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AskMen.com
January 6, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Dealing With Depression Clinical depression is an illness characterized by a cluster of feelings, thoughts and behaviors that are strikingly different from a person's normal range of feeling and functioning...   |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2002 |
Depression What is depression?... What causes depression?... How is depression diagnosed?... How is depression treated?... What about suicide?... |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2006 |
Depression: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is depression?... What causes depression?... Symptoms of Depression... How is depression diagnosed?... etc. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2002 |
Depression in Women Is depression common in women?... What are the symptoms?... What causes depression?... Symptoms of Depresssion... How is depression treated?... Are antidepressants safe for any woman with depression?... etc. |
AskMen.com
Julian Marcus |
Are You Bipolar? Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is one of the least understood and potentially most destructive mental health disorders. |
Nursing
April 2008
Kathryn Murphy |
Shedding the burden of depression & anxiety Learn about types of depression and available treatments. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2006
Michael Fronstin |
A Fresh Look at Co-morbidity You may think you understand a disease. But then it arrives in tandem. A new survey takes a fresh look at co-morbidity. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2007
Shashi & Subhash Bhatia |
Childhood and Adolescent Depression Safe and effective treatment of major depression in this age group requires accurate diagnosis, suicide risk assessment, and use of evidence-based therapies. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2011
Arundhati Parmar |
FDA Allows Expansion of St. Jude Study to Treat Severe Depression St. Jude moves forward with treatment for depression. |
AskMen.com
December 21, 2003
Richard Stevens |
Overcoming The Winter Blues Over 10 million Americans start feeling the onset of depression as soon as the skies begin to darken and the days shorten. This type of depression, known as seasonal affective disorder, is well-documented and is a contributing factor to higher suicide rates during the winter months. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2007 |
Depression in Children and Teens How to recognize depression in your children and resources available for more information. |
AskMen.com
November 6, 2001
Vatche Bartekian |
Fighting Winter Depression Since winter is on its way, the following might help you understand why you feel so down during this cold season... |
Nurse Practitioner
March 2012
Vanya Hamrin et al. |
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Depression The primary care setting is an appropriate venue for screening and identifying pediatric depression. Nurse practitioners can provide initial management or referral to psychiatric mental health professionals for evidence-based treatments. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2002
Sharp & Lipsky |
Screening for Depression Across the Lifespan: A Review of Measures for Use in Primary Care Settings Depression is a common psychiatric disorder in children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Primary care physicians, not mental health professionals, treat the majority of patients with symptoms of depression. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Exercise And Depression The bad news is that 19-million Americans are affected by depression. And now the good news: A study was just published that concluded that exercise, along with medication, can relieve the symptoms of serious depression. |
Nursing
May 2012
Tim Blake |
Three Medication Pathways for Bipolar Disorder No matter where you work, you're likely to care for patients with bipolar disorder, which affects about 2.6% of people age 18 and older per year. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2004
Birrer & Vemuri |
Depression in Later Life: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge Depression in elderly persons is widespread, often undiagnosed, and usually untreated. Because there is no reliable diagnostic test, a careful clinical evaluation is essential. |
Reason
December 2007
Will Wilkinson |
The Great Depression Is an epidemic of depressive disorder really sweeping America? Book review: The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder, by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield. |
AskMen.com
March 2, 2003
Mike Davison |
Fibromyalgia: The Prison Of Pain Fibromyalgia, also known as fibromyalgia syndrome or FMS, is a widespread muscular and skeletal pain, and fatigue disorder affecting the fibrous tissues of the muscles, ligaments and tendons. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2000
Son & Kirchner |
Depression in Children and Adolescents Depression among children and adolescents is common but frequently unrecognized. It affects 2 percent of prepubertal children and 5 to 8 percent of adolescents... |
ifeminists
May 5, 2004
Tony Zizza |
Depression Screenings Don't Belong In Our Schools A recent article in the Denver Post reports Denver Health's School-Based Health Centers are screening every student - for depression - who steps inside any one of the 11 school-based "clinics." |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2006
Rupke, Blecke & Renfrow |
Cognitive Therapy for Depression Family physicians usually are the first to diagnose and treat patients with depression. They should inform patients that psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are valid options, and that cognitive therapy is the most studied psychotherapy. |
Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Matthew E. Dawson |
Not myself I took this photo at a particularly low point of depression. I've gained a lot of weight since taking a certain medication and I'm fascinated by what's happening to me. |
ifeminists
December 28, 2005
Tony Zizza |
If Depression Hurts, Eli Lilly Is Killing Us Eli Lilly's latest marketing campaign is a form of propaganda that speaks to how low Big Pharma will go to keep Americans in chemical handcuffs. |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2010
