Depression News for 10/28/2009




Tax take falls most since Great Depression - Age
Australia's Federal tax take fell $20 billion in the 12 months ended June 30, the biggest drop in revenue since the Great Depression, as the global recession slashed collections from corporations. The Tax Office collected $264.5 billion in the fiscal ...

Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise - YAHOO!
TUESDAY, Oct. 27 ( HealthDay News ) -- An intensive telephone counseling program for people with depression offers substantial benefits at moderate cost, U.S. researchers say. They studied 600 people who were randomly assigned to one of three types ...

Ways to turn that frown, upside down - KWWL
DUBUQUE (KWWL) - Polls show the level of happiness in America, dropped with the stock market. Now the flu epidemic is making it hard for many to find joy. And the weather doesn't help as seasonal depression is just around the corner, but it's been ...

Moorpark High football players visit a team member from 77 years ago
From left, Moorpark High football players James Dearborn and Vernon Lins, head football coach Tim Lins, and athletic director Rob Dearborn visit Thomas Conner, 95, at Simi Valley Hospital...

NHS recommends 'screening' for depression - ITN
New NHS guidance says that patients with illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease should be screened for depression. Men and women with long-term health problems are known to be two or three times more likely to be depressed than those who ...

U.S. bank chargeoff rate exceeds Depression: Moody's (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The rate of loan charge-offs by major U.S. banks has exceeded those seen in the early years of the Great Depression as the credit crisis continues to take a toll, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday...

Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- More than 65 percent of U.S. mothers with depression don't receive adequate treatment, a new study has found...

Cleveland's own 'fearless' Balloon Boy thrilled crowds during . - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland's own 'fearless' Balloon Boy thrilled crowds during Depression By Sarah Crump, The Plain Dealer October 27, 2009, 2:00PM View full size Thomas Bender, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Meet the first Balloon Boy: As a tot, former Clevelander Bill ...

Tropical Depression Neki nulled by cool waters and wind shear (EurekAlert!)
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) Two ingredients that don't mix well with tropical cyclones are waters cooler than 80 degrees Fahrenheit and wind shear. Those two ingredients were added into Tropical Depression Neki's mix late yesterday, and caused Neki to dissipate...

Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise - Drugs.com MedNews
An intensive telephone counseling program for people with depression offers substantial benefits at moderate cost, US researchers say. They studied 600 people...

Refugio Memorial Hospi.
Refugio County Memorial Hospital Health Fair 107 Swift St-Refugio, Texas 361-526-2321 This years health fair will offer free flu shots and a host of tests for little or no cost...

Depression Often Goes Untreated in Working Moms - Metapsychology
TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- More than 65 percent of U.S. mothers with depression don't receive adequate treatment, a new study has found. Black, Hispanic and other minority mothers are least likely to receive adequate treatment. Mothers with ...

'Culture of we' buffers genetic tendency to depression
A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study...

Tropical Depression Neki nulled by cool waters and wind shear - PhysOrg
GOES-11 captured Neki's remnants on Oct. 27 at 8 a.m. EDT. Neki appeared as a small, elongated swirl of clouds. The large bank of clouds to Neki's west is a cold front, and Hawaii lies to the east. Credit: NASA GOES Project Two ingredients that don't ...

Vancouver 2010 Olympic chair Jack Poole dies
Jack Poole, the man who headed the bid to bring the 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver has died at age 76...

Carver shares his talents with others
I expected Holmstad resident Ernie Ritchie to have rough, worn hands after spending most of his life working with wood...

Geary Behavioural Economics Blog: Depression and Income
Depression and Income. nice post on depression and income on the Economix blog, and the potential difficulties in analysing this relationship. link here. Posted by Liam Delaney at 11:27 AM. Labels: wellbeing ...

Tax take falls most since Great Depression
Australia's Federal tax take fell $20 billion in the 12 months ended June 30, the biggest drop in revenue since the Great Depression, as the global recession slashed collections from corporations...

"Encourage One Another" - Living Free - Oct. 28, 2009
CLOSE CLOSE AVERAGE USER RATING "Encourage One Another" - Living Free - Oct. 28, 2009 Living Free Every Day Encourage One Another Today's Scripture "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up , just as in fact you are doing." 1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV Thoughts for Today Many scriptures exhort believers to encourage one another ...

Moving Mountains
Exercising Your Rights At Work by LYDIA HOWELL Politicians and pundits refer to 'the middle class' as a mantra-all the while promoting and passing legislation that is an all-out assault on those who want to stay in the middle class or aspire to it...

NHS recommends 'screening' for depression (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Patients with illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease should be screened for depression, according to new NHS guidance...

Eastern 'collectivist' culture may buffer against depression (USA Today)
People who live in Western culture may get depressed more than those from East Asian culture because Westerners don't have the cultural support that can protect them from a genetic vulnerability to depression, suggests a new study...

Hard years for Corpus Christi
Shares lost half their value, then dropped to pennies on the dollar. Within days, $30 billion in paper value was lost...

Al Fin: Fascinating Look Into the War on Mental Depression
Northwestern University researcher Eva Redei recently presented her research on the underlying causes of depression at the Neuroscience 2009 in Chicago. The sophistication of the research is impressive, and suggests the promise of ...

