Depression
Depression: 3 Simple Questions
Most women with real postpartum depression are never diagnosed. Even though postpartum depression is very common, and even though identifying it can help both the baby and the mother, most cases slip …
Blue is a Color in the Rainbow
You may feel a rainbow of emotions during the days following your baby's birth, sometimes in bewildering succession, sometimes several conflicting emotions at the same time. (more…)…
Depressed Dads
Dads matter. When people think about depression soon after a baby is born, they often forget about fathers. But many new dads do get depressed, and you can read their depression in their children's be…
Pediatric Prozac
Antidepressant use in children has been coming under new scrutiny since Britain raised concerns about Paxil in June 2003. On October 27, 2003 the FDA issued a public health advisory to alert U.S. phys…
Help for Depressed Children
About 69 percent of depressed children, aged 6 to 17, improved significantly while taking Zoloft for their depression, according to a study published in the August 27, 2003 JAMA, but data from the stu…
Does Paxil Kill Children?
On June 10, 2003 the British government issued a very strong warning about the antidepressant Paxil, called Seroxat in Britain, saying that it "should not be used in children and adolescents under the…
Teen Depression More Likely When Parents Are Depressed
Teens whose parents are depressed are 6 times more likely than their peers to become depressed themselves - but there are ways to prevent this. The general rate of depression in adolescents is 3% to 8…
Mental Disorders and Children
There is a strong link between mental disorders in parents and their children, according to a study in the January 2001 American Journal of Psychiatry. When parents have major depression or a panic di…
All Natural Does Not Mean Risk Free!
Use of St. John's Wort to treat depression has skyrocketed over the last year, increasing by more than 2000%. St. John's Wort has become a multi-billion dollar industry. (more…)…
Fast Facts about Huffing
"Huffing," or inhaling volatile substances, is becoming increasingly popular among children, especially among 12- to 14-year-olds (Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 1998;152(8):781--786).…
Sleep Deprivation and ADHD
As if it shouldn't have been obvious, research has shown that the sleep deprivation associated with medical residents' on-call schedules brings about significant "impairment of physician mood" as the …