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Better depression treatment for college students will be focus of U-M conference
(02/02/07) Fifth annual Depression on College Campuses conference sponsored by U-M Depression Center will bring together hundreds of experts, including student leaders
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Everyone needs to be on the lookout for warning signs of teen suicide
(01/02/07) On the surface, Chase Edwards appeared to be a bright and happy boy. But his parents didn't realize that his problems sleeping and his irritability were more than just adolescent moodiness until he took his own life at the age of 12. With the hope of saving other young, bright lives, the Edwards family recently helped pass a law that will encourage school systems in Michigan to train school personnel in some of the signs of clinical depression in youth.
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A blue Christmas: Spotting the signs of elderly holiday depression
(12/04/06) For older adults, winter time and the holidays can bring on a very real case of depression. So when you're home for the holidays, U-M experts encourage families to keep their eyes and ears open for signs of depression in older relatives, and not be afraid to speak up and reach out.
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New brain chemistry differences found in depressed women
(11/07/06) A new brain study from the U-M Depression Center finds major differences between women with serious depression and healthy women in a brain-chemical system that's crucial to stress and emotions.
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Upjohn Bldg., home to Depression Ctr. & Psychiatry, opens at U-M
(10/19/06) A stunning new home for research and care aimed at helping people with depression, bipolar disorder and other psychiatric illnesses has opened at the University of Michigan. Home to the U-M Depression Center and many psychiatry programs, it may be the first of its kind in the world.
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Auto pioneer's suicide inspires research on bipolar disorder
(10/02/06) Five years ago, the automotive industry was shocked by the suicide of one of its brightest stars, Heinz Prechter. Today, the tragedy of his death is driving scientists at the U-M Health System and elsewhere to perform research that should give hope to the 5.7 million Americans who have bipolar disorder.
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$2M gift to Depression Ctr will fund professorship & research
(08/30/06) An Ann Arbor businessman who watched his wife struggle with depression has given $2 million to support the research of a University of Michigan Depression Center scientist whose work may help explain the diseases roots in the brain. The gift adds to the $2 million previously given by the same donor for a new building that will open this fall to house the Center and other U-M mental health programs.
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2/3 of depressed pregnant women go untreated
(08/14/06) The majority of pregnant women who have full-blown major depression aren't getting any treatment for the condition, and neither are most pregnant women who have signs of milder depression or depression risk, a new University of Michigan Depression Center study finds.
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UMHS, Hopkins team up to accelerate hunt for bipolar genes
(08/07/06) The search for the genetic underpinnings of bipolar disorder is accelerating with a new effort by scientists at the U-M Depression Center and Johns Hopkins University, funded by a donor who lost her husband to suicide after a lifelong battle with bipolar.
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College depression conference focuses on disasters
(02/15/06) In recent years, colleges have grappled with the mental aftermath of crises ranging from Hurrican Katrina and the 9/11 attacks to suicides and dorm fires. On March 21-22, faculty, staff and students from colleges around the country will gather to discuss mental health preparation and response in a conference sponsored by the U-M Depression Center.
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Film festival part of Department of Psychiatry centennial celebration
(12/22/05) The U-M Department of Psychiatry will host a winter film series at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor starting Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006. It features seven classic films with a psychiatric theme.
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Bipolar disorder and the Miami airport incident
(12/09/05) The tragic shooting of Rigoberto Alpizar at the Miami International Airport by U.S. Marshals who thought he had a bomb offers an opportunity to discuss bipolar disorder and the need for law enforcement officials to understand mental illness.
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Depression Center offers free screening
(09/15/05) Depression affects 18 million adults in the United States annually. To call attention to the prevalence of depression in our society; representatives from the University of Michigan Depression Center will provide a lecture/information session at the Ann Arbor Public Library.
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Walk Out of the Darkness
(09/12/05) Every 18 minutes in the United States, a life is lost to suicide. Anyone who has ever lost a loved one to suicide knows that effective help for depression can sometimes be hard to find. To raise awareness of the complex issues related to depression, its link to suicide and to fight the stigma attached to it, join the fourth annual Out of the Darkness walk, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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McInnis named first Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor
(08/17/05) Melvin G. McInnis, M.D., director of psychiatry programs at the University of Michigan Depression Center, was installed June 26 as the first Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor in Bipolar Disorder and Depression.
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'Roid rage, depression and suicide: U-M addiction expert warns of dangers of teen steroid use
(04/01/05) Suspicions of steroid use are clouding Major League Baseball at the start of its 2005 season, but a bigger problem than the image of the national pastime is the health impact of anabolic steroids on adolescents."
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College depression conference March 22-23
(02/24/05) The U-M Depression Center will hold its third annual Depression on College Campuses Conference March 22-23 in Ann Arbor, focusing on the stigma that keeps many college students from seeking help.
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Depressed brains different, study finds
(10/14/04) The brains of people with severe depression have lower levels of several related molecules that are key to the development, organization, growth and repair of the brain than the brains of people without the disease, or those with the bipolar form of depression, a new study finds.
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Walk benefits suicide & depression prevention
(09/16/04) On Sunday, Sept. 26, hundreds of people whose lives have been touched by the depression or suicide of a loved one will walk to raise money for education and prevention programs. The annual "Out of the Darkness...Into the Light" walk is sponsored by the U-M Depression Center and the Ann Arbor chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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Sportswriter awarded for combating stigma of depression
(09/07/04) he University of Michigan Depression Center and the Mental Illness Research Association will present its annual National Media Award to Eric Adelson, a reporter for ESPN The Magazine. The award recognizes an individual reporter or editor whose work has helped to decrease the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Depressed seniors need more care, study finds
(05/03/04) A new U-M study reveals that depression among senior citizens carries a huge unrecognized cost: many extra hours of unpaid help with everyday activities, delivered by the depressed seniors? spouses, adult children and friends.
