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New tool aims to improve measurement of primary care depression outcomes
Primary care doctors have long been on the front lines of depression treatment. Depression is listed as a diagnosis for 1 in 10 office visits and primary care doctors prescribe more than half of all antidepressants. Now doctors at the University of Michigan Health System have developed a new tool that may help family physicians better evaluate the extent
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Helping mental health professionals in Japan cope with disaster
In the days immediately following Japan’s devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, survivors were grateful to have lived through it. But disasters that cause such wide-scale death, destruction and disruption to daily life also leave lingering invisible wounds. Sheila A.M. Rauch, Ph.D., clinical
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Akil elected to National Academy of Sciences
Huda Akil, Ph.D., Co-Director of the University of Michigan’s Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute and Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences in the Department of Psychiatry at the U-M Medical School, and a member of the U-M Depression Center, has been elected a member
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Targeting depression can help diabetes patients improve overall health
Frequently, depression and diabetes go hand in hand. And depression can be a major obstacle for people living with diabetes, making it less likely they’ll stick to a medicine schedule or exercise regimen. A team of researchers led by investigators at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the University
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Scientists explore new link between genetics, alcoholism and the brain
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have uncovered a new link between genetic variations associated with alcoholism, impulsive behavior and a region of the brain involved in craving and anxiety. The results, published online April 12 in Molecular Psychiatry, suggest that variations
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Caring partners central to program for depression treatment
A new program at the University of Michigan aims to help patients with depression manage their symptoms by making someone who cares about them an important part of their treatment. Patients enroll with a partner – a best friend, grown child or any trusted person from outside of the home. Each week,
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Depression symptoms increase over time for addiction-prone women
Unlike alcohol problems and antisocial behavior, depression doesn’t decline with age in addiction-prone women in their 30s and 40s – it continues to increase, a new study led by University of Michigan Health System researchers found. The longitudinal analysis examined the influences of the women’s
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Alcohol’s disruptive effects on sleep may be more pronounced among women
Researchers have known for decades that alcohol can initially deepen sleep during the early part of the night but then disrupt sleep during the latter part of the night; this is called a “rebound effect.” A new study of the influence of gender and family history of alcoholism on sleep has found
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Peer support offers promise for reducing depression symptoms
Peer support offers promise as an effective, low-cost tool for fighting depression, a new study by the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan Health System finds. Programs in which patients and volunteers share information were found to reduce symptoms of depression better than traditional
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U-M continues efforts to prevent tragedy among college students
‘Early Detection and Intervention’ is this year’s theme for the annual U-M Depression on College Campuses conference ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The devastating shooting near Tucson, Ariz. that left six people dead and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically injured thrust mental health on college
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