MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'depression children'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:50:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3235896&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fkids-and-depression-parents-call-to-action-part-3%2F How To Monitor and Stabilize Depression in Teens and Children Each time I write a prescription, I have a certain amount of trepidation. Although I know that medications can help, I am also aware of their limitations. It is also important to be vigilant as to whether there are other key factors that are causing a teenager to be overwhelmed (i.e., trauma, substance abuse). However, when children and adolescents are having difficulty functioning because of how impaired they are, medication can be critical. If a teenager is so depressed that she is thinking of tying a phone cord around her neck or jumping out a window, or if she finds it impossible to find the energy to get out of bed, or can’t concentrate long enough to read one page and her grades are dropping, an antidepressant along with... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3235896 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:43:40 +0100 3235896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071209&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fassessing-teenagers.html Teenagers. They should be considered their own species (--note, no one asked me).Perri Klass, M.D. has a nice piece in the New York Times about assessing teens for depression and suicide, "18 and Under--Asking the Hard Questions." It's mental health from the perspective of a pediatrician, and I like that she's thoughtful about the issues.Here's an excerpt:And before you get to the S’s, there is the E for emotion, which, Dr. Ginsburg said, should be much more than screening for depression. “If you start by asking boys if they’re depressed or sad, most boys will deny that,” he told me. “If you start by saying, ‘So, are you stressed out?’ — every boy, no matter how big and strong, every girl, no matter how much she wants to portray herself as being in control, will admit to st... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071209 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:27:00 +0100 3071209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2160357&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F04%2Fpostpartum-depression-hormone-test%2F As we noted earlier today, there’s a new study out that suggests that a simple blood test that checks for a particular hormone level predictive of postpartum depression might be on the horizon. It’s likely such a test is still a few years away, since this was the first study that found such a link. But such a test could act as an early-warning signal to expectant mothers (and their doctors) about possible complications after delivery. Postpartum depression is a very real and a very serious problem amongst moms. Left untreated, the depression can hurt not only the mother, but the baby after birth as well. Women with depression during pregnancy may eat poorly, not gain enough weight, have trouble sleeping, miss doctor visits and not follow doctor’s directions. Because of t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2160357 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:51:43 +0100 2160357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2060925&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F23%2F9-tips-for-busting-holiday-depression%2F This article was originally published on Beyond Blue at Beliefnet.com and is reproduced here with permission. (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2060925 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:44:02 +0100 2060925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1980625&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F21%2Ffirst-live-webcam-suicide%2F It was bound to happen. Apparently the world’s first webcam suicide has taken place, on Justin.tv, a video service that allows users to broadcast themselves from their webcams. After posting a link to his webcam on the forums at Bodybuilding.com, Abraham Biggs, 19, died Wednesday from a toxic combination of opiates and benzodiazepines. It’s not clear how many people actually watched Abraham die online, but police found his body yesterday at 3:30 pm, nearly 12 hours after he started blogging about his intent to die. Everyone in the article is apparently quickly pointing fingers (or defending themselves), as though any online service had anything to do with a person’s decision to end their lives. Nearly a hundred people die every day in this country from suicide and not... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1980625 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:39:48 +0100 1980625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1759856&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F03%2Fteen-suicide-rates-decline%2F Despite the hysteria a year ago about a one-year spike in teenage suicide rates, new data show what many were previously cautioning about — drawing broad conclusions from a single datapoint: The new research, based on 1996-2005 national data, appears in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. It shows the rate dropped by about 5 percent […] from 1,983 suicides in 2004 to 1,883 in 2005. You’d think everyone would be happy with such a drop, but no, people commenting on the study in the article continue to express caution, despite the decline. Also not surprising is the lack of anyone drawing any type of causal relationships in the article tied to the suicide rate decline. When things go badly, everyone looks to point fingers at a cause. When thi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1759856 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:52:54 +0100 1759856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1463750&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F22%2Fpostpartum-depression-in-men%2F You think postpartum depression only strikes in women? Nope, men experience depression after the baby is born too. While more rare a condition, if left untreated it can affect both the newborn baby and mom just as much as mom’s postpartum depression can. (Postpartum depression simply refers to an episode of clinical depression experienced after a baby is born.) U.S. News and World Report has the story: Ten percent of new fathers and 14 percent of new mothers are affected by depression, says psychologist James F. Paulson, assistant professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va. Yet most men and their partners fail to recognize the condition when it arises. The symptoms are similar in both sexes, but the causes may be different. Hormonal changes can cont... