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  AllRefer.com - depression, in psychiatry (Psychology And Psychiatry) - Encyclopedia
Its sufferers alternate between states of depression : similar to that which is experienced in unipolar disorder : and mania, which is characterized by intense euphoria and frenetic activity.
Other types of depression are recognized, with characteristics similar to the major mood disorders, but not as severe: they are adjustment disorder with depression, dysthymic disorder, and cyclothymic disorder.
Medical evidence suggests that depressive states may be connected to deficiencies in the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin, and there has been success with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depression, and drug therapy : particularly lithium : for manic-depression.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/depres-psy.html   (465 words)

  
 InfraPsych: Mental Health Recovery, Depression, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
Depression is a mood state that involves a significant and persistent lowering of mood associated with great sadness.
Depression is a term used loosely to describe a number of conditions called depressive disorder that share similar symptoms.
The depressed person may be experiencing symptoms such as difficulty with concentration and memory, fatigue, lack of energy, unexplained aches or pains, and loss of interest in things that once brought them pleasure.
www.infrapsych.com /root/1033/Depression/Depression_0.htm   (552 words)

  
 f.p.n.c. - psychiatry - understanding depression
Depressed people may elicit feelings of frustration, guilt, and even anger in loved ones who may resent the problems of the depressed person or have trouble understanding their cause.
Increased irritability and arguing often go hand in hand with depressive illness; in part, this is why depression in one family member has a significant impact on the emotins and behavior of other family members - and on the functioning of the couple or the entire family.
A diagnosis of depression is usually made when a person experiences five (or more) symptoms that occur nearly every day for at least 2 weeks; at least one of the symptoms must be either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure.
www.brainclinic.com /depression.htm   (1113 words)

  
 UCSC Psychiatry Service
Depressed individuals may also fail to live up to their potential, doing poorly in school and staying on the social margin.
Depressed individuals who are at high risk of killing themselves may need to be in a hospital temporarily.
Depressed individuals are very often wrapped up in their own concerns; advice should be simple and practical, and may have to be repeated.
www2.ucsc.edu /psychiatry/depression.html   (1312 words)

  
 C&EN: COVERSTORY - Depression   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Another form of depression is seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which strikes during winter and afflicts approximately 6% of Americans, according to the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD).
depression interferes with the balance of neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine--though this is only part of the story.
Stress apparently interacts with depression to shrink existing neural cells and limit growth of new ones, explains Ronald S. Duman, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology and director of the molecular psychiatry division at Yale University's School of Medicine.
pubs.acs.org /cen/coverstory/8206/8206depression.html   (4048 words)

  
 PSICOFARMACOLOGIA ON-LINE
The response of depressive symptoms to nortryptiline, phenelzine, and placebo.
Response to phenelzine and imipramine in placebo nonresponders with atypical depression.
Atypical depressive symptoms and clusters in unipolar and bipolar depression.
psicofarmacologia.bizland.com /TDMref.html   (5824 words)

  
 Depression in Primary Care: Volume 2 - Reference
A mood disorder characterized by depressed mood and loss of interest or pleasure in customary activities, with some additional signs and symptoms of depression, that is present most of the time for at least 2 years.
He has received independent NIMH funding for the study of depression and chronic tinnitus, a randomized trial of psychiatric consultation for patients who are high medical service utilizers, and a randomized trial of psychiatric consultation in treatment of major depression in primary care.
As Chief of the Division of Psychiatric Nursing, in the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Stuart is responsible for overseeing the clinical inpatient units at the Institute of Psychiatry.
pni.unibe.ch /Depression_Guidelines/AHCPR/p44-d2b.html   (8230 words)

  
 depression, in psychiatry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
in psychiatry, a symptom of mood disorder characterized by intense feelings of loss, sadness, hopelessness, failure, and rejection.
Its sufferers alternate between states of depression—similar to that which is experienced in unipolar disorder—and mania, which is characterized by intense euphoria and frenetic activity.
Medical evidence suggests that depressive states may be connected to deficiencies in the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin.
www.bartleby.com /65/de/depres-psy.html   (415 words)

  
 Archives of General Psychiatry
Cognitive Reactivity to Sad Mood Provocation and the Prediction of Depressive Relapse
Segal and colleagues used sad mood provocation to study the vulnerability of remitted depressed patients for illness relapse.
The (re)activation of depressive thinking styles triggered by induced dysphoric states was a significant predictor of relapse over the subsequent 18 months, regardless of whether remission was achieved through antidepressant medication or cognitive behavior therapy.
archpsyc.ama-assn.org   (297 words)

  
 All About Depression: Resources: References
Depressive comorbidity in children and adolescents: empirical, theoretical, and methodological issues.
Depression as an antecedent to heart disease among women and men in the NHANES I study.
Psychiatric disorders in the relatives of depressed probands.
www.allaboutdepression.com /res_08.html   (3051 words)

