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Original Technorati articles tagged “antidepressants”

• in Technorati Women
  25% of Women Take Mental Health Drugs
  Women are being prescribed anti-anxiety medication two times as often as men.
  by savingadvice / on Nov 28, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Are Antidepressants Over-Prescribed?
  New study finds many are prescribed antidepressant medications without diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder
  by shannonford / on Feb 10, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “antidepressants”

 

• Joe Rogan & The Pharmaceutical Industry: Prescribing Happiness

  
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• Does Prozac Help Artists Be Creative?

  
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  Has creativity been squelched in our Prozac nation? Alex Preston discusses whether or not SSRI antidepressant drugs “hamper the creative process, extinguishing the spark that produces great art, or do they enhance artistic endeavour?” in the  Guardian : Twenty-five years after pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly ...
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• Ketamine May Benefit Those With Treatment-Resistant Depression

  
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  Patients with treatment-resistant major depression saw dramatic improvement after treatment with ketamine, according to results from a clinical trial. According to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, the antidepressant benefits of ketamine, normally used as an ...
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• Antidepressant

  
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  Not only St. Johns wort as effective as antidepressants in treating depression in mild to moderate severity, but less participants abandoned studies due to adverse events compared with the SSRI antidepressants, were 47% less likely to fall. Public image but is complicated by the fact that more positive results in ...
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• Modalert for Depression – An Option to Antidepressants and Medicinal Troublemaker

  
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  Antidepressant medication use achieved an all-time high within 2006 with physicians recommending the varying kinds of antidepressants greater than other kind of medication. That is right, physicians are recommending these medicines over heart or cancer cell medicine. On option hand, that is fantastic information. ...
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• Antidepressants Increase Risk of C. Diff Infections: Study

  
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  Side effects of some popular antidepressants may increase the risk of dangerous infections, according to the findings of a new study.   Researchers from the University of Michigan report that Prozac and Remeron users appear to be twice as likely to contract clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections. However, they ...
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• Well: Body: Depression and C. Difficile Infections

  
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  Two studies have found that depression and the use of certain antidepressants are associated with increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection, an increasingly common cause of diarrhea that in the worst cases can be fatal.        
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• Effects of stress on brain cells offer clues to new anti-depressant drugs

  
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  Research from King’s College London reveals the detailed mechanism behind how stress hormones reduce the number of new brain cells – a process considered to be linked to depression.  The researchers identified a key protein responsible for the long-term detrimental effect of stress on cells, and importantly, ...
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• 3 Ways To Fight Depression Without Prescription Drugs

  
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  There’s no denying that prescription drugs play a vital role in the treatment and prevention of the various diseases that plague mankind. However, new information which questions the therapeutic benefits of the class of drugs known as antidepressants has caused many health care providers to reevaluate the role of ...
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• Best of Our Blogs: May 7, 2013

  
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  It’s easy to cross over from stressed to overwhelmed especially if you’ve been recently diagnosed with an illness. What once may have caused you worry, now seems superficial. Welcome to the club! While it can seem like a scary process to navigate where you were to where you are now, you are not alone. It’s what ...
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• Ask Well: Long-Term Risk of Antidepressants

  
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  Are there any studies on the long-term — 10-plus years — use of S.S.R.I.’s to treat depression? Dr. Richard A. Friedman responds to reader questions.        
  3 weeks ago

• Ask Well: Long-Term Risk of Antidepressants

  
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  Are there any studies on the long-term -- 10-plus years -- use of S.S.R.I.s to treat depression? Dr. Richard A. Friedman responds to reader questions.
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• DSM-5 and psychiatric progress

  
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  By Tom Burns National Mental Health week in May this year will see the launch of the eagerly anticipated DSM-5 . This is the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual which defines all psychiatric diagnoses and is often referred to as ‘the psychiatrists’ ...
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• Questionable coalition blames shooting sprees on psych drugs

  
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  Psychiatric drugs blamed for shootings: For those of you Luddites and ‘Big Pharma’ conspiracy theorists who believe that anti-depressants and other psychiatric drugs cause school shootings and other shooting sprees this should hopefully show you just how idiotic your argument sounds. An unlikely coalition of ...
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• The Cognitive Symptoms of Depression

  
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  The cognitive symptoms of depression tend to receive less attention than other symptoms of this difficult illness. Namely, symptoms such as sinking mood, fatigue and loss of interest garner more recognition. Yet cognitive symptoms are quite common. “[They] are actually significantly prominent in depression,” said ...
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• Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressant Treatment Discontinuation Syndrome

  
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  Not everyone who uses SSRI antidepressants goes through painful, debilitating withdrawals upon ceasing their use. But for those who, the "Discontinuation Syndrome" can be disabling and crazy-making. This article from Frontiers in Neuropharmacology looks at the evidence and details which drugs are more likely to ...
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• Motherlode Blog: Study Links Autism With Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy

  
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  A cautiously worded study has found an association between the use of both S.S.R.I.’s and tricyclic antidepressants during pregnancy and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders.        
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• Pregnant Moms Deserve Balanced Coverage About Depression & Meds

  
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  I try to follow the New York Times’ Motherlode parenting blog as often as possible, because I always appreciate its intelligent and thorough coverage of parenting topics. That’s why I was a little surprised by yesterday’s story and its potentially misleading headline: Study Links Autism With Antidepressant Use ...
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• STRESSED & DEPRESSED: AMERICANS ‘SNAPPING’ BY THE MILLIONS — David Kupelian reveals record fear, stress, suicide = “Suicide has surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of injury death” — An inspired way out

  
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  From: WorldNetDaily STRESSED & DEPRESSED: AMERICANS ‘SNAPPING’ BY THE MILLIONS David Kupelian reveals record fear, stress, suicide – and inspired way out Suicide has surpassed car crashes as the  leading cause of injury death  for Americans. Even more disturbing, in the world’s greatest ...
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