a healthy personality help us through life’s difficulties and a good support system of family and friends is also valuable during times of trouble. Despite having these resources, there are times when coping with our experiences and life events changes our neurotransmitter status. Like an overheated automobile, we begin to have difficulty operating properly.
My Gloss
May 18, 2010
A new study finds that postpartum depression doesn’t only affect mothers. New fathers are equally susceptible to the stresses of new parenthood — with 1 in 10 parents suffering from postpartum woes.
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Celebs
By Denise Welch 29/04/2010
Denise Welch has never felt strong enough to tell all about her 20-year fight against depression – until now.
In the final extract from her sensational autobiography Pulling Myself Together, the Loose Women and Coronation Street star details the severity of the dark illness that left her suicidal.
Denise, 51, married to actor Tim Healy with two sons, Matthew, 21, and Louis, eight, also reveals how a breakthrough hormone treatment finally cured her.
“I know exactly when my 20-year battle with depression started. It was as Tim and I drove home from hospital with our new son Matthew.
I said to Tim: “I feel really weird, as if I’m outside looking in.”
MentalHelp.net Rashmi Nemade, Ph.D. & Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. Updated: Aug 7th 2009 The immune system is the body’s defense system. It protects the body from outside threats such as bacteria and viruses that cause infections. When the body comes under attack, immune cells such as T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes and immune proteins known as immunoglobulins attack the Continue Reading …
Natural News
March 29, 2010
Anxiety disorders are characterized by an overwhelming sense of apprehension. Sometimes such apprehension may become constant. Numerous physical symptoms may accompany anxiety with over 100 physical anxiety symptoms reported, including muscle tightness, heart palpitations, chest tightness/pain, dizziness, numbness, tingling, and electric shock feelings. Anxiety disorders often tend to progress to what is called a panic disorder and panic attacks. The Mayo Clinic definition of a panic attack is: “A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that develops for no apparent reason and that triggers severe physical reactions. Panic attacks can be very frightening. When panic attacks occur, you might think you`re losing control, having a heart attack or even dying.” That is why it is common for a person experiencing a panic attack to feel that death is imminent. Fortunately, there are some good natural solutions to combat anxiety and panic symptoms.
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TORONTO, March 1 /CNW/ – The next advance in treating major depression may relate to a group of brain chemicals that are involved in virtually all our brain activity, according to a study published today in Biological Psychiatry. The study is co-authored by Drs. Andrea J. Levinson and Zafiris J. Daskalakis of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
This study shows that compared to healthy individuals, people who have major depressive disorder have altered functions of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). In the study, individuals with the most treatment-resistant forms of illness demonstrated the greatest reductions of GABA levels in the brain.
February 5, 2010
Sweetening the Pill
What one girl found out about the birth control pill that you ought to know
Occasionally I like to take a look at how the lawsuits against Bayer Schering Pharma and their birth control pill Yaz are progressing. Today, when I made my usual Google trawl, I came across a piece regarding the enquiries the lawyers have been receiving from women who did not suffer from blood clots or their consequential strokes and heart problems, but experienced the anxiety and depression that I had for a good six months before I realized what was happening.
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