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People in the News: Rowling: There's no shame in depression  -  25 Mar 2008
Seattle Post IntelligencerIn an interview with a British college magazine, "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling said she had suicidal thoughts when she suffered from depression.

Youth's Social Problems Contribute To Anxiety And Depression  -  25 Mar 2008
Science Daily (press release)25, 2008) — Socially successful children tend to have fewer symptoms of anxiety or depression, while children with problems such as anxiety and depression

The Conflict Of Reward In Depression  -  25 Mar 2008
Science Daily (press release)The paradoxical merging of happiness and suffering can be a feature of depression. A new study of regional brain activity using functional magnetic

Stephen King: Central banks have the power to avert another ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Independent,The move towards ever more deregulation is leading us all into another depression. Greedy capitalists, left to their own devices, will suck the blood out of

Lessons learnt from Great Depression  -  25 Mar 2008
Times Online,Mr Bernanke, who had made something of a life's work of studying the Great Depression and its causes, addressed the central contention in one of Professor

Markets on wildest ride since Depression  -  25 Mar 2008
Financial Post,That makes the current period of investing the fourth most volatile period ever, and pushes it past 2002 levels to be the most volatile since the depression

Hittelman: Recognizing teen depression  -  25 Mar 2008
Daily Camera,As reported in a recent Camera article ("Study: Colorado Leader in Teen Depression" March 8, 2008), Colorado has a higher percentage of youth age 12 to 17

Teen Sex, Drinking & Depression  -  25 Mar 2008
Mom Logic,The girls battle depression, self-esteem issues, drinking, death and on last night's episode, the focus was on Jesse who battled both depression and teen

Overcome Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, and Improve Your Life ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Metapsychology,...by Sarah Edelman Change Your Thinking is a self-help manual designed to address stress, anxiety, depression, and other emotional concerns through the use of

A matter of the heart  -  25 Mar 2008
Nature.com (subscription),Depression and negative emotions seem to worsen cardiac health, whereas a good laugh might improve blood vessel function. Clues from new experiments could

Coming to terms with depression can be a deeper struggle for men  -  25 Mar 2008
Jackson Clarion Ledger,More than 6 million men are diagnosed with depression each year, about half as many as women. But, according to the Mayo Clinic, the number of men who kill

Anger problems 'left untreated'  -  25 Mar 2008
BBC News,Chronic and intense anger has been linked to heart disease, cancer, stroke, colds and flu as well as depression, self-harm and substance misuse,

Beating depression after retirement  -  25 Mar 2008
Health24.com,But for some, it can be the start of depression. Depression after retirement is a common problem. Many people, especially those who have invested a lot in

Fed Bailout of Bear Stearns First of its Kind Since Great Depression  -  25 Mar 2008
Democracy Now,MAX FRAAD WOLFF: Glass-Steagall was a law put in place after the Great Depression that created what they call a firewall or a separation between investment

1 in 5 students will experience depression  -  25 Mar 2008
SCSU University Chronicle,Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses, affecting more than 19 million Americans each year, according to Mental Health America.

Irreverent performer to address depression, suicide  -  25 Mar 2008
UTSA Today,..."Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a lively and humorous show that highlights the high rates of anxiety, depression, mental illness and suicide among

Taking the mystery out of fibromyalgia  -  25 Mar 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,Other symptoms may include depression, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, restless leg syndrome, dry eyes, ringing in ears, loss of coordination and

Patients With Psoriasis At Increased Risk For Developing Other ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Science Daily (press release)Other factors that may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease include behavioral-driven risk factors such as obesity, smoking and depression.

The Great Depression  -  25 Mar 2008
SupersonicsoulI try not to take sports too personally. It's not a healthy way to live. Why invest emotionally in something that A) is bound to disappoint and B) has no

MOUNTAIN VIEWS: RECESSION LOOKING LIKE DEPRESSION  -  25 Mar 2008
Niagarafallsreporter.com,By John Hanchette OLEAN -- If you get a call from one of those telephone pollsters asking if you think the United States economy is in recession,

Try to identify stress causing short temper  -  25 Mar 2008
Seattle Post IntelligencerBROTHERS: I recently found out that my college roommate suffers from clinical depression, and has attempted suicide in the past. She's taking medication now

I was living in a permanent state of hung-over or drunk, ignoring ...  -  25 Mar 2008
BirminghamMail.net,It said if you had one or two for more than two weeks, you had depression. I had all of them. I made an appointment to see a GP in England.

Bipolar nation  -  25 Mar 2008
Prospect Magazine,Even depression guru Andrew Solomon, who dissected gloom in his bestselling The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, revealed not long ago that he is

South Africa: Are We Hearing Echoes of 1929 in Present Market ...  -  25 Mar 2008
AllAfrica.com,Like now, debt was one of the main causes of the Great Depression. In the "roaring" 1920s US consumers and businesses relied on cheap credit to buy goods.

