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Persistent fatigue immediately following birth may be the best signal to determine whether a woman will develop postpartum depression, a new study suggests.

Women who said they still felt extremely fatigued…

Women with anorexia are prone to develop brittle bones, but medical treatment either with the bone-strengthening drug etidronate or with calcium and vitamin D effectively reverses the degree of osteoporosis,…

Chris is a shy, anxious-looking 31-year-old carpenter who has been hospitalized after making a suicide attempt by putting his head in a plastic bag. He asks to meet with the psychiatrist in…

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Background: There is an excess of death from natural causes among people with schizophrenia.

Aims: Schizophrenia and its treatment with neuroleptics were studied for their prediction of mortality in a…

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Summary: Many sources purport that antidepressants have a delayed onset of action, measured in weeks rather than days. Recent data using weekly or daily mood…

Review of effectiveness and safety

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Background The use of complementary medicines in those with mental health problems is well documented. However, their effectiveness is often not established and they may be…

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Background: In individual studies and limited meta-analyses venlafaxine has been reported to be more effective than comparator antidepressants, particularly selective serotonin reuptake…

Infants who are exposed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac and Zoloft, in the womb are at risk for developing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a withdrawal disorder characterized…

A lifetime history of depression is associated with increased plaques and tangles in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s disease and more rapid cognitive decline, according to…

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is among the first centers in Southern California to begin offering vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) implantation as a potential supplement to traditional…

Schizophrenics who took two antipsychotic drugs showed no more improvement than those on a single drug, raising doubts about the benefit of using multiple medicines to treat the disease, a study…

Pregnancy has historically been described as a time of emotional well-being, providing “protection” against psychiatric disorder, but a new study says the hormonal changes which occur during pregnancy do not…

According to an expert in the UK, highly analytical couples such as scientists, engineers, physicists and mathematicians, are more likely to produce children with autism.

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, of the…

The results of a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggest that symptoms of Asperger’s disorder are significantly improved by treatment with the atypical antipsychotic drug risperidone.

Asperger’s disorder has…

Women with major depression who go off their antidepressant medication during pregnancy are at risk of experiencing a relapse, a new study shows. However, even women who stay on…

Antidepressants like Prozac and Zoloft, which affect a brain chemical called serotonin, may also influence the body’s immune system, new research suggests.

Prozac and Zoloft belong to a group of drugs called…

The dietary supplement DHEA seems to relieve the symptoms of minor depression in patients infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a new report.

“Based on…

Regular exercise may prevent the mental decline associated with the long-term use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), preliminary research suggests.

In a study of 54 postmenopausal women, investigators found…

A single 30-minute walk on a treadmill can give a temporary emotional lift to patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder, the results of a small study suggest.

Researchers found…

According to a new report by a British government advisory body, the regular use of cannabis though it can have real and significant mental health effects it is unlikely to cause…

Populations of boys born during stressful times enjoy an advantage their whole lives, living longer, on average, than males born during periods of peace and prosperity, U.S. researchers reported on…

If children with autism can’t see the forest for the trees, that may be partly because the burden of processing all those…

Mindfulness, a central concept in yoga and various forms of meditation, has proven to be effective against depression, but difficult to grasp for a significant number of people who…

A history of major depression and a past suicide attempt seem to be tied to an increased risk of seizures and epilepsy, according to the findings of a population-based study…