objective: to report the case of a 28-year old hypercholesterolemic female with postpartum depression, whose triglyceride (tg) and total cholesterol (tc) levels decreased while being treated with fluoxetine. method: a 28-year old female, with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder with postpartum onset based on dsm-iv criteria, was hospitalized at a mental health hospital. her past history in...

very now and then, we hear it said in the media that, "Depression is the mind catching cold." This saying must have come from the understanding that depression will improve quickly if it is detected early and treated with therapies such as antidepressants. Typical depression used to be called endogenous depression, but the term major depressive episode has been frequently used in recent diagnos...

INTRODUCTION Prior research suggests that some factors account for the association between marital dissatisfaction and Major Depression. We examined whether personality determines the association between marital dissatisfaction and a First Episode of Major Depression (FEMD), and whether specific personality factors are linked to marital dissatisfaction depending on the outcome of the FEMD. ME...

BACKGROUND Key questions about the interaction between the serotonin transporter length polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and stress in the etiology of depression remain unresolved. We test the hypotheses that the interaction is restricted to childhood maltreatment (as opposed to stressful events in adulthood), and leads to chronic depressive episodes (as opposed to any onset of depression), using gold-s...

BACKGROUND There exists very little evidence to guide clinical management for preventing recurrence of major depression. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a prediction algorithm for recurrence of major depression. METHODS Wave 1 and wave 2 longitudinal data from the U.S. National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Condition (2001/2002–2003/2004) were used. Par...