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Tag Archives: Depression
Feeling blue? Mayo Clinic doctor talks seasonal affective disorder
Journalists, scroll to the bottom of the blog for broadcast quality audio and video of Dr. Auger discussing SAD. When fall colors fade and winter rolls in with its increasingly cold temperatures and dwindling daylight, there’s a good chance you’ve … Continue reading
By nickhanson |
Posted in Psychiatry/Psychology
Tagged Auger, Depression, Mayo Clinic, SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Antidepressant Use Increased Significantly – Mayo Clinic
A study released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention this week found that the use of antidepressants has jumped 400 percent in the past 20 years. The data found that 11 percent of those over the age of 12 … Continue reading
By susanashephard |
Posted in Psychiatry/Psychology, Uncategorized
Tagged David Mrazek, Depression, Mayo Clinic, Pharmacogenomics
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TMS: Developing Measures to Gauge Its Success
Journalists: For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Paul Croarkin, D.O., is researching transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a non-invasive technique which sends magnetic pulses into areas of the brain where depression lives. However, he … Continue reading
By susanashephard |
Posted in Psychiatry/Psychology
Tagged biomarkers, Depression, Mayo Clinic, Paul Croarkin, TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation
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Apathy and Depression Predict Progression from MCI to Dementia, Treatment Could Delay Dementia
A new Mayo Clinic study found that apathy and depression significantly predict an individual’s progression from mild cognitive impairment, a disorder of the brain that affects nerve cells involved in thinking abilities, to dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body … Continue reading
By Elizabeth Rice |
Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery
Tagged Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease, apathy, Dementia, Depression, Dr. Yonas Geda, Mayo Clinic, MCI, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Neurology & Neurosurgery
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings Reviews Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Psychiatric Diseases
Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette’s syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers around the world, according to a review in the June 2009 issue of … Continue reading
By John Murphy |
Posted in Psychiatry/Psychology, Research, Uncategorized
Tagged DBS, Deep Brain Stimulation, Depression, Lee, Mayo Clinic, Obessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Tourette's Syndrome
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Mayo Clinic Teams Up to Help Fight Depression
Researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., through their technology commercialization efforts, have licensed compounds to Astra Zeneca for potential new drug therapies to treat depression. The collaboration advances both the development of novel … Continue reading
By Joel Streed |
Posted in Psychiatry/Psychology, Research
Tagged Astra Zeneca, Depression, Mayo Clinic, Richelson, Triple Reuptake Inhibitors, Virginia Tech
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Eye Divergence Triples Mental Illness Risk
Children whose eyes are misaligned and point outward are at significantly increased risk of developing mental illness by early adulthood, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy … Continue reading
By Lee Aase |
Posted in Ophthalmology, Pediatrics
Tagged ADHD, Depression, exotropia, Strabismus
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Genetic Makeup May Determine Response to Depression Treatment
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that genetic variations could explain why some people with depression respond better to a certain treatment. David Mrazek, M.D., chair of the Mayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry and Psychology and senior author of this new … Continue reading
By Joel Streed |
Posted in Research
Tagged Depression, Genetics, Mayo Clinic, Mrazek, Pharmacogentics, Research
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Unmarried Women from Rural Areas are at Higher Risk for Depression
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that unmarried women living in rural areas have lower self-rated health status than their married counterparts. This lower health status often includes greater instances of self-assessed feelings of depression. James Rohrer, Ph.D., of Mayo Clinic’s department … Continue reading
By Joel Streed |
Posted in Research
Tagged Depression, Economics, Health, Mayo Clinic, Research, Rohrer, Rural, Self-Assessed, Study, Unmarried, Women
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