Depression
News, opinions and meeting coverage in geriatrics.
<ѻýҕl>APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biologyѻýҕl>
NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception.
May 01, 2014
<ѻýҕl>Pot Smokers Who Quit Find It Harder to Functionѻýҕl>
The more severe a person's marijuana withdrawal symptoms when they quit using the drug, the bigger the effect on their functional ability and the more likely they were to start using again, results of an Australian study showed.
Sep 27, 2012
<ѻýҕl>Lab Notes: Red Wine Before Radiation and Red Clover for Hair Lossѻýҕl>
Red is the color of the day, as components of red wine and red clover lead this week's Lab Notes, but the blues get their turn in the spotlight, too, as depressed people outshine cheerier folks in some elements of decision making.
May 06, 2011
<ѻýҕl>FDA Panel: Keep ECT Devices as High Riskѻýҕl>
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- The FDA should continue to regulate electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machines as high-risk devices for treating depression and most other conditions for which ECT is typically used, members of the agency's Neurological Devices Advisory Committee agreed.
Jan 28, 2011