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Treating Psychiatric Disorders - Something Smells Fishy (Brain Blogger)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:57:07 GMT

Could the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders be as simple as eating more fish? Fish oil contains, specifically docosahexanoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which are known to have positive cardiovascular outcomes. Fish oil intake, through diet or supplementation, has noteworthy effects on lowering total cholesterol, lowering LDL (”bad” cholesterol), and increasing...

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Grace Awards Launched for Journalists Covering PPD Responsibly (Postpartum Progress)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:22:43 GMT

Lauren Hale at Unexpected Blessing has started the Grace Awards to honor journalists who "have shown their true integrity, compassion, and knowledge when they report on any story related to postpartum mood disorders". If you know of anyone who deserves this recognition, let her know!

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Available Journal Articles on Perinatal Mood Disorders (Postpartum Progress)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:31:27 GMT

... screening tool to identify depression in pregnant women in the community setting. Prospective mood data using the 28-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) were collected monthly in 196 pregnant women with a history of a major depressive disorder. These data were analyzed to delineate those HDRS items associated...

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Perinatal Mood Disorder Awareness Events in Georgia (Postpartum Progress)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:46:26 GMT

I am working with Mental Health America's Georgia chapter to increase awareness around the state of Georgia on perinatal mood disorders. My "world tour" of Georgia, called "Project Healthy Moms", started last week at the Summit Ridge psychiatric hospital at the Gwinnett Medical Center. Here's a list of some of my upcoming speeches -- all are welcome to attend: Northeast Georgia Medical...

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ACHEWS, sorry I am allergic to happiness (colors of mind)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:44:00 GMT

Dysthymia is one of the mood disorders that I never did diagnose till I bought this book. It is so easy how this book make it: "2 of these 6, with depressed mood, for 2 years sugnify dysthymia: Appetie disorder Concentration deficit Hopelessness Enegry deficit Worthlessness Sleep disorder The dysthymic patient is "allergic" to happiness; hence, the mnemonic...

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St. John's Wort No Help in ADHD (ABC News)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:00:12 GMT

A popular herbal supplement may be overrated in the treatment of mood disorders.

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Ambien CR(R) (zolpidem Tartrate Extended-release) CIV Tablets Improved Insomnia And Daily Functioning In Patients With Depressive Disorder (Medical News Today)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Sanofi-aventis announced results from a new study that showed Ambien CR(R) (zolpidem tartrate extended-release) CIV tablets 12.5 mg provided significant improvement in sleep onset, sleep maintenance and total sleep time over 8 weeks in patients with co-morbid insomnia and major depressive disorder (MDD) who were administered a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) for depression. Ambien CR...

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The Overnight at Cadman Plaza Park (Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:37:56 GMT

Folks line up at Cadman Plaza Park to walk yesterday in The Overnight, a moonlight 20 mile walk to raise awareness about suicide and mood disorders. Photo: TwoFones

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I Have Had It All (Spanglemonkey)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:31:24 GMT

Looking at the Mood Disorders clinic at staffnord at all the studies available and realizing that I have either been on or are currently on all the medications that they are studying. I'm a human guinea pig. As pdoc said,...

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Minnesota Health Care Group To Launch Pilot 'Pay-for-Performance' Initiative To Reduce Treatment Costs For Depression (Medical News Today)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

The Buyers Health Care Action Group, a health care purchasing coalition in Minnesota for large employers, on Wednesday announced a pay-for-performance pilot program that will reward physicians who effectively treat depressed patients, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. The program will start in 2009 (Forster, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 5/28).

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Common Mechanisms: Inflammation, Depression And Antidepressant Response (Medical News Today)

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Major depressive disorder is a common and complex condition that impacts about 15% of the population of the United States, yet very little is known about the mechanisms behind the psychiatric disorder. What is known is that there are clinical parallels between depressive symptoms and the symptoms of certain inflammatory disorders.

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Mood Stabilizers & Mood Enhancers - A Remedy to Naturally Boost Mood & Alleviate Depression (TotalHealthWorld)

Wed, 28 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Depression and mood disorders are very prevalent mental health issues today. In an increasingly health conscious society, more options are being put forth in the realm of natural medicine, allowing people to stabilize and enhance mood naturally, without addictive and often harmful prescription antidepressants. Natural mood stabilizers and mood enhancers usually work...

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Never-Treated Mood Disorders (Channel N)

sandra@omnibrain.org (Sandra Kiume) — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:14:00 GMT

title Structural and functional brain changes in patients with never treated mood disorders description At the MHA 2008 Research Colloquium, Dr. MacQueen speaks about cognitive deficits that accompany never treated mood disorders, how they impact on education, and touches on some long-term consequences (i.e. she says low education is a bigger predictor of heart attack than...

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Two Great New Books for Clinicians on Treating Postpartum Depression & Related Disorders (Postpartum Progress)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:34:00 GMT

Two great new books are being published for healthcare practitioners (and others!) by two amazing women in the field of postpartum mood disorders, Susan Dowd Stone and Karen Kleiman. The first, called "Perinatal and Postpartum Mood Disorders: Perspectives and Treatment Guide for the Health Care Practitioner", was edited by Susan Dowd Stone and Alexis E. Menken and is being...

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Antidepressants And Immunity (Medical News Today)

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT

"Antidepressants may help body fight HIV and cancer" was the headline in The Independent recently. The newspaper article was on research that suggests that antidepressant drugs may help the immune system to fight off serious infection. The newspaper says the drugs could increase the activity of Natural Killer (NK) cells, a part of the immune system that targets cancerous and infected cells and induces...

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PPD & Anxiety Conference in MN on June 25 (Postpartum Progress)

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:39:09 GMT

"Motherhood, Mood Disorders & Anxiety: Before & After Pregnancy" is a full-day conference being held at the University of Minnesota's Earl Brown Center on June 25th. The event is for professionals and families, and will explore diagnosis, treatment and support for women experiencing depression or anxiety before or after birth. It's being sponsored by NAMI Minnesota, the U of M School...

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Mood May Be Written In (and On) Genes (ABC News)

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:12:08 GMT

Researchers say epigenetics may hold clues for decoding mood disorders.

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Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD (Medical,Health News and Articles)

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:00:23 GMT

May 9 — Breast cancer patients are more than twice as likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder if they have had previous mood and anxiety disorders, new research suggests. About 16 percent of the 74 breast cancer patients studied by researchers at the Ohio State University Medical experienced PTSD 18 months after their cancer diagnosis. [...]

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Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD (JournalHome.com Free Blog Host)

Sat, 10 May 2008 03:46:32 GMT

HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer clients are more than twice as likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder if they have had previous mood and anxiety disorders, new fact-finding suggests. More: - Brought to my attention by

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Mood Disorders Put Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for PTSD (US News)

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

"What is unique about breast cancer patients with PTSD is that they have already had this double hit of both anxiety and mood disorders even before they got the diagnosis," study co-author Barbara Andersen, a professor of psychology at Ohio State University, said in a prepared statement. "So when they are in a new situation that is very anxiety-provoking -- cancer diagnosis and treatment...

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