5 things to know about teens and depression
How does depression impact children and teens?
Depression impacts many youth and families across the U.S. Up to 28% of young people experience an episode of major depression by age 19 with an average onset age of 13 years old. However, only 38% of teens experiencing depression receive treatment. Raising awareness is a key step to addressing depression.
Depression is treatable, and early detection and treatment are effective. With increased awareness and early intervention efforts, both teens and adults can learn to identify the signs of depression and get help sooner.
Left untreated, depression can lead to deterior...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 24, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Karen Capraro Tags: Diseases & conditions parenting Depression grief Source Type: news
Sleep in traumatic brain injury - Vermaelen J, Greiffenstein P, deBoisblanc BP.
More than one-half million patients are hospitalized annually for traumatic brain injury (TBI). One-quarter demonstrate sleep-disordered breathing, up to 50% experience insomnia, and half have hypersomnia. Sleep disturbances after TBI may result from injur... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
4 People - 4 Types of Depression
When take with other symptoms, insomnia - having trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep - and hypersomnia - sleeping too much - can be a sign of depression. (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - October 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
Prevalence and clinical correlates of co-occurring insomnia and hypersomnia symptoms in depression - Soehner AM, Kaplan KA, Harvey AG.
BACKGROUND: The aim was to examine the prevalence and consequences of co-occurring insomnia and hypersomnia symptoms in depressed adults drawn from a representative sample of the U.S. population. METHOD: Data from 687 National Comorbidity Survey Re... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 30, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Atypical Depression Linked to ObesityAtypical Depression Linked to Obesity
Major depressive disorder with atypical features, including increased appetite and hypersomnia, is linked to obesity and other measures of adiposity, new research shows. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - June 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Modafinil improves real driving performance in patients with hypersomnia: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover clinical trial - Philip P, Chaufton C, Taillard J, Capelli A, Coste O, Leger D, Moore N, Sagaspe P.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Patients with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) are at high risk for driving accidents, and physicians are concerned by the effect of alerting drugs on driving skills of sleepy patients. No study has up to now investigated the effect of m... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
What scientific idea is ready for retirement?
Each year a forum for the world's most brilliant minds asks one question. This year's drew responses from such names as Richard Dawkins, Ian McEwan and Alan Alda. Here, edge.org founder John Brockman explains how the question came into being and we pick some of the best responsesEdge.org was launched in 1996 as the online version of "the Reality Club", an informal gathering of intellectuals who met from 1981 to 1996 in Chinese restaurants, artist lofts, investment banking firms, ballrooms, museums, living rooms and elsewhere. Though the venue is now in cyberspace, the spirit of the Reality Club lives on in the lively back-...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 12, 2014 Category: Science Authors: The Observer Tags: Astronomy Biology Mathematics Technology Physics Features Internet Animal behaviour The Observer Science Source Type: news
Kleine-Levin Syndrome May Be Misdiagnosed as Bipolar Disorder
Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) is an extremely rare sleep disorder that can take years to be diagnosed. One of the possible conditions that KLS can be mistaken for is bipolar disorder, and in fact, some of the same medications used to treat bipolar disorder may be prescribed for those who have KLS.
Symptoms of KLS include excessive sleeping (hypersomnia), compulsive and excessive eating (hyperphagia), childish behavior, confusion, apathy, disorientation, hallucinations and hypersexuality. Having such a difficult illness can cause depression. In addition, KLS is episodic.
KLS affects mostly adolescents and 70% of patients ar...
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - August 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Sleep and Bipolar Episodes - A Vicious Circle
Scientists are exploring the link between "clock" genes and bipolar disorder. For example, 2008 study found that a mutation in the core clock gene in mice produced hyperactivity and mania-like behavior. And as I wrote in Mood Disorders and Sleep, a short night can actually cause manic or hypomanic episodes.
There's a lot of variance. I find that insomnia has a depressive effect on my mood, while hypersomnia (sleeping too much) is a symptom of my depression. Yet when I am hypomanic, I do have a decreased need for sleep. I am at my best when I consistently get 8 or 9 hours of restful sleep - or is it that I get 8 or 9 hours...
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - August 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Depression Commonly Strikes Seniors & Other Vital Facts About Depressed Seniors
There’s a common belief that depression is a normal part of aging. It’s not. But unfortunately, it is prevalent among the elderly.
A 2000 study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry found that 3.2 percent of elderly men and 5.1 percent of elderly women currently had depression, said William Marchand, M.D., a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Utah School of Medicine and author of the book Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Your Guide to Recovery.
Depression can have devastating effects among the elderly. It increases the risk for cardiac diseases and exacerbates a person’s ability...
Source: Psych Central - July 27, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Aging Antidepressants Depression Disorders ECT General Grief and Loss Healthy Living Medications Psychotherapy Self-Help Seniors Treatment Archives Of General Psychiatry Bipolar Disorder Cardiac Diseases Clinical Associate Source Type: news
Insomnia does not predict depression treatment outcomes
Hypersomnia and insomnia do not influence repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment outcomes in patients with depression, researchers confirm. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)
Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry - June 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
