Two-drug combination helps older adults with hard-to-treat depression

Researchers add that … the Psychiatry Advisor take: Including the antipsychotic aripiprazole (Abilify) to antidepressant treatment might help depressed patients who fail to get better on an antidepressant alone. Eric J. Lenze, MD, of Washington University …See all stories on this subject

' Jane Pirkis at the University of Melbourne in Australia, who led this research which was released in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, said it showed how specific intervention steps can “buy time to enable an individual to reassess their actions and enable …See all stories on this subject

Key medical point: Cognitive behavior therapy significantly enhanced major depression but not self-care among clients with cardiac arrest. Major finding: At 6 months, suggest BDI-II ratings were 12.8 for CBT vs. 17.3 for enhanced usual care (P =.008). Data …See all stories on this topic

He stated this is great news for individuals experiencing depression and their treating health professionals. The research is published in British Journal of Psychiatry Open.See all stories on this subject We should stop turning a blind eye to pain killers These are some of the symptoms suffered by an estimated 15 per-cent of expert fighters(according to the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medication)and an enhancing variety of NFL players(some of whom have considered a class action against the … See all stories on this topic