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Mental-Health Care Limited for Immigrants
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AP - If Eleazar Paula Mendez suffered from depression, her adopted hometown in southwest Arkansas was not the place to find help: The small community where she is charged with killing her three children has no mental-health professionals who speak Spanish.
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Study: Pregnancy May Not Help Depression
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AP - Pregnant women who stop taking antidepressants run a high risk of slipping back into depression, a study found, busting the myth that the surge of hormones during pregnancy keeps mothers-to-be happy and glowing.
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Drug side effects can mimic early dementia: study
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Reuters - Common drugs used to treat depression,
Parkinson's disease and allergies can produce side effects that
can be mistaken for early dementia, scientists said on
Wednesday.
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Medication, Shock Therapy Best for Depression
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressant medications and electroconvulsive therapy, when warranted, are the most effective treatments for moderate to severe depression, despite the concerns both have raised in the public mind.
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Brain Protein May Be Linked to Depression
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AP - Scientists have discovered a protein that seems to play a crucial role in developing depression, a finding that may lead to new treatments for the often debilitating illness and fundamental understanding of why it strikes.
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One in 10 teens depressed: study
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Reuters - Nearly one in 10 American teenagers,
or 2.2 million, experienced major depression last year,
according to government statistics released on Thursday that
also showed that depressed youths were more likely to smoke,
drink alcohol or abuse drugs.
Sources: YAHOO
Distress, fear often beset heart attack patients
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Reuters - A substantial number of
patients in the initial stages of a heart attack or severe
chest pain crisis -- events lumped together as "acute coronary
syndrome" or ACS -- experience extreme stress and fear of
dying. This can lead to long-lasting depression and anxiety,
according to a new study.
Sources: YAHOO
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