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Chronic Depression: Disease Or Charcter Flaw?
A major survey on depression symptoms from the National Mental Health Association (NMHA), released in july 2006, revealed a dramatic degree of progress in public understanding. Yet even amid this promising trend, the survey sheds light on the difficulties faced by millions of people striving to manage this sometimes chronic, life-long illness.nnThe NMHA survey shows a major shift in public opinion in the last decade about the cause of depression. A majority (55 percent) of th
February 11, 2008
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation is FDA Approved for Chronic or Recurrent Depression
About Vagus Nerve StimulationnVNS is not related to brain surgery, although it is a treatment that affects the function of the brain. Vagus Nerve Stimulation uses specific stimulation of the vagus nerve to send stimulation to specific parts of the brain that are involved in mood. It is not like Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT), a treatment that involves stimulation of the entire brain and induces convulsions in patients. In fact, patients may not even feel the stimulation fro
October 19, 2005