The results of a pilot study conducted at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha suggest that administration of the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram) during treatment of head and neck ... Read More

Depression among infertile couples undergoing treatment can be reduced the most if the couples receive a psychological intervention prior to treatment, say Iranian researchers. Ahmad Noorbala and colleagues from Tehran University ... Read More

Often we tend to think of domestic violence as something that happens to women. Investigators at the Group Health Center for Health Studies, however, say domestic violence against men ... Read More

Elderly people in a long-term care facility are more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant and to report feeling depressed than their counterparts living in a home health care setting, ... Read More

Women aren't the only ones affected by postpartum depression, says a new study. Dads get the baby blues too. James F. Paulson and colleagues at the Center for Pediatric Research ... Read More

Researchers at the University of Michigan Depression Center say that depressed people have fewer receptors for the brain's "feel good" chemicals than non-depressed people. The researchers also say that, even among ... Read More

One of the great ironies of depression treatment is that while depression can rob you of your desire for sex, the drugs that treat it can be much worse, causing ... Read More

Have you been feeling tired and depressed lately? Before you assume that you need an antidepressant, you might want to consider having your thyroid checked. Hypothyroidism, a disease in which ... Read More

American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken says he has lost a "ton" of weight since he stopped taking the antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine), according to celebrity gossip magazine US Weekly. After Aiken shot ... Read More

Deep brain stimulation - which involves implanting tiny electrodes in areas of the brain with abnormal function in order to stimulate these areas and block the abnormal activity - has ... Read More

Older adults with low blood levels of vitamin D and high levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands may have a higher risk of depression, says a report ... Read More