Lilly Withdraws Application for Additional U.S. Indication for Cymbalta(R) for Chronic Pain.
Resubmission to FDA Planned for First Half of 2009 with Additional Data INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company has withdrawn its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the management of chronic pain....

Measuring learned resourcefulness in college students: factor structure of the self-control schedule (SCS).
Rosenbaum's Self-Control Schedule (SCS) has been used as a unidimensional measure of Learned Resourcefulness (LR) in previous research. In this study we clarified the factor structure of the SCS among college students (N = 583) by conducting a principal axis factor analysis with oblique (Oblimin) rotation on the SCS....

Depression During Pregnancy Can Double Risk of Preterm Delivery.
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Depressed pregnant women have twice the risk of preterm delivery than pregnant women with no symptoms of depression, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The study is published online in the Oxford University Press's journal Human Reproduction...

Deadline Extended to Submit Nominations for Depression Awards Program.
Winners Can Receive Up to $15,000 Each to Donate to Nonprofit of Their Choice NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The deadline to submit nominations for this year's Welcome Back Awards, a national awards program that recognizes heroes in the depression community, has been extended by one...

AHA: screen heart disease patients for depression.
Patients with heart disease are at increased risk of depression and should be screened routinely, and referred and treated as necessary for the condition, a new science advisory from the American Heart Association states. Depression has been shown in numerous studies to have profound adverse effects on...

China's Major Depression Drug Market will Triple by 2012.
Physicians and Patients Prefer Western-Branded Drugs to Chinese-Manufactured Products, According to a Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, forecasts that the Chinese major depression drug market...

Understanding and treating depression; ways to find hope and help.
9780275998561 Understanding and treating depression; ways to find hope and help. Nydegger, Rudy. Praeger 2008 212 pages $39.95 Hardcover Abnormal psychology RC537 Writing for general readers, Nydegger, a clinical...

Mom can increase her child's risk of depression via nurture alone: new study suggests fathers don't have the same influence.
Some youngsters get depressed in the absence of any genetic legacy, a new investigation finds. Researchers report that having a depressed mother substantially ups a teenager's likelihood of becoming depressed, even if he or she was adopted and shares no genes with the mother. This...

Dean Ornish's battle with depression.
Economic and political leaders of the world gather in Davos, Switzerland, each January to review the past year's events and chart a course for the coming year. On the last day of the meeting, the entire ensemble ascends to the Schatzalp, or "Snow Beach," on the slopes overlooking the...