Exercise - The Miracle Anti-Depressant Drug!

Exercise - The Miracle Anti-Depressant Drug!

A recent study has discovered that exercise is as effective at combating depression as anti-depressant tablets.
The study, conducted by the American Medical Institute, involved the testing of 100 subjects, all of whom were clinically diagnosed as having ’severe depressive illness’. Of these 100 people, 25 were given a course of anti-depressant tablets, 25 were given [...]

Love and Depression - Visible Warnings in Dreams.

Love and Depression - Visible Warnings in Dreams.

Dreams about the person you love are very clear, even though most dreams are not comprehensible to your conscience. The unconscious mind that produces your dreams uses a symbolic language in order to show you what is happening inside you and many things more.
Why is this language so strange? Because you have inside you a [...]

Study compares suicides’ brains to control group, finds some differences.

Study compares suicides' brains to control group, finds some differences.

Certain proteins in the brains of depressed people who committed suicide are “more highly expressed” than those in people who died suddenly from other causes, researchers say.
The findings may help explain an underlying cause of major depression and suicide, says Michael Poulter of the Robarts Research Institute at the University of Western Ontario in London, [...]

Omega-3 Fats During Pregnancy Provide an Alternative to Anti-Depressant Drugs.

Omega-3 Fats During Pregnancy Provide an Alternative to Anti-Depressant Drugs.

By Maryann Marshall.
For NaturalNews.
The demands on a woman’s body during pregnancy often leave her feeling depleted, physically and emotionally. Depression is common among pregnant women. Concerns have been raised about possible harm from antidepressants which might affect both mother and child. Mothers-to-be and their health care providers often look for other choices than pharmaceuticals.
Researchers at [...]

Finding New Ways to Treat Depression.

Finding New Ways to Treat Depression.

By J. R. White.
For BrainBlogger.
I think it’s good to think outside the box. Especially when it comes to finding solutions to some pretty major problems. Let’s take depression for example.
Starting in May 2007, the FDA started requiring that a warning be posted on antidepressant drugs. The warning was about the increased risk of suicide for [...]

A cure for depression?

A cure for depression?

When Sean Miller was 14, a virus left him paralyzed for about a year. Depression, he says, was much worse.
“I would have taken paralysis any day over depression,” Miller said of his last of several depressive episodes, which left him fearful, anxious and suicidal for most of his late 30s and unable to find relief [...]

Which Came First - Depression or Diabetes?

Which Came First - Depression or Diabetes?

By Jennifer Gibson.
For BrainBlogger.
A recent study in JAMA reported that patients treated for type 2 diabetes are at risk for developing depression. The study also reported that patients with depression are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
The study confirmed what other studies have reported, and clinicians have seen in practice, that symptoms of depression [...]

Weighing in on Depression. Is ice cream an antidepressant?

Weighing in on Depression. Is ice cream an antidepressant?

Essay By Dr. James Potash, M.D.
For ABC-news.
New Research Clarifies More Than Ever Basis of ‘Comfort Food’.
Is ice cream an antidepressant?
Some patients with depression will eat a pint of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream at night before they go to bed. They feel comforted - at least briefly - by the high-calorie treat. Of course, it [...]

Herb Remedies for Depression.

Herb Remedies for Depression.

Depression is also known as a mood disorder that occurs due to the influence of situations and undesirable circumstances on the environment. All segment of the population in every society, either children, adults or even the elderly could experience mood disorder and get into state of depression. Whenever a person suffer from depression, he will [...]

Prevent Your Depression.

Prevent Your Depression.

Depression is an ailment that falls under the subject of psychology. This phrase is also used for reference to both general and clinical maladies. It is also used for specific references to pathological fields.
The symptoms of this particular ailment involve feelings of lowness and feelings of despair which are popularly prevalent and visible in the [...]

Secrets of suicide decoded!

Secrets of suicide decoded!

Canadian researchers claim to have found a clue as to why people commit suicide or go into deep depression.
In a ground-breaking study, they found elevated levels of a particular protein in the brains of those who committed suicide.
An international research group, led by Michael Poulter at the University of Western Ontario and Hymie Anisman of [...]