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<乌鸦传媒>Antidepressants May Help Cut Seizures

NEW ORLEANS -- Patients with epilepsy who experience more than one seizure a month appear to achieve a reduction in seizure activity when treated with antidepressants, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>ADHD Drug Helpful in Adult Depression

Phase II trial results suggested that a stimulant drug approved to treat attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder may improve cognitive function in adults with major depression, its manufacturer said.

<乌鸦传媒>Use of Psych Drugs Up, Women Biggest Users

One American in five takes psychiatric medication for conditions such as depression and anxiety, and use of the drugs is more common among women, researchers found.

<乌鸦传媒>Linezolid Toxic With Prozac, Other SSRIs, FDA Warns

The FDA has issued an updated statement on the potential for serious central nervous system toxicity when patients taking serotonergic psychiatric drugs are treated with the antibacterial agent linezolid (Zyvox).

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns Against High-Dose Citalopram

Citing increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias and a lack of therapeutic benefit associated with high doses of the SSRI citalopram hydrobromide (Celexa), the FDA has reduced the recommended maximum to 40 mg/day.

<乌鸦传媒>Lab Notes: Red Wine Before Radiation and Red Clover for Hair Loss

Red is the color of the day, as components of red wine and red clover lead this week's Lab Notes, but the blues get their turn in the spotlight, too, as depressed people outshine cheerier folks in some elements of decision making.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel: Keep ECT Devices as High Risk

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- The FDA should continue to regulate electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machines as high-risk devices for treating depression and most other conditions for which ECT is typically used, members of the agency's Neurological Devices Advisory Committee agreed.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel Looks at Trials of Devices to Treat Depression

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- An FDA advisory panel met Friday to discuss how to analyze trials designed to test devices used to treat depression, but didn't offer the FDA any clear-cut guidance.

<乌鸦传媒>Mild Mania Often Accompanies Major Depression

A high proportion of people with major depression may actually have a "hidden" form of bipolar disorder, according to a population-based study.

<乌鸦传媒>Antidepressants Not Recommended for Autism

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can't be recommended for treating autism in children or adults at this point, according to a Cochrane review.

<乌鸦传媒>Five SSRIs Endorsed as Effective for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

LONDON -- Five antidepressants given for obsessive compulsive disorder all seem to confer twice the likelihood of modest symptom relief compared with placebo, found a systematic review.

<乌鸦传媒>Virginia Tech Missed 'Clear Warnings' of Shooter's Mental Instability

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Tech massacre might have been prevented if university authorities had heeded "clear warnings of mental instability" from the shooter, found a state review panel.

<乌鸦传媒>APA: Simple Screen Improves Suicide Risk Assessment

SAN DIEGO -- Emergency department patients who may be suicidal can be identified with a simple tool designed for use by health professionals without a mental health background.

<乌鸦传媒>APA: Abilify Has Adjunctive Antidepressant Effect

SAN DIEGO -- Aripiprazole (Abilify) may be a useful adjunctive therapy in patients with major depressive disorders who have incomplete responses to antidepressants, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>USPSYCH: Insomnia Treatment Boosts Antidepressant Efficacy

SAN FRANCISCO -- A significant number of patients with major depression also suffer from chronic insomnia that hampers recovery, and treating the insomnia may improve both conditions.

<乌鸦传媒>Grief Following Death in the Family Ebbs in Six Months

NEW HAVEN -- The negative emotions of grief -- yearning, depression, and anger -- following the death of a family member from natural causes usually peak within six months, according to a Yale bereavement study of 233 mourners

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns on Mixing Antidepressants with Migraine Drugs

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Mixing common migraine drugs such as Imitrex (sumatriptan) with antidepressants like Prozac (fluoxetine) or Cymbalta (duloxetine) can trigger a life-threatening condition called serotonin-syndrome, the FDA has warned.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Approves First Antidepressant Transdermal Patch

ROCKVILLE, Md. - The FDA has approved a once-a-day antidepressant patch that delivers a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Called Emsam (selegiline), the patch can be used at its lowest dose without the dietary restrictions that accompany oral MAO inhibitors.

<乌鸦传媒>Acetaminophen Is Leading Cause of Acute Liver Failure

SEATTLE - Deliberate or inadvertent overdosing with acetaminophen (Tylenol and generics) is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, researchers reported.

<乌鸦传媒>Suicide Risk Rises for Shorter Men

UPPSALA, Sweden-Shorter men have a twofold greater risk of suicide than taller men, according to a cohort study of more than a million men in this country.

<乌鸦传媒>A Child's Death Increases Parents' Risk of Mental Illness

LOS ANGELES-When a child dies, grieving parents have an increased risk of first diagnosis of serious mental illness such as clinical depression or bipolar disorder.

<乌鸦传媒>St. John's Wort Better than SSRI for Moderate to Severe Depression

A study published in The British Medical Journal found that a herbal extract of St. John's wort was at least as effective as Paxil(R) (paroxetine) and had fewer side effects in patients with moderate to severe depression.

<乌鸦传媒>Provigil (modafinil) Counteracts SSRI Side Effects

Provigil 脗庐 (modafinil) not only counteracted the excessive fatigue and somnolence experienced by some patients on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), but also improved mood and quality of life in this patient group, according to a preliminary study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.