Recent Posts Tagged With 'depression'

• Do anti-depressants make the heart stop?

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 03:34 in depression, anti-depressants, arrhythmia, sudden cardiac arrest, anti-depressant use

  Sudden cardiac death or sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) has gained worldwide attention because of Michael Jackson’s passing last month. To review some SCA statistics from the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition: Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leadin...

• Sleepless and depressed: postpartum depression

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 01:43 in depression, sleep deprivation, postpartum depression, depressive symptoms, poor sleep quality, sleep disturbnaces

  Postpartum depression (PPD): only mothers have the bad luck of going through such an ordeal. Fortunately, in most cases, PPD is not permanent but rather reversible. Tell me about it. I’ve had it myself - an extended one actually because I had t...

• Depressed and single = chest pains

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 02:51 in depression, anxiety, single, chest pains, angina pectoris, psychosocial factors

  What do depression, chest pains, and being single have to do with each other? A study that followed up 191 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) suggests that these three might be interrelated in this patient population. The results were based ...

• Depression in bypass patients: non-drug treatments work

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 04:43 in depression, heart surgery, cognitive behavior therapy, depressive symptoms, heart bypass, non-drug treatments, standard care, supportive stress management

  It is a known fact -surgery may mend the body but it may also depress the mind. This is especially true with heart surgery. It is estimated that 1 in every 5 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery suffer from major depress...

• Is prolonged grief a mental disorder?

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 01:27 in depression, grief, featured, mental disorder, depressive symptoms, prolonged grief disorder

  Resource post for June It can happen to anybody - losing a loved one - a child, a partner/spouse, a sibling, a parent. We grieve because grief is an extension of our capacity to love as human beings. But after some time we have to move on and carry o...