Depressive Disorders

Veterans officer stays busy even with extra hours (Bakercityherald.com)

16 May 2008

It's lucky Jane Chandler was born with two ears.

Race, Ethnicity Might Influence Psychiatric Diagnosis in Children's ERs (Newswise)

16 May 2008

New research finds that minority children and adolescents who visit the pediatric emergency department more often receive diagnoses of severe mental health disorders than their white peers. The study found that 4.5 percent of African-American and 4.9 percent of Hispanic/Latino children and teens received diagnoses of psychotic disorder, compared with only 2.5 percent of white children and teens.

FDA Approves Astrazeneca's Seroquel For Maintenance Treatment In Bipolar Disorder (Medical News Today)

16 May 2008

AstraZeneca announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SEROQUEL® (quetiapine fumarate) for the maintenance treatment of patients with bipolar I disorder, as adjunct to lithium or divalproex.