| Older Men Resist Depression Treatment | | Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:00:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | Older men are significantly less likely than older women to acknowledge symptoms of depression, new research shows. Older men are also less likely than older women to have received previous treatment for depression and to be referred to depression-management programs. As a result, many older depressed men are falling through the cracks and have an increased risk of suicide, says Ladson Hinton, M.D., an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California-Davis. Hinton is a researcher on the study, which appears in the October issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. "We have an epidemic of suicide among older men in this country, and depression is an important contributing factor," Hinton tells WebMD. "So we have to develop ways to more effectively engage older men." Men aged 65 and over are almost eight times as likely to commit suicide as their female counterparts.... | |
| |
| | | Cape Verdes gives birth to depression | | Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:56:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | According to the National Hurricane Prediction Centre, a Tropical depression has formed just off the southern most area of the Cape Verde Islands. Known as something of a marine nursery when it comes to Hurricanes, the islands gave birth to Hurricane Ivan which devastated the Cayman Islands in September 2004. Although the minimum central pressure was 1007 mb on Tuesday evening, Tropical depression four had maximum sustained wind speeds of 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt. The centre reported that a 24 hour infrared satellite loop shows that the depression has not gained convection or much organization to it. One explanation was because of the large amount of stable air and Saharan dust to the north of the cyclone, the NOAC reported. The stormed formed on Monday and should it become a tropical storm as is predicted then it will take the name Debbie.... | |
| |
| | | Experts say storm-related depression a problem a year after Katrina | | Posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 2:57:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | GAUTIER, Miss. Some Gulf Coast counselors say they're receiving a lot of calls from people dealing with depression associated with Hurricane Katrina. Linda Jones of Pine Grove Counseling Center in Gautier, Mississippi, says people are feeling stress while living in FEMA trailers or rebuilding their homes. And, she says those effects are spilling over to local teenagers, who respond by using drugs or alcohol. Hurricane Katrina prompted the Mississippi Department of Mental Health to begin the program Project Recovery. There are 371 crisis counselors with the program who give Mississippians everything from telephone counseling to actual visits to the person's home. Organizers say each month the number of suicide calls to the hot line increases. Copyright 2006 Associated Press.... | |
| |
| |
|
|
