MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2008 (Health.com) — If you are feeling depressed and your physician says she knows just the medication to help you, don’t take her word for it.
There is no evidence to suggest that one antidepressant is more effective than another at making you feel better, according to new guidelines released Monday by the American College of Physicians (ACP). Cost and side effects do vary, however, and should play a role when choosing a medication.
The guidelines were based on an analysis—the largest of its kind to date—of more than 200 clinical trials of antidepressants that have flooded the market since the release of fluoxetine (Prozac) more than 20 years ago. Read More

TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — In earlier wars, it was known as shell shock. In later military combat — Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan — the emotional scars veterans brought back with them got new names for old problems: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, substance abuse.
FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) — A mutated gene in the eye may account for some cases of seasonal affective disorder, that annual bout of “winter blues” experienced by an estimated 6 percent of the U.S. population as the days get shorter.
THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) — For children with anxiety disorders, a combination of cognitive behavior therapy and the antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft) works better than either treatment alone, researchers report.
By Theresa Tamkins
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) — Pity the lovelorn prairie vole. A new study finds that when this monogamous rodent is separated from a mate, its brain starts a process that ends in lovesickness.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — Wall Street’s roller coaster ride is costing Americans more than money: It’s costing them sleepless nights and a heap of emotional distress, experts say.

