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CTFPHC says there is a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of screening in adults with no apparent symptoms of depression OTTAWA, May 13, 2013 /CNW/ - The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) today released an updated guideline on screening for depression in primary care settings.  Due to a lack of high quality evidence on the benefits and harms of screening, the new guideline recommends not routinely screening adults who show no apparent symptoms of...

Results of large, national study find people are better off not having a spouse than having poor relationship with one The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study. After analyzing data from nearly 5,000 American adults, the researchers found that the quality of a person's relationships with a spouse, family and friends predicted the likelihood of major depression...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Depression is both over-diagnosed and over-treated in American adults, claims a new study published in the April 2013 edition of the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Dr. Ramin J. Mojtabai, lead author of the study and an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Mental Health, examined individuals with clinician-identified depression, as well as those who experienced a...

LONDON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 60% unaware of alternative depression treatments, other than taking pills Leading London Centre [http://www.psychiatrycentre.co.uk ] is the first and only to launch drug-free treatment for depression in UK Research launched today found that Britons value their mental wellness over their weight, sexual drive, fitness and gut health. According to results from a survey of 1,000 people in the UK,...

OAKLAND, Calif., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adult patients with diabetes who don't understand basic health information are significantly less likely to take newly prescribed antidepressant medication, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study in The Journal of General Internal Medicine. In this study conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and the University of Washington School of Medicine, 72 percent of the 1,366 study participants had limited health literacy...

Study Participants Experienced Improvement in Pain and Well-Being that Persisted Through One Year SAN DIEGO, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New data released today at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology show that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) administered using the NeuroStar TMS Therapy System® significantly reduced pain-related symptoms in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), with improvement sustained through one year. Pain-related symptoms...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A surprisingly high number of women suffer from symptoms of postpartum depression, a new large-scale study from a Northwestern Medicine researcher reveals. The study is the largest scale depression screening of postpartum women done to date. It is also the first time a full psychiatric assessment has been done in a study of postpartum women who screened positive for depression. The study, published in a recent issue of JAMA...

A study published this week in PLOS Medicine finds that while antipsychotic medications are associated with small-to-moderate improvements in depressive symptoms in adults, there is little evidence for improvement on measures of quality of life and these medications are linked to adverse events such as weight gain and sedation. The results of the study, conducted by Glen Spielmans of Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota and colleagues, have potential implications for the...

Researchers recommend these interventions in first step of treatment Depression is a major cause of disability worldwide and effective management of this is a key challenge for health care systems. Evidence suggests 'low-intensity' interventions provide significant clinical benefit. Initial severity of depression is one of the key variables determining who gets 'low' or 'high' intensity treatment, but this is largely based on epidemiological studies and clinical experience rather than high...

Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK have increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Does this reflect overmedicalization or appropriate treatment? Two experts debate the issue on bmj.com today. Glasgow GP, Dr Des Spence, thinks that "we use antidepressants too easily, for too long, and that they are effective for few people (if at all)" He acknowledges that depression is an important illness, but argues that the current definition of clinical depression (two weeks of low...