Antidepressants help head and heart
Health 24 - who had already suffered heart attacks or had other problems, such as blockages of cardiac arteries, found treatment with Experts estimate that about 20% of people with severe heart disease suffer from major depression. The problem isn't only a
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State news of national interest
Charleston Gazette - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A new state law requires health insurance companies to cover 30 inpatient and 20 outpatient days of treatment for mental illness. Companies must fully cover "biologically based mental illnesses'' including major depression
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Landmark Govt. Study Examines Depression
First Coast News - The project started out with 3,671 adults diagnosed with major depression. Half of them had a family history of it, and more The rest switched to another antidepressant or continued with Celexa and added a second treatment. This second step
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Uncovering an Epidemic Screening for Mental Illness in Teens
New England Journal of Medicine - We know from the National Comorbidity Survey that half of all serious adult psychiatric illnesses including major depression Even those who receive treatment tend to do so only after a long delay: 6 to 8 years for patients with mood disorders and 9
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Magnet Therapy
Belief.Net - A randomized clinical trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of major depression. Biol Psychiatry. 2000;47:332–337. 26. Tergau F, Naumann U, Paulus W, et al. Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic
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