Patient's Genes May Guide Antidepressant Use
WSTM - Some 30 percent to 40 percent of patients fail their first drug treatment for major depression. Experts say that, right now, it's not possible to predict with any degree of accuracy which drug will work best for each patient. Clinicians are pinning
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More Than Half Of Jail And Prison Inmates Have Mental Illness, Study
KSDK - have major depression have major depression and 10 percent have a psychotic disorder. Critics of the study say it relied on surveys completed by the inmates themselves and failed to account for severity and duration of the illness. The Treatment
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Special Legislative Session Ends, Mostly With Lots of Inaction
New York Times - legislation requiring insurers to cover certain mental health conditions, including major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and eating disorders, and to cover up to 30 days a year of hospitalization and 20 days of outpatient treatment. The
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Older Men Seek And Receive Depression Care Less Frequently Due To
Medical News Today - Providing Access to Collaborative Treatment for Depression). The IMPACT participants were 1,800 adults 60 and older with major depression or dysthymic disorder from 18 primary care clinics, affiliated with eight health-care organizations in the
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