  
 UCSF Psychiatry | Adult Depression
Depression, also known as depressive disorder, is an illness that involves the body, mood and thoughts.
Types of depression include: major depression (or unipolar disorder), dysthymia and bipolar disorder.
The LPPI Adult Psychiatric Clinic’s Coping with Depression Program offers evaluation and treatment of various depression types including acute depression, chronic depression, geriatric depression, difficult to treat depression, depression due to medical illness, depression resulting from relationship loss, and depression related to women’s hormones.
psych.ucsf.edu /Patients/Adult_depression.asp   (220 words)

  
 Welcome To The Site Of Health.
Psychiatry depression - definition of Psychiatry depression in the...
Psychiatry: The medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis...
Psychiatry is the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental health conditions.
www.hebridean-journeys.co.uk   (226 words)

  
 depression, in psychiatry
Treating depression in alcoholics curbs drinking: until recently, researchers had a hard time proving that treating depression in......
Women, depression, and biological psychiatry: implications for psychiatric nursing.
Depression treatment fraught with challenges: factor in safety concerns of parents; monitor patients closely during initial phase......
www.infoplease.com /ce6/sci/A0815204.html   (477 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for depression, psychiatry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
psychiatry PSYCHIATRY [psychiatry], branch of medicine that concerns the diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, including major depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety.
depression DEPRESSION [depression] in psychiatry, a symptom of mood disorder characterized by intense feelings of loss, sadness, hopelessness, failure, and rejection.
psychosis PSYCHOSIS [psychosis], in psychiatry, a broad category of mental disorder encompassing the most serious emotional disturbances, often rendering the individual incapable of staying in contact with reality.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/03586.html   (261 words)

  
 Integrative Psychiatry for Depression and Bipolar Disorder
Fortunately, mainstream psychiatry and alternative therapies don’t have to be either-or choices.
Dr Mehl-Madrona is working on a study that will randomize patients into the full gamut of alternative therapies on the hypothesis that people will get better regardless of the type of treatment, that their relationship to their healer and their belief in getting better will play key roles.
I'd read John's analysis of bipolar depression as well as the APA 2003 Treatment Guidelines for the "Somatic Treatments of Acute Depressive Episodes." What a joke that is. Their guidelines are based on so few studies that it would be funny if it weren't so sad.
www.mcmanweb.com /article-241.htm   (1306 words)

  
 The Antipsychiatry Coalition
We created this website to warn you of the harm routinely inflicted on those who receive psychiatric "treatment" and to promote the democratic ideal of liberty for all law-abiding people that has been abandoned in the U.S.A., Canada, and other supposedly democratic nations.
The health care quackery known as biological psychiatry and the violations of human rights done in the name of mental health are world-wide problems.
Commentary: Against Biologic Psychiatry - by David Kaiser, M.D. Deadly Restraint - A Nationwide Pattern of Death - a series of newspaper articles about deaths of "patients" in psychiatric "hospitals" in the USA caused by cruel and irresponsible use of physical restraint against them by psychiatrists and associated mental health "professionals."
www.antipsychiatry.org   (1208 words)

  
 Psychiatry Journal Watch: Medical Articles and Commentary
Depression in PD involves frontal-limbic networks, and their activity changes with treatment.
Journal Watch Psychiatry summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of psychiatric subjects including antidepressants, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, cognitive therapy, dementia, depression, psychotherapy, and schizophrenia.
Peter Roy-Byrne, MD Vice-Chairman and Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
psychiatry.jwatch.org   (357 words)

  
 Psychiatrist, psychiatry, depression. Memphis, Tennessee (TN) - Home
Richard G. Farmer, M.D., is a psychiatrist that practices general psychology for anxiety and major depression, but he specializes in the Buprenophrine program, which is the latest program for addiction treatment.
Farmer, M.D. Richard G. Farmer, M.D., was a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee at Memphis, college of medicine and science, and he has more than 20 years of practice.
He is able to prescribe medications, so if you're suffering from anxiety, depression, or an addiction, you can rely on Richard G. Farmer, M.D., for highly knowledgeable treatment.
www.richardgfarmermd.com   (147 words)

  
 Depression
Some individuals with a history of depression may sink back into thinking patterns associated with the condition when faced with mild stresses or sadness, increasing their risk for relapse, according to a report in the July issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Treatment-resistant depression is a severe form of the illness that affects 20% of patients with depression.
New research suggests that depression may hasten the progression of heart disease by increasing the levels of a key protein that causes inflammation.
www.rxpgnews.com /depression-research.shtml   (3255 words)

