Study: No Heart Risk From SSRI Antidepressants
Prozac actually appeared to protect against heart attack, researchers say (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study Finds No Heart Risk From SSRI Antidepressants
Prozac actually appeared to protect against heart attack, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - March 23, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Cardiology, Neurology, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, News, Source Type: news

Study Finds No Heart Risk From SSRI Antidepressants
Prozac actually appeared to protect against heart attack, researchers say (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - March 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study Finds No Heart Risk from SSRI Antidepressants
Prozac actually appeared to protect against heart attack, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Antidepressants, Heart Attack, Medicines (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

More Doctors Are Prescribing Exercise Instead Of Medication
BOSTON (AP) — When Dr. Michelle Johnson scribbles out prescriptions, the next stop for many of her patients is the gym, not the pharmacy. Doctors treating chronic health problems increasingly are prescribing exercise for their patients — and encouraging them to think of physical activity as their new medication. In one such program run by a health center in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, primary care physicians, internists and psychologists prescribe access to a gym for $10 a month, including free child care, classes and kids programs. Providing affordable gym access for patients ensures compliance, said Gibbs Sa...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Exercise Ken MacLeod Source Type: news

Can OCD Be Seasonal?
My son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder was at its very worst around January-March of 2008. After floundering and fighting our way through a maze of disorienting treatments and programs for OCD, we finally found the right help for Dan in the form of exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy. Exactly one year later we were almost, though not quite, back to square one. At that time, I sat in the psychiatrist’s office with Dan as the doctor talked about OCD often going in cycles. I was terrified. Was Dan slipping back to not being able to eat again? Was all his hard work doing ERP for nothing? As it turns out, we ...
Source: Psych Central - March 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Disorders Family General Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Personal Stories Psychology Seasonal Affective Disorder Treatment Anxiety exposure and response prevention Fluoxetine Major Depressive Disorder Obsessions Relapse Selective Source Type: news

Treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal affective disorder(SAD) — also known as the winter blues or winter depression — is a seasonal but serious disorder that impacts many people with the changing of the seasons (from fall into winter, or from spring into summer). Luckily there are a number of effective treatment options for anyone who is suffering from seasonal affective disorder. Light Boxes Research has found that the majority of those suffering from the winter blues experienced relief solely from the regular use of light boxes. Light boxes emit high intensities of light of 2,500 to 10,000 lux (as compared to a normal light fixture that ...
Source: Psych Central - March 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Antidepressants Depression Disorders Medications Psychotherapy Seasonal Affective Disorder Treatment help for the winter blues help for winter depression seasonal affective disorder treatment treatment for sad treatment for seasonal Source Type: news

Why I Feel
I feel. I feel a lot. In fact, it's kinda my thing. It has been this way since I can remember, throwing crying fits when my 11th birthday party didn't go as planned or having an uncontrollable laughing fit for minutes after others stopped laughing. But it was only recently that I chose to embrace the title of "Feeler," choosing to go forth with my life letting myself feel the raw sadness or deep joy I had once tried to suppress. The reasoning behind this choice was simple: I have known what it's like to not feel. In the past, I have taken a great deal of things for granted, including this natural tendency of mine to feel...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What You Need to Know About Prozac for Bipolar...
The side effects of Prozac are wide-ranging from minor to serious. If you are taking Prozac, you should be aware of the potential side effects. (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - March 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: bipolar.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news

How Can Paxil Help Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Paxil (paroxetine) is an antidepressant medication in the same class as Prozac and Zoloft. It is also used to treat generalized anxiety disorder. (Source: About.com Mental Health)
Source: About.com Mental Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: news

What Are Current Treatments for Postpartum Depression?
Discussion Postpartum depression affects 10 to 20% of women after delivery, but less than half of these women are detected. Postpartum depression is defined as major depressive episodes with symptom onset during pregnancy or in the first four weeks following delivery. There is recognition that symptoms may begin later after delivery but the mother would not be diagnosed with PPD. PPD is distinct from postpartum blues which occur in 50 to 80% of new mothers. They occur within 1 to 2 days of delivery and resolve within 10-14 days of delivery. Symptoms include anxiety, depression, irritability, tearfulness, poor sleep, and ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 15, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Antidepressants linked to suicide and aggression in teens
ConclusionPerhaps the most troubling aspect of this paper is not the increased risk of suicidal thoughts in young people, as that has been known for many years. What is worrying is the researchers’ conclusion that they are unable to tell the true extent of harms from antidepressants, because of poor data collection and availability.RCTs are designed to test the effects of treatments with as little bias as possible. However, if the right data on adverse effects is not collected in the trials, or is not made public, we cannot balance the benefits and risks of treatment in a fair and transparent way. According to the data w...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Medication Source Type: news

Why 'big pharma' stopped searching for the next Prozac
Pharma giants have cut research on psychiatric medicine by 70% in 10 years, so where will the next ‘wonder drug’ come from?When the last major wave of “blockbuster” psychiatric drugs such as Prozac arrived on the market in the late 1980s and 90s, they ushered in a new era in the treatment of depression. With fewer serious side effects than their predecessors and aggressively marketed as a new class of “wonder drug”, they were prescribed very quickly to tens of millions of people living with depression and other debilitating conditions worldwide while pharmaceutical companies made a fortune. Related: Mental illn...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 27, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Mary O'Hara and Pamela Duncan Tags: Psychiatry Depression Medical research Society Pharmaceuticals industry Business Drugs Source Type: news

Study to use Prozac to treat Down syndrome in utero
Stephen FellerDALLAS, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Researchers are set to start recruiting pregnant women for a new multi-year study to test the effects of Prozac on fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news