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NEWS: Craving material things can cause depression and anger, according to Australian researchers.

Please simplify your life and the way you work. Also, incorporate frugal techniques into your life. Ease some of the pressure. Relax and enjoy life!

NEWS: Good news. The older we get, you kind of realize that "hey, it's not worth getting upset about the small things," according to researcher Dr. David Almeida of the University of Arizona in Tucson.

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NEWS: Researchers have found that people with more positive views about aging lived an average 7.6 years longer than those with negative perceptions, according to a report in the August issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

NEWS: Activating the healthier brain hemisphere lifts spirits of some depressed patients, according to Fredric Schiffer, MD, an associate attending psychiatrist at McLean Hospital.

Larger theory: Half of the healthy human brain houses a separate emotional mind.

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WARNING: Even a mild case of the blues can suppress your immune system and make you more likely to get sick (a good reason to get HAPPY!).

Unfortunately it gets worse as you age, especially if you have been depressed for a long time, according to new research from Ohio State University, published in a recent issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

"The rate of smoking in people with bipolar disorder is much greater than in the general population, but the implications of smoking for the course of bipolar disorder have not been well studied," Dr. Michael J. Ostacher, of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and colleagues write. Unfortunately, smoking is linked to suicide in people with bipolar disorder. In a study, 47 percent of smokers with bipolar disorder had made a suicide attempt vs 25 percent of those with bipolar disorder who never smoked (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry).

Did you know that 39.7 percent of adults who reported major depression smoked cigarettes in the previous month, compared to 25.9 percent of adults who did not have major depression, according to the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health?

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NEWS: Did you know that being bored on the job could kill you?

The robotic boredom of working on the assembly line may be deadlier for you than the strain of constant office deadlines. It's better to have a stressful job full of challenges, according to a study in the May/June issue of Psychosomatic Medicine journal.

NEWS: Workplace stress more than doubles the risk of death from heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular conditions, according to a new Finnish study in the British Medical Journal (week of October 17).

"People under high stress in our study tended to gain weight, and their cholesterol levels increased," says Mika Kivimaki, lead author of a paper describing the study. "So a healthy lifestyle, including physical activity, will reduce the adverse effect."

It's also important to get a job that matches a worker's personality, says Dr. Paul J. Rosch, president of the American Institute of Stress.

NEWS: More Americans are taking sick leave from work for reasons that have nothing to do with being ill (family issues, stress, personal matters), a new study by the Associated Press finds.

NEWS: Depressed workers lost an average of 5.6 hours of productivity every week. The "expected" loss is about 1.5 hours a week, according to a study in the June 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

NEWS: Depression costs the US workforce $44 billion a year, compared to $13 billion in lost productivity time among workers without depression (see above).

NEWS: Does smoking make you happy? Not according to research by Dr Iain Lang at the Peninsula Medical School.

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NEWS: 50 to 80 percent of new mothers will have postpartum blues, according to Penn State researchers. Postpartum blues is a milder form of postpartum depression (PPD).

"Postpartum depression affects up to 15 to 20 percent of new mothers," says Dr. Elizabeth Corwin, assistant professor, School of Nursing at Penn State and Penn State researcher. "It comes on anywhere from two weeks to four months after childbirth and may last from two weeks to a year."

"Women with high levels of fatigue on days 7 and 14 were significantly more likely to report symptoms of depression on day 28, than women with low levels of fatigue," Ingrid Bozoky, Penn State researcher and a recent master's degree recipient.

The "baby blues" typically peak 3 to 5 days after delivery and can last a few hours or days; usually, however, they resolve within about 10 days after childbirth. Most women's postpartum depression is short-lived

NEWS: Almost as many new fathers as mothers suffer depression after the birth of a child, according to study leader James F. Paulson, an assistant professor of pediatrics and psychology and behavioral sciences at the Eastern Virginia Medical School Center for Pediatric Research (Pediatrics).

Women who smoke during pregnancy may face greater mental health problems, such as anxiety disorders and depression. And in turn, those mental problems may help spur smoking, according to research work by Dr. Renee D. Goodwin and colleagues at Columbia University, New York (the medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology).

10 percent of fathers showed signs of moderate or severe postpartum depression, according to the study.

Depression in a father leads to a well-known pattern of behavior, "He tends to work longer, to watch sports more, to drink more and be solitary," Dr. William Coleman is a professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina and chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics said.

Yes, new fathers also may experience PPD, but it's more common in stepfathers.

Widows have the most difficult time, in terms of mental health, in the first year, but they recover in time, according to an American study in the September issue of Health Psychology.

Many Men Have Problems Admitting That They Have Depression, Experts Say

As a result, the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) is aiming to raise awareness that men suffer from depression, too. Its "Real Men, Real Depression" campaign is designed to encourage depressed men to seek help was launched on April 1.

About 6 million men are diagnosed with clinical depression each year, but research shows they are less likely to recognize the symptoms and seek treatment than women are. They are also four times more likely than women to kill themselves.

Part of the the problem? "For generations men have been told that they have to act tough," U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona said in a statement from the NIMH. We must attack "the stigma that tough guys can't seek help. They can and they should."

Men should look for the common symptoms of depression, such as irritability, sleep problems, withdrawal and loss of interest in hobbies and work.

When men get depressed, they are more likely to seek solace in drugs and alcohol, or to become discouraged, frustrated or angry, according to the NIMH. And some men "throw themselves" into their work or hobbies, in an attempt to hide their feelings from themselves and others.

NEWS: Depressed boys more likely to smoke as men, according to a new Finnish study presented at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting. Quit Smoking!

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NEWS: Did you know that concussions and other head injuries in early adulthood may significantly raise the risk of depression decades later?

According to a study of World War II veterans by Drs. Tracey Holsinger and Brenda Plassman of Duke University and colleagues published in January's Archives of General Psychiatry.

This means motorcyclists, football players, hockey players, boxers, and others who have taken blows to the head are at risk. Remember head trauma patients may experience depression shortly after suffering their injuries as well.

My advice: Limit or avoid your participation in head trauma-producing activities.

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NEWS: The spouses of frequent flyers pay heavily for those free miles as well as the travelers themselves

Health insurance claims for stress-related psychological problems and physical illnesses are significantly higher for the husbands and wives of employees who travel frequently on business, says a report from Dr. Lennart A. Dimberg, a senior occupational health specialist at the World Bank.

Also, a significantly higher rate of physical problems such as skin diseases and intestinal problems were present in the spouses of frequent travelers, not to mention the jet lag travel face. The findings appear in the March issue of the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

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NEWS: "About 40 percent of the patients we see with chronic back pain also have major depression by the time we see them," says Dr. Andrew J. Haig, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and surgery. He's also director of the university's Interdepartmental Spine Program.

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NEWS: Did you know that people who skip breakfast are far more likely to catch colds? And people who get colds are more likely to smoke and drink, and smokers who face stress are far more likely to get sick than non-smokers are. This according to two studies by Andy Smith, a professor at the University of Cardiff in Wales (March 6).

NEWS: People suffering major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to attempt suicide. And women with both disorders have a higher suicide risk than men with both disorders, says a study in the March issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

NEWS: Antidepressants prove addictive to some causing "antidepressant discontinuation syndrome." But Alan Schatzberg, chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine said "I don't think they're difficult to go off," and "the vast majority of people aren't that sensitive."

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