Archive for the ‘Depression’ Category
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Who benefits from antidepressants?
A new study published today in PLoS Medicine suggests that antidepressants only benefit some, very severely depressed patients.
"New generation" antidepressants, such as fluoxetine (Prozac) are widely prescribed for the treatment of clinical depression. However some studies have suggested that these drugs do not help the majority of ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Luis Berrade, a researcher with the Drug R&D Unit of the University of Navarra, has discovered new compounds with the potential for anti-depressant activity. All-told, the chemist of the School of Sciences synthesized 51 compounds whose biological characteristics were evaluated by two of the most prestigious groups in this area: ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Biovail Corporation (NYSE: BVF) (TSX: BVF) announced that it has received a Notice of Compliance from the Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD) for its supplemental New Drug Submission (sNDS) for a new indication for Wellbutrin® XL in Canada - the prevention of major depressive illness with an autumn-winter seasonal pattern.
The approval ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
According to a recent report in the Archives of General Psychiatry, older women are more likely to become depressed and to remain depressed than older men, but less likely to die while depressed.
Lisa C. Barry of the Yale University School of Medicine and colleagues performed the study in light of ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Among older people, depressive symptoms and syndromes are more prevalent in the latin countries of Europe (France Italy and Spain), than in the Germanic (Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands) and Hellenic (Greece) countries. This is particularly true of symptoms related to lack of motivation, according to a new ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The largest and most up-to-date study of suicides among depressed veterans provides important new data that may help guide screening and treatment for all veterans.
Published online yesterday (Oct. 30), the study finds that the predictors of suicide among veterans in depression treatment differ from those seen in the general American ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
The Health Department announced the launch of a new awareness campaign to help de-stigmatize mental health problems and promote positive coping strategies among young Latinas, who suffer from depression at higher rates than other groups. This fall the Health Department began distributing posters, palm cards and compact mirrors with the ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation's largest grassroots organization representing individuals and families with mental illnesses, is pleased to offer its strong support for House passage of the Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act (HR 20).
This important legislation addresses the national priority of post-partum depression ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
SPRI Clinical Trials announced that it is now screening patients for enrollment in the parAGOn Clinical Trial Program, which will start with two Phase III studies to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of agomelatine, a novel, investigational, once-daily medication for the treatment of ...
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