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Patients who use anti-depressants are much more likely to suffer relapses of major depression than those who use no medication at all, concludes a McMaster researcher.
 In a paper that is likely to ignite new controversy in the hotly debated field of depression and medication, evolutionary…

Even after accounting for current crack use, a new study finds that women in drug court who are experiencing current major depression are more likely to use crack within four months than other women in drug court. The paper’s lead author argues that depression screening and treatment may…

Unlike alcohol problems and antisocial behavior, depression doesn’t decline with age in addiction-prone women in their 30s and 40s

People with an addiction do not have control over what they are doing, taking or using. Their addiction may reach a point at which it is harmful. Addictions do not only include physical things we consume, such as drugs or alcohol, but may include virtually anything, such abstract things as…

Mood disorders like depression and substance abuse go together so frequently that doctors have coined a term for it: dual diagnosis. People who have suffered recent episodes of major depression have higher rates of alcoholism and drug addiction compared with the rest of the population,…

People with depression may turn to drugs or alcohol to medicate their pain.
By Dennis Thompson Jr.
Medically reviewed by Christine Wilmsen Craig, MD
Mood disorders like depression and substance abuse go together so frequently that doctors have coined a term for it: dual diagnosis….

Alcohol is a depressant. People with panic attack are more vulnerable to the effect of these chemicals. When a person drinks during an attack, he or she tends to worsen the condition. Read more about this here.
Most people are not aware whether alcohol and panic attacks have any…

By Dennis Thompson Jr.
Medically reviewed by Christine Wilmsen Craig, MD
Mood disorders like depression and substance abuse go together so frequently that doctors have coined a term for it: dual diagnosis. People who have suffered recent episodes of major depression have higher rates…

Hearts & Minds: NAMI Highlights Meditation, Yoga And Other “Mindfulness” Practices For Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is providing a new dimension to its Hearts & Minds initiative, an educational program that promotes “mind and…

Antidepressants won’t work with an alcohol chaser.