USCD.edu - A novel way to improve the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors is through the regular use of “exergames” – entertaining video games with the Nintendo Wii that combine game play with exercise - according to research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. In a NIH-funded pilot study, [...]

Rush.edu - In patients diagnosed with clinical depression, belief in a caring, concerned God can improve response to medical treatment for depression, according to new research from Rush University Medical Center published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.
A total of 136 adults diagnosed with major depression or bipolar depression at inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care [...]

Uni-Heidelberg.de - While no one is yet advocating deep brain pacemakers for the treatment of depression, this recent clinical finding is interesting for anyone concerned with the suffering caused by depression.
A team of neurosurgeons at Heidelberg University Hospital and psychiatrists at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim have for the first time successfully treated [...]

JAMA / Archives - Patients taking a SSRI antidepressant to treat depression may experience changes in their personality separate from the alleviation of depressive symptoms, according to a report in the December 2009 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
Two personality traits, neuroticism and extraversion, have been related to depression risk, according to background information in [...]

Wisc.edu - Patients with depression are unable to sustain activity in brain reward centers related to positive emotion, according to a new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The NIMH-funded study challenges previous notions that individuals with depression show less brain activity in areas associated with positive emotion. Instead, the new data suggest similar initial levels [...]

OSU.edu - Too much light at night can lead to symptoms of depression, according to a very suggestive study in mice.
Researchers found that mice housed in a lighted room 24 hours a day exhibited more depressive symptoms than did similar mice that had a normal light-dark cycle.
However, mice that lived in constant light, but could escape [...]