Articles Tagged With: Antidepressants
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Racing Against Depression and Anxiety: Measuring Running vs. Antidepressant Therapy
This prospective study blending randomization with preference compared a running program with antidepressant therapy in adults with depression or anxiety and showed an improvement in mental health in both arms. However, physical health parameters increased only in the running group.
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Can Antidepressants Help Patients Manage Chronic Pain?
Antidepressant medications have been widely used for treating a variety of chronic pain disorders, but strong evidence to support their efficacy is lacking. Some patients may respond, but available data do not help us determine which agents may be helpful in a specific type of chronic pain condition.
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Study Finds Increased Risk of Depression with Use of Oral Contraceptives
A population-based cohort study with data for more than 260,000 women revealed oral contraception use can increase the risk of depression, particularly during the first two years of its use. For adolescents, its use can increase later-in-life risk of depression, as well. Investigators said their results were consistent with a causal relationship between oral contraceptive use and depression.
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Antidepressants for Chronic Pain: Do They Work?
Antidepressant medications have been widely used for treating a variety of chronic pain disorders, but strong evidence to support their efficacy is lacking. Some patients may respond, but available data do not help us determine which agents may be helpful in a specific type of chronic pain condition.
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Antidepressants for Chronic Pain: Do They Work?
Antidepressant medications have been widely used for treating a variety of chronic pain disorders but strong evidence to support their efficacy is lacking. Some patients may respond, but available data do not help us to determine which agents may be helpful in a specific type of chronic pain condition.
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Is Long-Term Antidepressant Use Hurting Patients?
Long-term antidepressant use could lead to elevated risks of coronary heart disease, along with higher cardiovascular disease mortality and all-cause mortality rates.
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Greater Awareness of Reporting Bias on Antidepressants, Yet Problem Persists
An investigator who was part of a landmark study on the efficacy of antidepressants recently revisited reporting transparency in this area of research.
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Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Depression: The Role of the Primary Care Provider
More than half of the 8 million depression-related provider visits in the United States occur in a primary care setting. The primary care provider is the most likely practitioner responsible for the detection and management of the disorder.
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Code Melancholia: A Review of Depression for Emergency Physicians
Although the formal diagnosis of depression seldom is made in the emergency department (ED), emergency clinicians must understand the nature of depression and be prepared to deal with its complications, including suicidality and the toxicity of many antidepressant medications.
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Data Suggest Abortion Does Not Lead to Depression
Results of a new study of almost 400,000 women indicate that having an abortion does not increase the risk for depression in women. The publication comes at a time when many state policies restricting abortion access have been justified by claims that abortion causes women psychological harm.