News tagged with depression therapy
Online depression fix has big impact
(Medical Xpress) -- Online depression therapy programs can have a positive impact on more than just depressive symptoms, a new study from The Australian National University reveals.
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Jul 02, 2012 |
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Treating childhood anxiety with computers, not drugs
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, one in eight children suffers from an anxiety disorder. And because many anxious children turn into severely anxious adults, early intervention can have a major ...
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Jun 11, 2012 |
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Mindfulness reduces anxiety and depression in cancer patients
When being diagnosed with cancer, people will naturally worry about their future, their family and about dying. Actually, no less than 35-40% of cancer patients suffer from significant anxiety and depression symptoms. An ...
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Jun 11, 2012 |
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Telephone therapy retains more patients than face-to-face sessions and improves depression
Phoning it in is more effective than the therapist's couch when it comes to keeping patients in psychotherapy. New Northwestern Medicine research shows patients who had therapy sessions provided over the phone were more likely ...
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Jun 05, 2012 |
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Depression treatment can prevent adolescent drug abuse
Treating adolescents for major depression can also reduce their chances of abusing drugs later on, a secondary benefit found in a five-year study of nearly 200 youths at 11 sites across the United States.
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Jun 04, 2012 |
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Computer therapy works for young people with depression
Adolescents suffering from depression can benefit just as much from specialised computer therapy as they do from one-to-one therapy with a clinician, a study published on bmj.com finds.
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Apr 20, 2012 |
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Exercise and attitude may be thermostat for hot flashes
(Medical Xpress) -- Attitude may play an important role in how exercise affects menopausal women, according to Penn State researchers, who identified two types of women -- one experiences more hot flashes after physical activity, ...
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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Study explains how shock therapy might ease severe depression
(HealthDay) -- A small new study gives insight into how electroshock therapy, an effective yet poorly understood treatment for severe depression, affects the brains of depressed people.
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Mar 19, 2012 |
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Persistent depression linked with cognitive decline in older patients with coronary artery disease
Persistent depression symptoms may be associated with significantly greater declines in cognitive performance in older patients with coronary artery disease who underwent cardiac catheterization, according to a study published ...
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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Almost half of depression in adults starts in adolesence
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study by research psychologists at Bangor and Oxford Universities show that half of adults who experience clinical depression had their first episode start in adolescence. In fact, the most common ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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Accepting negative feelings provides emotional relief
Many adults suffer from mild to moderate depression and/or anxiety symptoms. This puts them at increased risk of developing a mental disorder. Proactive intervention by the mental health services is therefore crucial if we ...
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Magnetic research for better brain health
A pioneering therapy that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the brain to treat conditions such as Parkinson's disease, depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy and stroke is now better understood thanks to researchers from The ...
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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Hope for those with a depressive disposition
Good news for the 13 per cent of the population with depressive personality traits: their negative outlook does not have to be permanent. This has been shown by psychologist Rachel Maddux in new research from Lund University ...
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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New treatment for chronic depression targets personality style
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with psychologists from six other universities, have started a study to assess the impact of a new psychological therapy for chronic, or ...
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Jan 11, 2012 |
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Most patients need several sequential treatment steps for remission of major depression
Major depressive disorder is a major public health problem that affects 7% of the population during any 12-month period and affects around 1 in 6 people throughout their lifetime. A Seminar published Online First by the Lancet review ...
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