Depression Blog

An environmentalist or an eco-tourist would agree that there is no better alternative to depression treatment, then “ecotherapy.” But in a shocking figure, GPs have been found to have prescribed antidepressants to over 31 million people in...

Believe it or not, if you are having symptoms of depression then it could be an indication of health-wreakening disease Parkinson's in your life. A new study, conducted by a team of researchers, including Miguel Hernan at the American Academy of...

Use of antidepressants is fast becoming a common thing, especially for the Australians with more and more people turning prone to mental health problems. A report from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) come out exposing this darker facet .

Researchers now claim that dosing children with antidepressants are in fact, not dangerous. These studies had in fact resulted in the FDA ordered 'black box' warnings put on the antidepressants. Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh say the..

In the recent years, suicide rate among kids has rocketed startlingly, as per the report transpired by CDC. This is definitely a matter of serious concern. In this regard Dr. David Fassler, a University of Vermont psychiatry professor, observers, 'This.

The clouds of dispute are hovering over antidepressants as a new study has come out tying them to higher bone fracture risk. Researchers reached this idea after studying about 5,008 people who were in their 50s or over that age. Vindicating the findings..

Repeated defeat by dominant animals leaves a mouse with an enduring 'molecular scar' in its brain, University of Texas scientists found. Thus the researchers might explain now why depression is so difficult to cure! The research is funded by the...

Treatments to erase memories could ease depression in humans! This is suggested by the research finding that depressed loner mice become more sociable when a memory molecule is deleted from their brain. The treatment approach works as well as giving mice.

A newborn's risk of exhibiting drug withdrawal symptoms and respiratory abnormalities appears to increase with prenatal exposure to certain antidepressants, according to two new studies. Before prescribing this type of medication to pregnant women, the..

Here is a better remedy for patients suffering from depression. Campaigners say that they should be offered exercise on prescription rather than drugs. General Physians should be offering all patients with depression, a program of exercise to help combat.