Volume 3, June 2009
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Cancer tumors 'secrete chemicals that can trigger depression' — Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5345309/Cancer-tumours-secrete-chemicals-that-can-trigger-depression.html
Depression Hits 1 in 13 American Adults — U.S. News
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/05/19/depression-hits-1-in-13-american-adults.html?hl=en
Depression gene 'discovered' — The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health-Science/Depression-gene-discovered/articleshow/4550812.cms
Link Found Between Depression, Alcoholism and Mood — Digital Journal
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272693
Brain stimulation may ease stubborn depression — Reuters
http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINTRE5475A920090508
Ditching depression: There are treatment options beyond just dispensing medications — LA Times
http://www.buffalonews.com/185/story/661421.html
Assessing Risk and Benefit: To Treat or Not to Treat Major Depression During Pregnancy With Antidepressant Medication — American Journal of Psychiatry
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/166/5/512
Easing job stress may ward off depression — Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE53Q5IA20090427
Three in four people 'have suffered from depression or anxiety' — Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5182329/Three-in-four-people-have-suffered-from-depression-or-anxiety.html
Depression Linked With Accumulation Of Visceral Fat — Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428124358.htm
Brain cortex thinning linked to inherited depression — LA Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/28/science/sci-brain28
Economy doing a number on people's sleep — USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-03-01-sleep-economy_N.htm
Beating insomnia without popping sleeping pills — Times of London
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/features/article5775569.ece
Can't Sleep? Why Insomnia Shouldn't Be Ignored — U.S. News
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/sleep/2009/03/02/cant-sleep-why-insomnia-shouldnt-be-ignored.html
Suicidal thoughts, high blood pressure associated with insomnia — CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/03/sleep.suicidal.thoughts/index.html
Insomnia boosts short sleepers' hypertension risk — Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5307OR20090401?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Trouble Sleeping Leads To Increased Ratings Of Pain In Cancer Patients, Study Suggests — Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075046.htm
Talk therapy key to conquering insomnia — study — Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSN1942637920090519
Belly fat may keep you up at night — The Leader-Post, Canada
http://www.canada.com/health/Belly+keep+night/1553770/story.html
Pill Sales Rise as Financial Anxiety Chases the Sandman Away — NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/business/media/24adco.html
ADHD Linked To Sleep Problems In Adolescents — Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501090914.htm
Insomnia may cause psychiatric disorders — WA Today
http://www.theage.com.au/national/insomnia-may-cause-psychiatric-disorders-20090307-8rz2.html
Substance abuse largely to blame for schizophrenia link to violent crime — Reuters
http://www.thedoctorschannel.com/video/1930.html
Substance Use: Low Among Pregnant Women, High In New Mothers — EmaxHealth
http://www.emaxhealth.com/2/63/31333/substance-use-low-among-pregnant-women-high-new-mothers.html
Parents warned about increased drug, alcohol use in summer — Pantagraph.com
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/article_c8355456-5aeb-5c13-969c-b2a49cec4db4.html
Yoga for anxiety — Baltimore Sun
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/wellness/sns-health-yoga-anxiety-depression,0,831875.story?page=1
Aboriginal inmates 'suffering trauma' — Sydney Morning Herald
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/aboriginal-inmates-suffering-trauma-20090526-blmu.html
Moving on from trauma — The Brownsville Herald
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/rodenbaugh-98417-veterans-help.html
Call over veterans' mental health — BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8069120.stm
Congressman Harry Teague to Unveil Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Legislation — El Paso News
http://www.kdbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10424814&nav=menu608_2_1