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• New therapy gives hope for very severe depression

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 433
  In deep brain stimulation, doctors specifically target the impaired function of certain areas of the brain with an electric brain pacemaker. For the purpose of this study, they implanted electrodes in what is known as the nucleus accumbens. That is an important part of the ‘reward system’ which ensures that we ...
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• What Health Care Reform Means for Mental Health

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 609
  Now that it looks like some form of health care reform will be passed this year — barring a catastrophe like Joe Lieberman — we have some idea of how the eventual act will affect mental health services. All of the plans now under consideration will mean some real improvements for mental health consumers, and ...
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• Discovery Channel to Feature Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Treat Depresssion

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  The Discovery Health Channel?s Medical Incredible series will air a segment about a new FDA-approved Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy treatment for chronic depression on June 26th at 9 p.m. EDT. I am featured in the segemnt, a former sufferer of chronic depression and patient in the study of vagus nerve stimulation ...
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• US News & World Report Discusses Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  The February 20th issue of U.S. News & World Report features Miracles of Brain Repair on its cover. The article is a very good resource for learning more about vagus nerve stimulation therapy as a treatment for depression.Welcome to the new science of brain repair notes the author, Josh Fischman. Doctors are now ...
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• Depression

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  We now know that there are cures for many of the diseases that are considered to be non-curable. If you go to Europe or Asia ? you will find many of these diseases being cured. We in the US are so pre-occupied with profit that we prefer treatment to cure. It brings in more money [...]
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• Understanding Mood Disorders

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Its shocking to note that mood disorders these days are not uncommon. In the United States alone it is estimated that between 15 and 20 million people suffer from depressive disorders. Most symptoms of depression would be characterized as overwhelming sadness and loss of joy and pleasure in daily activities. ...
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• Psychiatrist Begin Training About Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  The manufacturer of the vagus nerve stimulator has begun face-to face meetings with psychiatrists nationwide to educate them about vagus nerve stimulation therapy, how it works and for whom this treatment is indicated. It is very important that both you and your psychiatrist fully understand vagus nerve stimulation ...
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• Men, Women and Depression: Uniting Mind and Body in Our Healthcare Sytem

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Men and depression, women and depression, it doesn’t matter. Depression crosses all genders, ethnic groups and economic classes. The Centers for Disease Control studied the importance of integrating the mind with the body in our healthcare system. It is a fabulous study. I want to share the key points as they affect ...
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• Depression Help

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Persons who are suffering from depression often feel helpless and utterly dejected with their life. Such people usually need a helping hand from their family members, friends and colleagues. Depression help or support may include helping the affected person to carry out daily tasks, help them take medicines, counsel ...
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• Depression Treatment

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Depression can be a very serious illness, which threatens the lives of millions of people around the world. There is more to conventional understanding of depression; depression is not just feeling in the dumps, rather it is a disease condition, affecting thousands of people at least once in their life time. ...
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• Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Chronic or Treatment-Resistant Depression About Vagus Nerve Stimulation(VNS) VNS is not brain surgery, although it is a treatment that affects the function of the brain. Vagus Nerve Stimulation uses specific stimulation of the vagus nerve to send stimulation to specific parts of the brain ...
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• Insurance Plans are Reimbursing Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy for Depression

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Over 120 different insurance companies and plans have reimbursed at least one case of vagus nerve therapy for depression.Reimbursement decisions continue to be made on a case-by-case basis. However is it important to note that 127 different payers have reimbursed VNS Therapy? for at least case of treatment-resistant ...
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• Depression Medication

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  When a person is suffering from chronic depression, most possibly, he or she may need to be prescribed depression medication as soon as possible. If you have any of the classical systems of depression, persisting for more than a month, you may need to visit your physician without fail. You can assist your physician ...
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• Top Fifteen Definitions for Understanding Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Vagus nerve stimulation was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) as an adjunctive treatment for chronic or recurrent depression. Here are some basic definitions to help you better understand this remarkable treatment: Adjunctive Additional, add-on. Used to describe a treatment used at the ...
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• Depression is the Number One Cause of Disability in the United States

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  According to the World Health Organization, 4 of the 10 leading causes of disability in the United States and other developed countries are mental disorders, including major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Approximately 23% of American adults each year have a diagnosable mental disorder and as many as ...
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• The Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy is indicated for use as an adjunctive long-term treatment of chronic or recurrent depression for patients over the age of 18 who are experiencing a major depressive episode and have not had an adequate response to four or more adequate antidepressant treatments.Where other treatments ...
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• A Look at the Different Depression and Anxiety Medications

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  While it may be easy to recite the various brand names and generalize their benefits enough to know they put us (or are supposed to put us) in a better mood, for lack of a better term, the drugs themselves can all be categorized individually, each working in a slightly different way.The following is a [...]
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• Attacking Major Depression With Professional Treatments

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  The patient?s depression was crippling. He was in an out of psychiatric hospitals and could not work let alone function a normal life. All other treatments had failed him until neurosurgeon John Smider performed and operation. His skull was opened exposing his brain, in which they then placed a battery operated ...
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• Chronic Depression is the Leading Cause of Disability in the World

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  According to the landmark “Global Burden of Disease” study, mental disorders are the second leading source of disease burden in established market economies and major depression alone ranked as the leading causes of disability. Major depression takes an enormous toll on functional status, productivity, and quality ...
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• Major Symposium About Vagus Nerve Stimulation & Depression at the American Psychiatric Associati

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  A major symposium about vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic or recurrent depression will be presented at the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting in May. This is the largest gathering of psychiatrists in the world and over 25,000 psychiatrists will be in attendance.On February 3, 2005, ...
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