Features Related to Depression

1. Facts About Antidepressants
   

   A controversial new study suggests the widely prescribed antidepressants Prozac, Paxil, and Effexor work no better than placebo for most patients who take them, and many depression experts now cry foul. In findings published in the February issue of the journal PloS Medicine, researchers conclude th

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2. Serotonin: 9 Questions and Answers
   

   Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, a type of chemical that helps relay signals from one area of the brain to another. Although serotonin is manufactured in the brain, where it performs its primary functions, some 90% of our serotonin supply is found in the digestive tract and in blood platelets. The a

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3. Fat Pharms: Antidepressants and Weight Gain
   

   Seeking help for depression -- and following through with antidepressant medication -- is a courageous and important first step on the road to recovery. But too often, those who take that step find themselves faced with another troubling problem: weight gain. Experts say that for up to 25% of people

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4. Types of Depression
   

   What are the types of depression and who's depressed? The man who eats too little, or the man who eats too much? The woman who can't sleep, or the woman who can't stay awake? The sad sack that doesn't react to what others say or do, or the flighty one who overreacts to everything? The man who was fi

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5. Finding Joy: A Mind-Body-Spirit Guide
   

   Rachel can't sleep, can't eat. She is in the midst of a family health crisis, marriage problems, and other issues. She's faced bouts of mild depression all her life, but this is suddenly much worse -- a severe case of anxious depression. Rachel needs an antidepressant, most psychiatrists would say.

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6. Could You Be Depressed and Not Know It?
   

   “Could you be depressed and not know it?” This sounds like a ridiculous question. After all, wouldn’t you know if you were depressed?  Possibly not. Depression can take hold gradually, without a person realizing that depressive thoughts and feelings are increasingly dominating her perspective - and

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7. Surviving the Season
   

   By Kate Madden Yee What to do when winter’s not so wonderful. Does your mood drop dramatically with the mercury? Here’s how can you tell if it’s a seasonal shift or something more serious. What is it? That constant urge to sigh when the days are cold and gray.
 Who gets it? By the 73rd day of gray,

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8. Role Reversal
   

   Lorraine Bracco, as psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos, HBO's smash hit, is cool and calm talking with Tony Soprano about the mobster's depression. But when she remembers the start of her own real-life battle with depression, her voice rises with passion. "It hit me that it had been months

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9. One Woman's Battle With Depression
   

   October 2000 should have been the happiest time of my life. I was 27 years old, I'd recently married a wonderful man, we'd bought our first house, and I'd landed a job I'd wanted for years as a mental health therapist. So why did I feel sad and unsatisfied with my life? To find out, I began seeing a

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10. Depression: Is Your Child Depressed?
    

    Children are not immune to depression depression. Just like for adults, treatment can be critical. Finding help for a depressed child may forestall years of anguish, and may even save that child's life. Yet ongoing controversy over the safety of antidepressant drugs has left many wondering what real

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