Major clues discovered in new research. Findings may lead to better medications to correct gene-related problem.

Results of the research were published in the October 17 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, by Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD, Hsien-Sung Huang, PhD student, and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Baylor College of Medicine. [continue reading…]

Depression is disabling a growing proportion of children, but evidence on treatment is disputed.
Andrew Cotgrove believes drugs are a vital part of the armoury but Sammi Timimi is unconvinced that they are helpful or safe.

Should young people be given anti-depressants?
Yes says Andrew Cotgrove, these drugs are a vital part of the armoury
No says Sami Timimi. He is unconvinced that they are helpful or safe.

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Source: BMJ.
Andrew Cotgrove is Clinical Director at Pine Lodge Young People’s Centre, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Chester CH2 1AW.
Sami Timimi is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 8QA .

Men in late middle age with depressive symptoms are more likely to leave the labor force than men without such symptoms are, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania.
Retirement-age women, though they have a greater tendency to work part time or transition to part-time status, are more likely to opt out completely if they suffer even mild, or sub-threshold, symptoms of depression. [continue reading…]