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Mindfulness as good as antidepressant drugs, study says Mindfulness therapy is gaining headway in many areas of psychology, and now there’s more evidence to back up its effectiveness. A new study published the Archives of General Psychiatry finds that depression patients in remission who underwent mindfulness therapy did as well as those who took an [...]

Dealing with loneliness (Elle.com) — Who of us can’t lay claim to loneliness? It’s a good bet that, with the exception of the very few — symbiotic couples, say, and unremitting sociopaths — everyone knows something about feeling abandoned to one’s own solitary company. It’s a subject that’s been mulled over by philosophers and pop [...]

10 No-Cost Strategies to Fight Depression Feeling depressed? With the economy stuck in neutral, people have more reasons to be depressed—and less money to treat their depression—than in the past. The cost of medication and talk therapy add up even if you have health insurance—and more than 46 million people in the U.S. (and counting) [...]

Depressing News About Antidepressant Studies suggest that the popular drugs are no more effective than a placebo. In fact, they may be worse. It seems I am not alone in having moral qualms about blowing the whistle on antidepressants. That first analysis, in 1998, examined 38 manufacturer-sponsored studies involving just over 3,000 depressed patients. The [...]

Is your junk food habit making you depressed? Processed food can bring down your mood, a new study finds A new study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry makes a strong case that processed junk food can trigger or contribute to depression, while eating whole and healthy food seems protective. Junk food may taste [...]

Milder depression may not respond to antidepressants (Health.com) — For people with milder cases of depression, fake pills may be just as effective as antidepressant drugs, a new study suggests. The study confirmed that antidepressants are substantially better than fake pills, or placebo, in people with severe depression, but the researchers found “little evidence” that [...]

Placebo’s power goes beyond the mind Even though medical researchers told Chuck Park that he might be getting a sugar pill, the 30-year-old software producer was pretty sure he was getting the real thing. Just a few weeks into the clinical trial, Park’s depression started to lift. He began to feel less anxious and sad. [...]

Poll: Money worries world’s greatest cause of stress A new international poll has revealed that money is the main source of stress in most countries — but men and women often don’t worry about the same things. The survey, which was conducted by Reader’s Digest, asked people from 16 countries one simple question: What stresses [...]

Internet addiction linked to ADHD, depression in teens Some children and teens are more likely than their peers to become addicted to the Internet, and a new study suggests it’s more likely to happen if kids are depressed, hostile, or have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or social phobia. Although an Internet addiction is not an [...]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28556102/ “This suggests that the lower income group is feeling the pinch more than we thought and this is clearly reflected in the lower-than-expected numbers at Wal-Mart,” said Ken Perkins, president of research company RetailMetrics LLC. ” well duhhhhhh I had a dream last night that I was meeting with the idiots in Washington about [...]