TheraGenetics Licenses Intellectual Property Related To Predicting Patient Response To Antidepressant Therapy
TheraGenetics Limited, a personalized medicine diagnostics company that is developing and commercializing a portfolio of pharmacogenetic diagnostic tests to guide and improve the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced that it has completed an agreement with the Centre for
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Depression After Stroke: A Neglected Problem
People who have had a stroke and the society who are close to them need more support in order to manage the consequences of stroke. As well as the physical disabilities, the psychological burden is difficult to manage with. It is not only stroke patients who become depressed: their friends and relatives often become depressed too. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has now assessed research on treatments for depression after a stroke.
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Suicide Prevention And Antidepressants
Depression is the most urgent loner factor predisposing to suicide, and more than half of all subjects completing suicide are known to have suffered from depression. Unfortunately, depression is still often untreated or undertreated, even after a suicide attempt. Antidepressive drugs represent the cornerstone of treatment of depressive patients.
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The ECNP Consensus Statement On Bipolar Depression
Bipolar disorder is one of the most complex and challenging mental disorder in the spectrum. Bipolar disorder is typically associated with considerable acute and longterm treatment needs and may be associated in the course of illness with times of tremendous social burden for both the individual and family. It is typically referred to as an episodic, yet lifelong and clinically severe mood disorder.
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UNC Study Ties Ending Moderate Drinking To Depression
Scientific evidence has lengthy suggested that moderate drinking offers some protection against heart disease, undoubtful types of stroke and some forms of cancer. But new research shows that stopping drinking - including at moderate levels - may lead to health problems including depression and a reduced capacity of the brain to produce new neurons, a process called neurogenesis.
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Beating Depression For Cancer Patients
A new treatment programme for cancer patients with clinical depression can significantly boost their quality of life according to new research published in the Lancet. Cancer Research UK scientists devised the treatment programme which offers patients one-to-one sessions with specially trained cancer nurses to help them manage their depression more effectively.
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Ritalin-style Drug Set For Wider Role In Adult Mental Illness
A significant number of adults with unresolved depression, anxiety or addiction may actually have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a condition that has been widely considered to resolve in late adolescence.
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