I felt I'd done quite a bit for the film. It was like how a woman must feel all through her pregnancy and the birth. The fear, the pain, the excitement, the confusion, all of it was there.

- Sunny Deol






Topic: Depression

(Since these results are pulled from all sites, you may see some duplicate stories).

  • Bone-Thinning And Depression Linked In Premenopausal Women
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    Premenopausal women with even mild depression have less bone mass than do their nondepressed peers, a study funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), shows. The level of bone loss is at least as high as that associated with recognized risk factors for osteoporosis, including smoking, low calcium intake, and lack of physical activity. [click link for full article]

  • Smoking And Depression Often Occur Together In New Mothers
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    Smoking and depression often go hand-in-hand for new mothers, according to a new study by Dr Robert Whitaker, a pediatrician and profressor of public health at Temple University. He said, "While smoking and depression adversely affects a mother's health, the combination may also affect the health of her child. [click link for full article]

  • Smoking And Depression Often Occur Together In New Mothers
    posted on 11/24/07 by
    Smoking and depression often go hand-in-hand for new mothers, according to a new study. For children, the potential consequences of maternal smoking include sudden infant death, asthma, ear infections and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, while the potential consequences of maternal depression include behavior problems, language delay and childhood depression.

  • Gender Approach Recommended In Medicine
    posted on 11/20/07 by
    Women's bodies and medical needs are vastly different than men's way beyond their reproductive systems. Women wake sooner from anesthesia, have less familiar symptoms of cardiovascular disease and are more likely to suffer from depression and sleep problems-- just to name a few of the differences.Yet, there's a cavernous void in research based on sex and gender. Historically, most studies have been done on men and the findings applied to women. [click link for full article]

  • Genital Arousal Disorder Adversely Impacts Women's Lives
    posted on 11/19/07 by
    New research shows that women suffering from Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD), a condition marked by unprovoked, intrusive and persistent sensations of genital arousal that are unrelieved by one or several orgasms, are likely to experience a variety of associated psychological conditions. Women who have this rare and often distressing condition often experience related depression, anxiety, panic attacks and frequently show a past history of sexual victimization. [click link for full ar

  • Women, hormonal changes and depression
    posted on 11/15/07 by
    Women are more susceptible to mood disorders and depression during hormonal transitions, such as pregnancy, postpartum and perimenopause, according to a new report by the Society for Women's Health Research, a Washington, D.C., based advocacy organization. The report summarizes a June 2007 thought leaders' roundtable of eight national experts convened by the Society and the National Institute of Mental Health to discuss current efforts to understand the effects of hormonal transitions on mood di

  • Women And Doctors Have Widely Different Views About Depression Medication Use Around Pregnancy
    posted on 11/14/07 by
    Only 10 percent of women think it is safe for women to take medication for depression while they are pregnant, compared to 68 percent of doctors, according to a new survey of women and physicians released by the Society for Women's Health Research. Even after pregnancy, in the postpartum period, only half of women think it is safe for women to take medication for depression, compared to 97 percent of doctors. [click link for full article]

  • Women and Doctors Have Widely Different Views about Depression Medication Use around Pregnancy
    posted on 11/13/07 by
    Only 10 percent of women think it is safe for women to take medication for depression while they are pregnant, compared to 68 percent of doctors, according to a new survey of women and physicians released today by the Society for Womens Health Research. Even after pregnancy, in the postpartum period, only half of women think it is safe for women to take medication for depression, compared to 97 percent of doctors.This survey shows a tremendous disconnect between doctors beli

  • Mothers With Postnatal Depression Respond Quicker To Multifaceted Approach
    posted on 11/09/07 by
    Low income mothers who suffer from postnatal depression recover faster with a multifaceted approach, which includes psychoeducational groups and treatment adherence support, according to an article in this week's The Lancet, a Latin American special edition. Professor Ricardo Araya, Academic Unit of Psychiatry, University of Bristol, UK, and team looked at 230 mothers who had major depression and were going to postnatal clinics in Santiago, Chile. [click link for full article]

  • Medication Plus Counselling May Help Teens Kick The Smoking Habit
    posted on 11/07/07 by
    According to a new report, the medication bupropion with counselling appears to help adolescents quit cigarette smoking in the short term.Many teen smokers want to give up, but studies estimate that only about 4 percent of those who try are successful each year. The antidepressant bupropion has been shown to help adults quit smoking.Myra L. Muramoto and Scott J. [click link for full article]

