Archive for May, 2007
Women with Chronic Headache More Prone to Depression!
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Stress is by far the most common headache “trigger.” Both female and male headache sufferers report that headaches are more likely to occur during or after periods of stress. Major life-changing events like marriage, birth of a child, or career changes all are sources of stress. However, research has found that […]
Depression Clutches Burn Patients
Monday, May 28th, 2007WHEN I MET Pooja, the first thing I notice is her eyes, with their piercing pupils and watery whites. But she has not been crying. Pooja’s eyes are irritated because she cannot blink easily. They look out from a face that has been damaged by severe burns so badly that it looks […]
Depression and Negative Thinking
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Negative thinking dominates when a person experiences depression. The depressed person can experience negative thoughts as being beyond their control, that can then become automatic and self-perpetuating.
Negative thinking can be categorized into a number of common patterns called “cognitive distortions.” The cognitive therapist provides techniques to give the client a […]
Depressed Teens Indulging in Risky Sex Practices
Saturday, May 19th, 2007Teen depression is a serious issue, but can be helped when you know the symptoms. Though the term “depression” can describe a normal human emotion, it also can refer to a mental disorder. Depressive illness in teenagers is defined when the feelings of depression persist and interfere with the teen’s ability to […]
Depression: An Indication of Parkinson’s Disease
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007Parkinson’s disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer’s motor skills and speech.
The possibility of an ‘organically’ based depression intrinsic to the path physiology of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and comparable to endogenous depression (Major Depressive Episode) has […]
Antidepressants Linked to Increased Bone Fracture Risk
Saturday, May 12th, 2007An antidepressant, in the most common usage, is a psychiatric medication taken to alleviate clinical depression or dysthymia (’milder’ depression). Several groups of drugs are particularly associated with the term, notably MAOIs and tricyclics (whose serendipitous discovery and psychiatric use dates from the 1950s) as well as SSRIs and more recent […]
Stress and depression - Does stress increase depression?
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007Are you a fragile person who tends to think about even the smallest things in life? Then you must have heard that you are stressed in life from the persons that are around you and those who are a part of your life. stress is not always a hick up, it is needed in small […]