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People with clinical depression may be unable to "snap out of it"
because of faulty wiring in the brain, according to a new study
released.
Researchers who compared the way people with very severe depression
responded to negative stimuli relative to a group of healthy controls
found that the circuits involved in controlling emotions were disrupted
in the depressed individuals.
"The neural circuits involved with regulating emotions may be damaged
in people with this condition," said Tom Johnstone, a neuroscientist at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Medicine and Public
Health and lead author of the study published in the journal
Neuroscience on Tuesday.
One of the hallmarks of depression is that people with the condition
seem to be unable to pull themselves out of a funk or black mood.
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ADHD Pediatric
If your child ages 6 to 12 is hyperactive, has
difficulty concentrating, poor impulse control, or forgetfulness, he or
she may qualify for this research study of
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants will
receive medical evaluations, psychological assessments, and an
investigational drug at no cost.
The research site is in Richmond, Va.
More information
Please see http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat18.html
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The caffeine in three cups of coffee or tea a day may help maintain
mental sharpness in older women, but caffeine consumption appears to
have no effect in men.
French researchers studied
more than 7,000 men and women with an average age of 74, following them
over four years. They determined coffee and tea intake by interview,
and they measured mental acuity with widely accepted tests of visual
skills and verbal recall. They also recorded information on education,
income, depression, and alcohol and tobacco use, among other factors.
The study appears in the August 7 issue of Neurology.
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Every fall I get nostalgic for college. I usually give in to the
impulse to sign up for an adult learning class. I think last year it
was jewelry making. The year before, we lived in the middle of nowhere,
so I took an online course. Now that I'm working at a large university,
my college nostalgia is mostly satisfied by just being at work forty
hours a week.
Despite my (undiagnosed) depression, I
really loved college. I cried for about half an hour after my parents
left me at my dorm and went home (I think my mom cried longer). I had
never been very good at being away from home and my parents, but for
some reason the homesickness didn't last at college. That night I went
out with friends to all the MIT and Boston College fraternity parties,
and my college life was off and running.
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I believe that online support groups can be a real boon to someone with depression who is seeking peer support. They, by their very nature, overcome some
of the barriers that keep people from seeking peer support offline, in
the real world. However, there are still some barriers to overcome and
caveats to keep in mind when using online support forums.
Privacy Issues
We have an expectation of privacy in a face-to-face support group.
This is generally justified, and it isn’t easy for someone outside the
group, like your employer for instance, to find out if you attended a
group at any point, and there are rarely, if ever, any public
transcripts of groups. However, this is not necessarily the case online.
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