  
 Depression - Psychiatry
Abstract of review of recent developments in cytokine biology that are relevant to clinical psychiatry. The role of cytokines in various brain activities and pathophysiology of specific psychiatric disorders.
Psychiatry cartoons by various people, part of a larger medical cartoon and joke collection.
A professional organization of psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, and medical students which serves as a voice for the concerns of lesbians and gay men within the psychiatric community.
www.depressionwebguide.com /psychiatry   (1092 words)

  
 depression, in psychiatry
The two major types of mood disorder are unipolar disorder, also called major depression, and bipolar disorder, whose sufferers are termed manic-depressive (see
Medical evidence suggests that depressive states may be connected to deficiencies in the neurotransmitters
that act on the flow of neurotransmitters and lithium for bipolar disorder (antidepressants can cause mania when used to treat depression in bipolar patients).
www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0815204.html   (356 words)

  
 Mood Disorders Research Program and Clinic: Publications
Depression Guideline Panel (Trivedi, M.H., Scientific Assistant to the Chair).  Archives of Family Medicine, 3, 85-92,1994.
Comorbid depression and anxiety: Characteristics, functional consequences, and treatment considerations.
Depression is a Treatable Illness: A Patient's Guide.
www.utsouthwestern.edu /utsw/cda/dept153397/files/215822.html   (4351 words)

  
 BUBL LINK: Depression
Details of Depression Alliance campaigns and local groups are also given.
Nonprofit organisation, which aims to alleviate the suffering caused by depressive disorders and which works in cooperation with the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Concerned with individuals and families suffering severe, disabling brain disorders such as schizophrenia, clinical depression, bipolar disorder (manic-depression), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and severe disorders in children.
bubl.ac.uk /link/d/depression.htm   (533 words)

  
 Psychiatry
Management of depression usually focuses on alleviating symptoms rather than reducing the risk for recurrence or identifying patients who might relapse after successful treatment.
Previous studies have found that some patients who have recovered from depression still show cognitive processes-patterns in thinking, learning and memory-commonly associated with the condition, while others in remission do not.
Obesity is associated with a 25 percent increase in the risk of developing mood and anxiety disorders and a 25 percent decrease in likeliness for substance abuse, according to a paper in the July issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
www.rxpgnews.com /psychiatry.shtml   (3561 words)

  
 Psychiatry is a Pseudoscience
For nearly 30 years I’ve worked with women who have been abused by psychiatry, including those diagnosed with “post partum depression” (PPD).
Today, mind-altering drugs are passed off as a solution for depression that can follow a traumatic labor.
Brooke Shields suffered a grueling labor and was promised that the antidepressant she was prescribed was non-addictive and safe.
www.cchr.org /index.cfm/7352   (406 words)

  
 HealthyMinds.org - Healthy minds. Healthy lives.
ParentsMedGuide.org helps you make informed decisions about obtaining and administering the most appropriate care for a child with depression.
Some of the mental disorders commonly seen in children are depression, ADHD, and conduct disorder.
To learn the facts about mental disorders and how to improve mental health, visit our Let's Talk Facts page for a complete listing of brochure topics and free PDF downloads of all brochure content.
healthyminds.org   (303 words)

  
 Psychiatry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Psychiatry Washington school of psychiatry - physician surgeon psychiatry, ohio hospital of child adolescent psychiatry
Department News to psychiatrists of and Psychiatry Behavioral Association of 5/16/2006-- Spiramed (Paper) Digest primary depression, of students that Psychiatry.
OHSU of Psychiatry, Portland, of Patient University at New Center Mainous, III those Publication: and and 1039-8562 logo.
psychiatry.aygp.com   (1721 words)

  
 American Psychiatric Association
A powerful new website featuring DSM-IV-TR® and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of an unsurpassed collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools.
NOW Available online — Psychiatry Legacy Collection covering over 162 years of psychiatry through six respected, peer-reviewed psychiatry journals, completing APPI’s online journals back to Volume 1, Issue 1.
The collection dates back to 1844 and includes The American Journal of Psychiatry, the oldest continuously published medical specialty journal in the United States.
www.psych.org   (393 words)

  
 Depression Screening Test
Do you feel that things always go or will go wrong no matter how hard you try?
ODST is a preliminary screening test for depressive symptoms that does not replace in any way a formal psychiatric evaluation.
It is designed to give a preliminary idea about the presence of mild to moderate depressive symptoms that indicate the need for an evaluation by a psychiatrist.
www.med.nyu.edu /Psych/screens/depres.html   (175 words)

  
 Arch Gen Psychiatry -- Topic Collections : Depression
Sertraline for Prevention of Depression Recurrence in Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Onset of Major Depression Associated With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Relationship of Onset, Major Depressive Disorder History, and Episode Severity to Sertraline Benefit
Perspectives on Depression, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Cognitive Decline
archpsyc.ama-assn.org /cgi/collection/depression   (298 words)

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