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Depression

Questionnaire may detect major depression in adolescents

June 01, 2010

Patients were asked how often in the past two weeks they had experienced a depressed mood and how often they had a lack of pleasure in usual activities.

When SSRIs are not enough for depression

March 22, 2010

Consider buspirone or mirtazapine as an additive agent.

Nonpharmacologic approach to depression

March 22, 2010

Exercise and psychotherapy are effective in preventing relapse and recurrence of depression.

Links between obesity and mental health

Lisa K. Diamond, RN, MSN, FNP-C March 01, 2010

When treating obesity, psychological issues must not be overlooked. Learning why patients eat can help clinicians improve what patients eat.

Adult depression: Treating by subtype for success

Jennifer L. Berns, MPAS, PA-C February 03, 2010

Instead of attempting to treat the broad categories, primary-care clinicians should focus on symptoms or features that identify a specific subtype.

Are SSRIs safe for childhood depression?

Julee Waldrop, MS, PNP January 21, 2010

The use of these antidepressants in children has exploded in the past decade. So has the controversy about increased suicide rates in patients taking them.

Potential side effects unexplained

David S. Starr, MD, JD January 15, 2010

A depressed, middle-aged patient gets more than he bargained for from the trazodone prescribed by his family clinician.

Management of childhood depression

Dawn Lee Garzon, PhD, CPNP-BC, Jean Nelson, PhD, RN, and Molly Figgemeier BSN, RN September 28, 2009

Often the first to identify the warning signs of this depression in children and adolescents, primary-care providers must be prepared to institute a basic treatment plan.

The balance between clinical judgment and a patient's right to choose

Marjaneh M. Fooladi, PhD, WHNP, FNP August 03, 2009

A woman refuses to treat her depression pharmaceutically and relies on herbal remedies—against her clinician's advice.

Clinician confronts an all-too-common ethical dilemma

Christopher Zipp, DO, and Carman A. Ciervo, DO July 07, 2009

Should the shocking confession of a depressed patient become a discoverable part of the medical record?

Increased anxiety after a sudden change in an SSRI prescription

Tina Malone, ARNP-C May 04, 2009

After two years of success with a generic antidepressant, the patient's depressive symptoms made an unwelcome return.

St. John's wort may be as effective as standard antidepressants — and more tolerable — for major depression

Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH February 18, 2009

Trial integrates depression and BP treatment

August 28, 2008

An integrated approach to hypertension and depression treatment yielded significantly better results for both conditions in a recent six-week pilot study. Patients in the integrated-care arm showed fewer...