Talking about suicide  -  25 Mar 2008
Battle Creek Enquirer,But Hipple has made it his mission to help people understand childhood depression and suicide in order to prevent it. That's why Hipple has partnered with

A Link Between Antidepressants and Type 2 Diabetes  -  25 Mar 2008
Newswise (press release)Brown then studied the medical history of 2400 people who were diagnosed with depression and were taking antidepressants to determine whether there was a

Bush and economy: in control or denial  -  25 Mar 2008
Daily Times,His penchant for understatement in the face of what some on Wall Street see as the worst threat to the world financial system since the Great Depression has

When it pays to be crazy  -  25 Mar 2008
New Statesman,Bear Stearns was a venerable Wall Street bank that kept on trading all the way through the Great Depression. In 2007, it was voted Fortune magazine’s “Most

Heart-patient caregivers at risk for same fate  -  25 Mar 2008
Asbury Park Press,..."The added responsibility that someone has after a loved one leaves the hospital can lead to feelings of isolation, increase depression and make them not

Roger Haeske Discovers Fountain of Youth Available to Everyone  -  25 Mar 2008
EmailwireCOM, March 25, 2008 ) Roger Haeske shares his experience with depression and panic attacks which were cured when he found the Fountain of Youth.

Global Stock Market Forecasts and Outlook for 2008  -  25 Mar 2008
The Market Oracle,Ben Bernanke is busy applying the conclusions of his thesis on how to avoid a Great Depression, step by step. Therefore the assumption I am making is that

Foreclosure Rate Outpaces Sales by Lenders  -  25 Mar 2008
Wall Street JournalLenders describe the current situation as the worst since the Great Depression. The heaviest concentrations of loans in foreclosure are in Florida, Nevada,

Warning Signs for College Suicides  -  25 Mar 2008
PsychCentral.com,...“To add to the problem, the late teen years are often when biologically-based illnesses, such as depression and bipolar disorder, begin to manifest

The need to be ‘cool’  -  25 Mar 2008
Merinews,The police authorities later discovered that it was not any loneliness or depression that caused Gaurang’s death, but it was a choking game,

The Corporate Manslaughter Act – are you prepared?  -  25 Mar 2008
SourceWire (press release),This means that if an employee’s death is caused by work related stress or depression the employer can be held responsible. The House of Lords has already

Twin sisters find fibromyalgia relief  -  25 Mar 2008
The Huntsville Times - al.com,..."Many doctors just think it's connected with depression," said Harris. "Some people with fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome do have depression,

This is a crisis but not The Great Depression  -  Mar 23, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,In 1998, the Indonesian economy, for instance, contracted by 13pc, which bears comparison with the severity of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Legacy of Depression at work now  -  Mar 24, 2008
Los Angeles Times,The Great Depression had gripped the country, and under Garner's prodding, the Federal Reserve Act was amended to permit a wide expansion of federal lending

Corcept Therapeutics Announces Commencement of Next Phase 3 Study ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
CNNMoney.comGiven the serious nature of psychotic depression the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, has granted a fast-track designation for CORLUX for

US consumer ABS can withstand jobless spike-Fitch  -  Mar 24, 2008
ReutersTop-rated consumer ABS, for example, could withstand unemployment levels not seen since the Great Depression, the agency said.

NHS to trial depression phoneline  -  Mar 22, 2008
Sunday Herald,By Judith Duffy, Health Correspondent SCOTLAND'S NHS helpline is to launch a unique new service which will offer patients suffering from depression

Distinguishing signs of early dementia from depression is tricky  -  Mar 23, 2008
Monsters and Critics.comBerlin - It's often difficult to differentiate between early stages of dementia and depression, but a precise psychiatric examination can help,

Pharmaceutical Companies Working Hard to Cure Seasonal Depression  -  Mar 23, 2008
Second Supper (satire),Seasonal depression affects one in four Americans every year, making it one of the most common psychological disorders ever studied.

Iraq Recession – or Iraq Depression?: J. Raimondo  -  Mar 23, 2008
Antiwar.com,As storm clouds darken the economic horizon and we start sinking into the Iraq Depression, a subset of this principle will become apparent: don't expect to

Nevada Has Highest Cases Of Depression  -  Mar 23, 2008
KLAS-TV,A new federal study shows that depression among adults is dropping slightly across the country but here in Nevada, the rate is going up.

Top Ten Good Things About Our New Great Depression  -  Mar 23, 2008
AOL News Newsbloggers,The important thing is to prepare for your new life during the New Great Depression, which will probably last at least a dozen years and end with the United

Psychologically Speaking: Depression or andropause  -  Mar 21, 2008
Jerusalem Post,These may include poor communication, issues around job dissatisfaction, health related or financial difficulties as well as depression.

Revenge Cheating, Artificial Sweeteners And Depression  -  Mar 23, 2008
Huffington Post,They have very mixed reviews, with some studies reporting that they cause ailments such as migraines and, yes, depression. Here is one of the most recent

Fall Out Boy Pete made suicide bid  -  Mar 24, 2008
The Press AssociationIt seems even rock stars can suffer from depression. Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz has admitted he once felt so alone and despondent with the growing success of

A new Great Depression? It's different this time  -  Mar 20, 2008
Los Angeles Times,But unemployment reached 25% during the Depression; last month it was reported at 4.8%. Fear is spreading with the financial system in disarray.

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