Tag archives for Women
Work May Trigger Anxiety in Women
Posted By Kelly On Monday, November 9th 2009 under: Disorders Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Women
Job stress found to cause a variety of mental ailments.
Being overworked and underchallenged are job-related stress issues that for women may lead to depression, anxiety and feelings of hostility, according to a study of a group of women employed by a large corporation in North Carolina. Women who had more manageable workloads and a greater sense of control over their jobs were less depressed or anxious. According to the researchers, ... Read More
Unemployment Payments Protect Against Depression
Posted By Kelly On Saturday, November 7th 2009 under: Depression Tags: Mental Disorder, Mental health, Women
Unemployment payments not only provide an economic buffer for unemployed women but also are effective protection against depression. But welfare is not sufficient to soften the blow of unemployment, a new Cornell University study finds.
"We've found that women out of work who received unemployment compensation in 1987 had fewer symptoms of depression in 1992 than already fully employed women in 1987," says Eunice Rodriguez, a Cornell assistant professor of program ... Read More
SSRIs and Sexual Dysfunction
Posted By Kelly On Friday, November 6th 2009 under: Antidepressants Tags: Drugs, Prozac, Women
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are an effective treatment for depression, but they can be associated with sexual dysfunction, researchers noted to a standing-room-only crowd at the 153rd American Psychiatric Association annual meeting. To improve compliance and overall patient care, added David Michelson, M.D., department of neuroscience at Eli Lilly and Company, and Christina M. Dording, M.D., department of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, clinicians must understand the changes in sexual ... Read More