Washington, DC - Millions of American teens report experiencing weeks of hopelessness and loss of interest in normal daily activities and many of these depressed teens are using marijuana and other drugs, making their situation worse, according to a new White House report released today. The report, from the White House Office of National Drug [...]

Depression is not always manifested in children as dejection and anhedonia. Depending on the age of the child, the dominant features may be weeping, irritability or defiance, as explained by Prof. Claudia Mehler-Wex and Dr. Michael Kölch of Ulm University in the new edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105(9): 149-55).
The signs [...]

People taking antidepressant medication typically see a lot of improvements in their symptoms of depression during the first few months, but lagging behind other areas is a sense of hopefulness, according to new research from the University of Michigan Health System.
That means people with depression may still feel a sense of hopelessness even while their [...]

Health Behavior News Service - It’s hard to stay sober when you’re depressed, even if you are in a recovery program, according to a new study of people with alcoholism that reminds us of the importance of dual diagnosis treatment.
Researchers from the Minneapolis VA Medical Center documented the quitting success of 462 people with alcohol [...]

Yale University—Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new antidepressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine report in Nature Medicine.
“The VGF exercise-related gene and target for drug development could be even better than chemical antidepressants because it is already [...]

Although mood disorders and depression may occur at any age during a woman’s life, women seem to more vulnerable during times of hormonal fluctuations such as the menstrual period, pregnancy and perimenopause, according to a free report released by the Society for Women’s Health Research in November 2007.
During times of hormonal flux, many women are [...]