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Antidepressants 101- What You Absolutely Need to Know

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Introduction
Change in social and economical states throughout the world although has brought prosperity among the individuals of the world but at a price. It has brought both physical and mental stressors. Now people have to work harder and under mental tensions. Now the depression is prevalent everywhere at office, in transport and also at home. [...]

When Your Fears and Depression Have the Best of You

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

What do you do when your fears and depression are stronger than what you can handle? There are times that no matter what you do, your fears have the best of you. Here is a list of techniques and suggestions on what to do when this happens.
The first step is to learn to take it [...]

Senate Finance Committee Delays FDA Approval of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy for Depression

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

On June 15th, 2004, FDA’s Medical Devices Panel recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approve vagus nerve stimulation as a therapy for chronic or recurrent treatment-resistant depression. I was at the meeting, seated in the first row and made a presentation to the Panel.
Yet, one year later, we still do not have a [...]

Depression is a Choice

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

There is one very simple reason for all emotional depression.
In a recent article entitled “Intelligent Emotions” I discussed how the feelings of “happiness” and “saddness” emerge spontaneously from within one’s Self with every decision one makes for themselves in their lives.
When the feeling of happiness emerges it does so in recognition of the fact that [...]

New Treatment for Depression to be FDA Approved by Late June

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

With the next few weeks, the FDA is expected to issue its final approval of vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic or recurrent depression. The approval of vagus nerve stimulation will be the first ever FDA approved long-term treatment option for the four million desperate Americans( and their families) who have not had [...]

25% of Americans Suffer From a Mental Illness and do Not Get Adequate Relief From Antidepressants

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

According to the June 7th issue of the Wall Street Journal, more Americans are seeking treatment for mental illnesses than ever before, but most of them fail to get adequate care, according to a major new government study.
In the once-a-decade report funded by the National Institutes of Health(NIH), researchers found that one-quarter of Americans had [...]

Vagus Nerve Stimulation: What are the Benefits and How Does It Relieve Depression?

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Vagus nerve stimulation is more effective than antidepressants and is not related to brain surgery or shock treatments. It is a 60-90 minute out-patient procedure, with robust antidepressant affects on the brain.
The implant procedure is performed by a surgeon. A pacemaker-like device is implanted in your upper left chest. One lead wire is tunneled underneath [...]

American Indian Youth and Depression - Using Traditions To Heal The Wounds

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

When most people hear the words American Indian, visions of warriors on horses, feathers, or an ‘Indian Princess’ dance vividly in their heads. Instead, who they are is a culture of people who traditionally educate their children through oral traditions taught from generation to generation, day-to-day life, and sacred ceremonies that included song, dance and [...]

Anxiety and Depression Treatment - 5 Tips for Beating Depression

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Everyone has days when they are down, worn out and just notfeeling all that happy.
That’s OK, you need to have days like this, otherwise how wouldyou know when you are happy. You need to have something tocontrast your happiness with. What is black without white?
Even though you know that sadness is a part of life, [...]

FDA Nears Completion of Review of Vagus Nerve Stimulation For Chronic Depression

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

On June 2 at 8:00 pm ET, Reuters news service issued a press release announcing that the FDA have nearly completed final review of the conditions outlined in the February “deemed approvable” letter for VNS Therapy as a treatment for chronic depression. Cyberonics Inc. said that the FDA had nearly completed final review of conditions [...]