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Depression

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s site answers frequently asked questions about mental illnesses, including depression, and discusses research advances in treating and understanding these illnesses.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance's easy-to-use Web site offers helpful information about mood disorders, support groups, the Association's programs and publications. The site also provides links and resources for further information.

MedLine Plus: Depression

This easy-to-use service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health provides links to articles, pamphlets, and organizations relating to depression.

Mental Health America: Depression

Mental Health America, formerly the National Mental Health Association, provides information about many forms of mental illness (including depression), treatment options, and medication resources. In addition, free brochures and reports are available.

National Alliance on Mental Illness

The National Alliance on Mental Illness Web site houses resources on a host of mental illnesses, such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality disorder. The site also provides information on treatments, support groups, and recovery from mental illness.

NIMH: Depression

This National Institute of Mental Health page provides information about the symptoms, treatments, and current research on depression, in addition to links to relevant publications and information on how to get help.

Dana Links

Biomarkers and the Future of Treatment for Depression

Biomarkers and the Future of Treatment for Depression

Published May 30, 2012
by Marisa Toups, M.D. and Madhukar H. Trivedi, M.D.
There is currently no way to determine which antidepressant will work best for a given patient, which means that many people continue to suffer while their doctors try a series of medications. Many researchers have now focused their efforts on developing biomarkers for depression—tests for aspects of a patient’s physiology that can predict a clinical outcome. In the future, doctors may be able to screen patients to determine which treatment options will work for them, reducing the time a patient must continue to live with the effects of depression.

Cross-Cultural Barriers to Mental Health Services in the United States

Published Mar 23, 2011
by Frederick T. L. Leong, Ph.D., and Zornitsa Kalibatseva
Getting treatment for a mental illness can be difficult for anyone. But for members of ethnic and racial minority groups, the road to treatment is often blocked by cultural views of mental illness and therapy, lack of insurance and access to appropriate care, and a critical deficiency of studies pertaining to nonwhite populations. Significant changes to the mental health field must be made in order for proper care to be widely available and accepted.
Last Updated: 3/12/13

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