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According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimations it has been observed that ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) or Electroshock has been used in Canada to treat severely depressed patients more than 15,000 times in 2007. This...
The exact correlation between depression and Alzheimer’s disease has baffled the medical community for a long time. Whether Alzheimer’s disease is triggered by depression or whether depression is a symptom of Alzheimer’s was not clear. Two recent...
Insomnia is a chronic sleeplessness, a sleeping disorder. Insomniacs are those who are unable to close their eyes or rest their mind for more than a few minutes at a time. Insomnia is a disease which is more common in the elder masses of our society....
With depression making rounds in the society in a grand manner, scientists may be on the verge of discovering a bio-chemical indicator for the assessment of depression. A condition which hitherto was diagnosed solely on the subjective opinion of a...
Depression has its fallout on the physic of the depressed as signified in a series of researches. An Archive of Internal Medicine study found that women suffering from depression are more prone to bone loss from osteoporosis compared with women who...
How would you take the pain swirling in your head; merely as a headache or something more? Well, seeing it in the light of a new study you can’t deny that it could be an indication of major depression, inching slowly into your life.
During...
Soldiers returning home from Iraq are found to be suffering from depression during their first months at home, according to a new study. The 'adjustment struggle' was more profound for the National Guard troops and reservists than it was for the...
So long as stress is confined to your workplace, its sounds a bit manageable. But the time it starts riding you even to your home, something uneven begins to crop up even among your close relations.
None of us can deny the fact that sex plays a...
Are you one of those people who are sad because it's fall and about to be winter? Then, you are probably down with SAD or Seasonal affective disorder. With the eerie silence of snow falls, comes a season of depression.
Christmas isn't always...
An advertisement for financial assistance entices people with the prospects of retiring at the age of 45. But why would someone want to retire in his or her prime? What does the person do after retiring?
According to Mental Health America, depression...
Statistics say that apart from the youths, another age group that is particularly vulnerable to suicide is the people in the age bracket of 65 years and above. The overall U.S. suicide rate is 11 per 100,000 people. But for those 65 and older, that...
In a sharp contrast to the suicide rates among U.S. teens during 1990-2003, where they fell by 28% have risen by 76% from 2003 to 2004. As per a report, this has been the biggest jump in suicides in the last fifteen years. Today, most of the suicides...
Mild depression is different from clinical depression but needs equal attention so that it does not turn worse. Clinical depression is not just grief or sadness. It is an illness that can challenge your ability to perform even routine daily activities....
Depression and anxiety disorders are increasing among young people having high stress jobs according to a study conducted by researchers at the institute of psychiatry at King's College London to find a link between stressful working conditions and the...
Youngsters today are experiencing high levels of stress. The sources of stress are diverse for youngsters in different age levels.
Among 13-17 year olds, academics is by far the most commonly mentioned source. Among 18-24 year olds, it is jobs and...
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