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Prechter Fund becomes part of U-M
(04/27/04) Joining forces to fight one of the least understood and most devastating mental illnesses, the U-M Health System today announced that the Heinz C. Prechter Fund for Manic Depression will transfer its assets to become the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund within the Health System.
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Depression Center receives $10M gift
(04/19/04) The U-M Depression Center has received a $10 million gift to support the construction of the nation's first building devoted primarily to research, clinical care, education, and community and public policy programs for depression. Pending approval by the U-M Board of Regents, it will be called the Rachel Upjohn Building.
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Depression-in-the-workplace survey released
(03/22/04) Though American companies believe they're effectively addressing depression among their employees, workers with depression still feel that acknowledging their condition openly could damage their careers, a new survey finds. The study, released today by the U-M Depression Center and the National Mental Health Association, shows that depression treatment and coverage in the workplace has a long way to go.
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March 9-10 conference on college depression
(02/19/04) As many as 15 percent of college-age young people may have depression. A conference on March 9 and 10 at the U-M will explore the many issues surrounding the detection and treatment of depressive disorders in young people, putting special focus on stress, sleep and alcohol.
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U-M Depression Center wins $4 million federal grant
(09/29/03) Depression research at the U-M will have a new, state-of-the-art home thanks in part to a new $4 million grant that will help fund an entire floor of research space in the Depression Center building.
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U-M Health System hosts depression screening event on Oct. 9
(09/26/03) On Sunday, Oct. 9, the U-M Depression Center, along with M-CARE and the Michigan Center for Diagnosis and Referral, will offer free, confidential mental health screenings to the community as part of National Depression Screening Day. The event will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at 2101 Commonwealth Ave, Suite C, located off Plymouth Rd. in Ann Arbor.
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Walking into the light:
(09/15/03) On Sept. 20, the U-M Depression Center and the Ann Arbor AFSP will host the second annual "Into the Light" walk. The purpose of the walk is to encourage members of the community to raise awareness about the prevalence of depression, its link to suicide, and the treatment that is available.
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Stereotypes prevail in media coverage of depression
(08/25/03) The media's coverage of depression has changed dramatically in the age of Prozac, a new U-M study finds. Articles are now far more likely to depict women's mental issues in relation to gender-stereotyped roles, such as marriage and motherhood, rather than in medical terms. But descriptions of depression in men have not shifted in the same way.
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Heading back to campus? Watch for depression triggered by college stresses, U-M expert advises
(08/04/03) There's a common college experience that one in seven students may face: depression. Brought on by a combination of students? vulnerable age and the stress and demands of college life, depression and related conditions can strike for the first time in college, or come back to haunt those who had first battled it in high school.
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U-M Health System to build nation's first multidisciplinary Depression Center and an ambulatory psychiatry facility
(07/17/03) The U-M Regents approved a $38 million building project that will lead to construction of the nation's first Comprehensive Depression Center. The new facility will also incorporate Ambulatory Psychiatry and Substance Abuse programs as well.
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Many pregnant women may have depression
(05/20/03) One in five pregnant women may be experiencing symptoms of depression, but few are getting help for it, a new University of Michigan study finds.
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U-M Depression Center national advisory board
(02/28/03) Twenty prominent individuals with an interest in depression and bipolar disorder, and a dedication to addressing the societal consequences of these conditions, will serve on the newly formed national advisory board of the University of Michigan Depression Center.
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First conference on depression in college students to be held at University of Michigan
(02/07/03) The University of Michigan will host the nation's first major conference focused on depression in college students, on March 6 and 7 at the Michigan League in Ann Arbor, MI.
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Working to improve detection, treatment of depression
(10/02/02) The U-M Depression Center will host National Depression Screening Day on Thursday, Oct. 10. At the event, confidential depression screenings will be offered at no cost to all interested U-M faculty, staff and students, as well as to the greater Ann Arbor community.
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Walk brings to light the truth about depression, suicide
(08/07/02) On Aug. 18, the U-M Depression Center and the Ann Arbor American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host the "Into the Light" walk to raise public awareness about depression and its link to suicide.
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U-M Depression Center receives $750K gift
(07/15/02) The $750,000 gift from the Eli Lilly Foundation will accelerate new programs to help people with depression get the treatment they need, and sow the seeds for a potential future network of depression centers across the United States.
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U-M scientists investigating smoking-depression link
(07/01/02) Who's most likely to puff their life away and why?
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Depression in the elderly often ignored or misunderstood
(05/06/02) Millions of older Americans face mental health problems, but most aren't getting the kind of professional help they may need.
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U-M Depression Center hosts education workshop for people with depression and their family members
(02/26/02) Physicians and social workers from the U-M Depression Center offer patients and families an opportunity to learn about depression and gather information about its risk factors, treatments, and impact on families.
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U-M researchers to explore depression in children and teens with help from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
(01/14/02) Three new studies will address the most pressing questions about depression in children and adolescents: How common is it, how is it being treated, and how can treatment success rates be improved?
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Nation's first comprehensive Depression Center to be established at U-M
(11/13/01) Regents' approval received for multidisciplinary program of treatment, research & education for depression.
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Workshop Monday for people with depression and their families
(11/07/01) Physicians and social workers from the U-M Department of Psychiatry will present a workshop for people with depression and their family members over the age of 12.
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U-M Depression Center offers free depression screenings on Oct. 11
(09/28/01) The U-M Depression Center, in a comprehensive community awareness campaign, hopes to improve depression recognition throughout Michigan.
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