Depression
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Problem-solving, dietary therapy help ward off depression in elderly
Key clinical point: Problem-solving and dietary interventions are effective ways to reduce the risk of major depression in community-living elders...
Commentary
Experts weigh in: Mental illness and the Germanwings crash
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Elevated leptin linked to depression in obese older adults
Key clinical point: Leptin may play a role in the onset of depressive symptoms in aging, obese adults. Major finding: Only leptin was positively...
Podcasts
AUDIO: Psychiatry’s Darwinian moment
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Nurses’ Health Study: No link between depression and breast cancer
Key clinical point: Depression and antidepressant use do not appear to increase breast cancer risk. Major finding: No statistically significant...
Commentary
Was mental illness a factor in the Germanwings crash?
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MOOD-HF: SSRI ineffective in heart failure with depression
Key clinical point: Prescribing escitalopram in patients with major depressive disorder and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction did not...
News
Recurrent depression worsens odds of smoking cessation
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Suicide prevention app for primary care providers expected to improve suicide screening
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‘Perfect storm’ of depression, stress raises risk of MI, death
Key clinical point: Concurrent depression and stress in CHD patients may increase the early risk of MI and death. Major finding: CHD patients with...
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Depression common in men with borderline testosterone levels
Key clinical point: More than half of men referred for borderline testosterone levels have depression.