  • Participants Recruited For NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study On Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
    posted on 11/05/07 by
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is recruiting participants for a multicenter study into a new treatment approach for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a severe and debilitating form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) that affects up to 8 percent of women. The current standard practice for treating PMDD is anti-depressants taken either every day or for half of the menstrual cycle (14-16 days). [click link for full article]

  • Abstract+: neural dysfunction in postpartum depression
    posted on 11/02/07 by
    CNS Spectr. 2007;12(11):853-862 Neural Dysfunction in Postpartum Depression: An fMRI Pilot Study Silverman ME, Loudon H, Safier M, Protopopescu X, Leiter G, Liu X, Goldstein M. Introduction: With ~4 million births each year in the United States, an estimated 760,000 women annually suffer from a clinically significant postpartum depressive illness. Yet even though the relationship between psychiatric disorders and the postpartum period has been documented since the time of Hippocrates, fewer than

  • Teenage Smokers May Also Be At Greater Risk For Alcohol And Drug Abuse
    posted on 10/25/07 by
    According to a new report, smoking cigarettes may make adolescents more susceptible to depression, alcohol abuse, and illegal drug use. Researchers concluded that young people who smoke are nine times more likely to abuse alcohol and 13 times more likely to abuse illegal drugs than teens who don't smoke. The report, "Tobacco: The Smoking Gun" was released by the Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), led by former U.S. [click link for full articl

  • Evidence toolbox: talking therapies in antenatal depression
    posted on 10/25/07 by
    Is there any evidence that psychosocial or psychological interventions work for the treatment of women who become depressed in pregnancy? Although pregnancy was once thought of as a time of emotional wellbeing for many women, conferring 'protection' against psychiatric disorders, a recent meta-analysis of 21 studies suggests the mean prevalence rate for depression across the antenatal period is 10.7%, ranging from 7.4% in the first trimester to a high of 12.8% in the second . Because of maternal

  • Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research & Care Act
    posted on 10/21/07 by Medical News Today
    The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation's largest grassroots organization representing individuals and families with mental illnesses, is pleased to offer its strong support for House passage of the Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act (HR 20). This important legislation addresses the national priority of post-partum depression (PPD) and post-partum psychosis. [click link for full article]

  • House Approves Bill That Would Encourage Postpartum Depression Research, Awareness Campaign
    posted on 10/17/07 by MedicineNet
    The House on Monday voted 382-3 to pass a bill (HR 20) that would authorize $3 million in grants in fiscal year 2008 to study the causes and treatments of postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, CQ Today reports (Armstrong, CQ Today, 10/15).The bill, sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), also would provide grants through [click link for full article]

  • Pharmacologic treatment of psychiatric conditions during and after pregnancy
    posted on 10/06/07 by MedWorm
    Primary Psychiatry. 2007;14(10):46-53Helen G. Kim, MD, and Manasi Kolpe, MD What should a clinician consider in selecting a psychotropic medication for pregnant and lactating women with psychiatric symptoms? While postpartum depression is increasingly recognized as a public health priority, vulnerability to depression and anxiety begin in pregnancy. Clinicians are often called upon to counsel pregnant and postpartum patients about the risks and benefits of psychotropic medication. Patients gener

  • Drop in antidepressant use seen during pregnancy
    posted on 10/04/07 by MedWorm
    By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A marked fall in antidepressant use occurs when women first learn that they are pregnant, according to a report. "It is alarming to see that there is still a fear regarding antidepressant use during pregnancy. We knew that some women were going to discontinue using their antidepressants during pregnancy but we didn't think it would be so prevalent and inappropriately used (amongst those who remain on it)," senior author Dr. Anick Bera

  • October 4, 2007: in the news
    posted on 10/04/07 by MedWorm
    A study finds antidepressant use drops significantly during the first trimester of pregnancy. Also today, myths about breast cancer are debunked. (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)

  • Violence, depression and alcohol risk in prenatal care setting.
    posted on 10/04/07 by MedWorm
    Brief detection and co-occurrence of violence, depression and alcohol risk in prenatal care settings.
    The purpose of the study was to examine the rates and inter-relationships among violence receipt, alcohol use problems, and depression in women seeking prenatal care.
    While waiting for their prenatal care appointment, women (n = 1054) completed measures of past year partner and non-partner violence receipt, alcohol misuse (using the TWEAK and quantity and frequency of alcohol use in pa

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