Doctors Say Teenagers Can Suffer From ‘Facebook Depression’

Doctors say teenagers can suffer from ‘Facebook depression’ — As if being a teenager wasn’t hard enough, doctors are now warning teens – their Facebook obsession could lead to depression.

Longer Looks: Exercise To Treat Depression; Crowdsourcing Treatment …
Depression is the most common mental illness—affecting a staggering 25 percent of Americans—but a growing body of research suggests that one of its best cures is cheap and ubiquitous. In 1999, a randomized controlled trial showed that depressed …
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For Depression, Prescribing Exercise Before Medication
… still so many people on pills? The answer speaks volumes about our mental-health infrastructure and physician reimbursement system, as well as about how difficult it remains to decipher the nature of depression and what patients want from their …
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Depression May Worsen Kidney Disease in Diabetes Patients
"Major depressive symptoms, but not minor depressive symptoms, were associated with a higher risk of incident ESRD over up to 10 years," the authors write. "Additional studies are needed to determine whether treatment for depression can improve renal …
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