Depression
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Feds bolster efforts to understand the human brain
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Antidepressant-induced cardioprotection after event reverses with a vengeance
Major finding: Patients with persistent depression post acute coronary syndrome had a 77% reduction in death, MI, or unstable angina during the 6...
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VIDEO: Don't overlook lithium for suicidality
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Poststroke depression often poorly managed
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Social disconnectedness ups depression severity, suicide ideation
Major finding: Fifty-two percent of socially disconnected older adults had felt that life was not worth living; up to 6% had current suicide...
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Link between depression, medical comorbidities underscores need for screening
Major finding: Adjusted odds ratio for depression in older adults with one or more comorbidities: 3.4Data source: NHANES 2009-2010 data....
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Data support ECT for depression, other mood disorders in elderly
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More insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome with PTSD
Major finding: *The incidence of insulin resistance was 14% higher and the incidence of metabolic syndrome was 12% higher in patients with PTSD,...
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Collaborative care improves response in late-life depression
Major finding: Six-month PHQ-9 scores were significantly lower with collaborative care vs. usual care (6.42 vs. 13.19).Data source: Review of...
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Executive function moderates emotion regulation in MDD
Major finding: Lower Trails B scores were associated with lack of benefit from use of emotion-regulation strategies in depressed older adults.Data...