Women are 33 percent more likely than men to experience full remission with citalopram (Celexa).
UMich.edu - Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive SSRI antidepressant medication - citalopram - a new national study finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it [...]

OSU.edu - A growing body of research suggests that there is a potent way to fight symptoms of depression that doesn’t involve getting a prescription.
This potent weapon? Hope. And researchers think that hope can be taught by identifying goals and ways to achieve them, and developing motivation to move toward the goals.
“We’re finding that hope [...]

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 [...]