Levy allies have week for selling
Unemployment rates averaged more than 20 percent in 1935, the Great Depression still gripping the United States...

Harumble! It's the Things and stuff: sporting depression blog .
Sports blog focusing mainly on Football, Rugby and Cricket written by an Everton and Waterloo fan...

Poor People More Likely to Have Experienced Depression - Economix .
About one in six Americans say they have been diagnosed with depression at some point, and the rate is nearly twice as high for lower-income people, according to Gallup survey data...

WORLDmag.com | Community | Blog Archive | Facts about the Great .
What caused the Great Depression? Many still believe that it was the greed of the unrestricted market, but the facts tell a different story. Three kinds of government interventions played a major role. One: Countries returned to the ...

U.S. home price gains may not be sustainable: Shiller
The gains in U.S. home prices in recent months may not be sustainable and increases in some areas of the country appear to be in "bubble territory," an economist known for his property market expertise said on Tuesday...

Jamie Frevele: Eric Millegan on Living (and Acting) with Bipolar Disorder: Part 1
Mental illness is one of the most frightening things that can happen to a human being...

Loud & Rich concert at the Michigan Theater showcases two singer-songwriters at their finest
Loudon Wainwright looks on and Richard Thompson smiles as the pair perform together during the "Loud & Rich" concert at the Michigan Theater on Tuesday night...

Happy Birthday, Mulla
In August I got an email from my aunt saying that my grandmother wanted to know what we were going to do for her birthday, which is October 29th...

Remarks from Sparks: DEPRESSION'S TOLL
Due to the post that I wrote on antidepressants a while back, I get emails every so often from gals I don't know contacting me regarding the topic of depression. Emails from women eschewing any bashfulness they might have on the subject ...

New guidelines for treating depression - GMTV
The links above are to third parties' websites, the contents of which are not the responsibility of GMTV. Today National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) are publishing new guidelines for treating adults with depression. They are recommending ...

Can recovery come without jobs?
Lately, it seems there actually may be hope for the recession and for the American economy, but many are forgetting a crucial element that still is missing: jobs...

Senate Democrats say have deal on homebuyer credit
"We have that. Done," Dodd told reporters, but declined to specify the details of the agreement...

About the G-20 [ do U Erg L ]
The G-20 that Turkey also takes pride in being a member of is hailed as the new rider of the monster that is called the global economy...

Movie Review: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
October 27, 2009 at 3:18 pm by Joe Bardi I'm embarrassed to confess that I had no idea who Gertrude Berg was before I watched You-Hoo, Mrs...

Hulk Hogan's Candid Biography Hits Bookstores Today - The Celebrity Cafe.com
'My Life Outside the Ring' discusses wrestlers bout with depression and suicide. "When did I pick this up? Was it in the safe? Did I have it in the car with me the other night? I bought that gun years ago to protect my family. A last resort. Was I ...

Just in time for Halloween, small-screen thrills
In Drag Me to Hell , mortgage banker Alison Lohman deserves her fate. Brian Miller on Halloween DVDs Apart from the stray slasher flick, Halloween is traditionally a dead spot on the Hollywood calendar...

Australian Tax Take Drops Most Since Great Depression (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Australias federal tax take fell A$20 billion ($18 billion) in the 12 months ended June 30, the biggest drop in revenue since the Great Depression, as the global recession slashed collections from corporations...

Phone Counseling for Depression Rings With Promise (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- An intensive telephone counseling program for people with depression offers substantial benefits at moderate cost, U.S. researchers say...

Recession Finds New Way to Rival Depression: Loan Charge Offs .
The 2008-2009 recession hasn't been anywhere near as deep as the Great Depression in most measures. We already knew trade was looking worse this time around, and now Moody's points to another metric: loan charge offs...

'Culture of we' buffers genetic tendency to depression | Science Blog
EVANSTON, Ill. --- A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study. ...

'Culture of we' buffers genetic tendency to depression (PhysOrg)
A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study...

A Diary of the Great Depression
The excerpts from the Jim Ledbetter-edited Diary of the Great Depression continue to be riveting: October 14, 1931. Last night's paper reports the closing of eight banks in West Virginia and Philadelphia. Also that the 14 banks in ...

Regimens: Omega-3 Fats Fail to Lift Depression in Heart Patients (New York Times)
Though low levels of omega-3 fats have been linked to depression, supplements of omega-3 fats did not alleviate symptoms of the illness in heart patients, a new study found...

Tax credit vote could come soon - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
WASHINGTON -- The Senate could vote this week to extend a popular tax break for homebuyers that has helped lift the housing market out of its worst slump since the Great Depression. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, speaking on the Senate floor ...

'Culture of we' buffers genetic tendency to depression (EurekAlert!)
( Northwestern University ) A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study. In other words, a genetic vulnerability to depression is much more likely to be realized in a Western culture than an East Asian culture that is more about we than me-me-me ...

Patients with chronic diseases to be screened for depression
Patients sufferring from serious diseases like cancer or heart disease should be screened for depression, new NHS guidance has recommended Men and women with long-term health problems are known to be two or three times more likely to be depressed than those who are healthy...



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