MetaFilter posts tagged with medicine and depression

Ibn Rushid Psychiatric Hospital

homunculus — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:32:45 -0800

Decline of an Iraqi Hospital: War Takes Toll on Baghdad Psychiatric Hospital. [Via Mind Hacks]

Coming of Age on Antidepressants

homunculus — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:15:00 -0800

Who Are We? Coming of Age on Antidepressants. [Via Mind Hacks.] The Medicated Americans: Antidepressant Prescriptions on the Rise.

Anti-depressants, Serotonin and Depression

OmieWise — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:12:07 -0800

"Researchers found that failing to publish negative findings inflated the reported effectiveness of all 12 of the antidepressants studied." See also: Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature. NEJM paper referenced. (Subscription required) Older: Antidepressants Versus Placebos: Meaningful Advantages Are Lacking,
but, Small Effects Are Not Trivial From a Public Health Perspective.

Seductive Solutions for Rough Illnesses

daksya — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:43:59 -0800

Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature

The machine that makes you more smarter

blahblahblah — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:19:21 -0800

The machine that makes you a savant. (NY Times, No registration copy here) Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation sounds sketchy at first, but there is growing evidence this device developed for brain mapping can change and maybe even enhance mental functions, and may (or may not) be especially useful against depression. The results of the first major US trials will come out in 2006, as discussed in this MIT Tech Review article (PDF). Are you ready for one at home?

When drug companies hide data

Lusy P Hur — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 13:48:17 -0800

When drug companies hide data.

"The attorney general's civil suit accuses the drug giant GlaxoSmithKline of committing fraud by concealing negative information about Paxil, a drug used to treat depression. The suit says that the company conducted five clinical trials of Paxil in adolescents and children, yet published only one study whose mixed results it deemed positive. The company sat on two major studies for up to four years, although the results of one were divulged by a whistle-blower at a medical conference in 1999 and all of the studies were submitted to the Food and Drug Administration in 2002 when the company sought approval for new uses of Paxil. At that time it became apparent that Paxil was no more effective than a placebo in treating adolescent depression and might even provoke suicidal thoughts.

My Dad was on Paxil until 26 days ago..... that's when he shot himself.

And they work how exactly?

grahamwell — Sat, 09 Aug 2003 13:12:43 -0800

Anxious? Depressed? - you need more brain cells. Just take one of these twice a day. New research shows that antidepressants may not work as we thought at all, rather they actually stimulate growth of cells in the hippocampus area of the brain. This may all be for the good - but it seems strange that we release millions of happy pills and market them as safe without knowing for sure what they do. Perhaps its the money talking.

rushmc — Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:50:06 -0800

New treatment for depression in women possibly best news ever for men.

crasspastor — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 02:15:57 -0800

Prozac 'linked' to brain tumors: Nothing incontrovertible yet. But where does it put us already hyper-sensitive brain candy users who've been given a new lease on life? Now we have to worry about this too?