Townsend-Roccichelli et al. |
Managing sleep disorders in the elderly This article will provide an overview of sleep physiology in the aging population, identify common sleep disorders, and suggest pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options. |
Nursing Management
May 2012
Joanne Lavin |
Surviving posttraumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. |
Managed Care
May 2004
MargaretAnn Cross |
Depression Programs Might Provide an Edge There may be some costs up front, but there is also an opportunity for health plans to profit as employers' concern about this issue grows. |
Psychology Today
Mar/Apr 2009
Kathleen McGowan |
Good Morning, Heartache Depression is a daily reality against which millions struggle. Many have found a variety of strategies to help them not just survive, but thrive. |
Managed Care
April 2006
Tony Berberabe |
Insurers Rely on Providers To Screen for Depression With access only to claims data, health plans strive to promote the importance of depression screening to their providers. |
Nurse Practitioner
December 2008
Gill & Saligan |
Don't Let SAD Get You Down This Season Information about seasonal affective disorder includes diagnostic tools and common therapies. |
Reason
April 2004
Joli Jensen |
Emotional Choices What story you choose to believe about antidepressants reveals a deeper truth about who you are. |
Nurse Practitioner
September 2010
Moloney & Cranwell-Bruce |
Pharmacological Management of Migraine Headaches Migraine is one of the top 20 causes of disability worldwide, occurring in 17.6% of women and 5.7% of men |
Nurse Practitioner
October 2011
Krauter & Cook |
Pharmacogenetics and the pharmacological management of depression One CYP450 enzyme, CYP2D6, is responsible for the metabolism of 30% of all drugs including many antidepressants. Phenotypes of metabolizer status affect antidepressant treatment outcomes and adverse drug reactions. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2006
Lurie et al. |
Seasonal Affective Disorder Patients with seasonal affective disorder have episodes of major depression that tend to recur during specific times of the year, usually in winter. Like major depression, seasonal affective disorder probably is underdiagnosed in primary care settings. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2001
Thomas P. Guck |
Assessment and Treatment of Depression Following Myocardial Infarction Depression is an independent risk factor in the development of and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy persons... |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2002
Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil |
Identifying and Managing Preparatory Grief and Depression at the End of Life Preparatory grief is experienced by virtually all patients who are dying and can be facilitated with psychosocial support and counseling... |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2002
Timothy Craig & Sujani Kakumanu |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Evaluation and Treatment Some patients present with persistent and disabling fatigue, but show no abnormalities on physical examination or screening laboratory tests. In these cases, the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome should be considered... |
Managed Care
February 2002
Heidi A. Sauder & Sheri Wallace |
Push Is On for Improved Treatment of Women's Psychological Maladies Sure there are diagnostic and treatment challenges, but the money that can be saved for society might make this fertile ground for investment... |
AskMen.com
May 27, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Are You A Hypochondriac? The facts are that only 16% of patients that see their General Practitioners for common ailments actually have physiological causes for their sicknesses... |
Health
May 2007
Sharon Boone |
Is That Stomach Pain All in Your Head? Cut stress and that irritable bowel may disappear. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
October 1998
David Schardt |
Herbs for Nerves St. John's Wort and Kava |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2005
Samuel K. Moore |
Zapping Away The Blues Cyberonics Inc. plans to introduce the first implanted device that can treat a psychiatric illness. |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2012
Diana L. Wadlund |
Meeting the challenge of IBS IBS is the best studied, most common functional GI disorder, and is often characterized by debilitating symptoms without any pathologic findings. The predominant symptoms of IBS are abdominal pain and an alteration in bowel habits with an absence of organic pathology. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2002
Ward & Zamorski |
Benefits and Risks of Psychiatric Medications During Pregnancy Decisions regarding the use of psychiatric medications should be individualized, and the most important factor is usually the patient's level of functioning in the past when she was not taking medications. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000
Michael F. Gliatto, M.D. |
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Patients with generalized anxiety disorder experience worry or anxiety and a number of physical and psychologic symptoms... |
ifeminists
October 4, 2006
Tony Zizza |
Time To Boycott National Depression Screening Day In the U.S., whenever National Depression Screening Day rears its ugly head in the mainstream media every first week in October, we have the opportunity to review some serious doublethink that does not change much with each passing year. |
Reason
October 2005
Maia Szalavitz |
In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
Nursing
March 2012
Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2012: part I In this article, you'll learn about 11 recently approved drugs. |
Managed Care
June 2006
Martin Sipkoff |
Limiting Access to SSRIs Does More Harm Than Good Despite the higher costs of SSRIs, compared to older antidepressants, limiting members' access can lead to undertreated depression. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2005
Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins |
Self-Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Effective management of this disease requires the patient to be the principal illness manager and this skill requires the nurses guidance and support. |
