The neural basis of the depressive self

"Depression is actually defined by specific clinical symptoms such as sadness, difficulty to experience pleasure, sleep problems etc., present for at least two weeks, with impairment of psychosocial functioning. These symptoms guide the physician to make a diagnosis and to select antidepressant treatment such as drugs or psychotherapy."

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The Largest Clinical Study Ever Conducted On Treating Depression With Omega-3 Shows Encouraging Results

The use of Omega-3 supplements is effective among patients with major depression who do not have anxiety disorders, according to a study directed by Dr. Francois Lesperance of the Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier at the Universite de Montreal (CRCHUM), head of CHUM's Department of Psychiatry and a professor at the Université de Montreal. The study was published in the online Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. This was the largest study ever conducted....

The Largest Clinical Study Ever Conducted On Treating Depression With Omega-3 Shows Encouraging Results

Critical brain chemical shown to play role in severe depression

Critical brain chemical shown to play role in severe depression

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).

Current perspectives of the roles of the central norepinephrine system in anxiety and depression

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Depression as deadly as smoking, study finds

A new study has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking. The study also shows that patients with depression face an overall increased risk of mortality, while a combination of depression and anxiety in patients lowers mortality compared with depression alone.

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No Added Benefit of Adjunctive Psychotherapy to Antidepressants Alone in Chronic Depression

A large randomized trial suggests that there is no additional therapeutic benefit to adding psychotherapy to antidepressant medications in the treatment of chronic depression.

Depression A Common Consequence Of Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Depression A Common Consequence Of Chronic Rhinosinusitis