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1463750 Thu, 22 May 2008 20:15:01 +0100 1463750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1115069&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F24%2Fthe-misfit-teddy-bear%2F While gift shopping for kids on my list, I discovered Goodwill is awash in peculiar plush toys. You can buy them seriously cheap because they’re not the latest Gund or Ty creations. Winnie the Pooh, Elmo and Snoopy don’t live here. Instead you’ll find scowling turtles, polka dotted squirrels, chequered dogs, and animals morphed into something you can’t even identify. Is it a cheerleader or an owl? Whatever it is, somebody didn’t want it, and now it’s in a bin of rejected toys waiting forlornly for a new home. Shoppers snub them despite their desperate discount availability. What’s 50 cents for a new used toy? Do people ignore them because they’re used, thrift store stigma? I don’t see why it’s important to give a gift that has a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1115069 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:13:31 +0100 1115069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1067725&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2F03%2Fmegan-meiers-suicide-by-online-harassment-goes-unpunished%2F We’re disappointed to learn today that the county prosecutor in St. Louis couldn’t figure out how to prosecute the people partially responsible for 13-year-old’s Megan Meier’s death. Good ‘ole county prosecutor Jack Banas said that based on available evidence, the actions of the people involved in the Internet bullying did not meet the standards required by state laws for either harassment, stalking or endangering the welfare of a child. Really? Wow, that’s amazing. Either those must be weakest, dumbest state laws in existence meant to protect victims, or someone has cold feet in prosecuting a case bound to get continued national attention. Megan Meier’s parents said her suicide was the result of harassment via her Myspace page: Her parents sa... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067725 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:01:15 +0100 1067725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=926206&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F10%2F04%2Fpostpartum-depression-claims-another-life%2F A Delaware woman stands accused of killing her 7-month-old daughter over the weekend. She was in treatment for her bipolar disorder, but also was diagnosed earlier this year, shortly after the birth of her daughter, with postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a common mood disorder in mothers following the birth of a child. Mothers who have it feel completely overwhelmed by depression, about not being a good enough mother, and not having any desire to interact or even see their newborn baby. This isn’t the first story of a mother killing her child shortly after the child’s birth. But what is more disturbing in this story is that the woman, Christie Padovani, was in active treatment — both medications (Risperdal) and psychotherapy — for her ongoing bipola... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=926206 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:44:13 +0100 926206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=835424&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F08%2F31%2Fteens-suicide-hard-to-understand%2F There are few things sadder and more troubling in this world than seeing a young person’s life cut short, not by an accident or illness, but by their own hand. And this article in the St. Petersbury Times just brings this all home, reporting on the untimely death of a local teen who decided he had enough with life and hung himself in a local park. The story is a heart-breaking account of a seemingly happy life marred by the specter of depression and feeling the pain intensely, as teenagers often do (as I did when I was his age). The article doesn’t shed any new insights into depression, teens, or why people choose to commit suicide when all else fails. What it is is a thoughtful remembrance of a young boy’s life. And a troubling reminder that teen suicide — the t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=835424 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:33:45 +0100 835424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721364&cid=t_327776_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F131898918%2F This study can be said to open more questions, rather than to provide answers: What does it mean that “20-60 percent of the variations that predispose someone to autism” also predispose them to bipolar disorder, or to schizophrenia? If some interplay between genes and the environment might lead to autism, is it really possible to develop something like a blood test or other prenatal test? And, as we learn more about the genetics of autism, new questions arise, such as whether families should own genetic information?, as Hsien Hsien Lei asks Eye on DNA. What will be the impact of knowledge about autism and genetics not only on our understanding of autistic persons, but on families in which there is an autistic relative? Share This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721364 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:43:58 +0100 721364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=694160&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F06%2F25%2Fthe-trevor-project-and-suicide%2F The cornerstone of The Trevor Project is the 18-minute film Trevor, a comedy/drama about a gay 13-year old boy named Trevor who, when rejected by friends and peers because of his sexuality, makes an attempt to take his lifem which won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. The Trevor creators established The Trevor Helpline in 1998 to coincide with the airing of Trevor on HBO. The organization’s seed funds were provided by The Colin Higgins Foundation and by HBO’s license fee to broadcast Trevor. As a result, The Trevor Helpline became the first national, 24-hour, 7-days a week toll-free crisis and suicide prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth. The number is toll-free at 866-488-7386. They are kicking off their first $1 million campaign to raise money... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=694160 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:08:04 +0100 694160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644829&cid=t_327776_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F05%2F30%2Fmother-hangs-herself-and%2F It usually doesn’t make any headlines when someone hangs themselves or otherwise finds a way to end their lives. Dozens of people everyday find a way to do so. But The New York Times today tells the heart-wrenching story of a 25-year-old Mexican immigrant mother who hung not only herself, but her four daughters as well. One of them survived. Apparently, the breakup with her husband and domestic violence led to her distress: She sounded distraught, “but I had no idea she would do this,” said Filly Echeverría, the girls’ godmother. Relatives said Ms. Estrada had been depressed in recent months after separating from her common-law husband. Sheriff Fowler said she had obtained a restraining order against the man in August because of domestic violence against her. It’s... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644829 Wed, 30 May 2007 11:39:04 +0100 644829