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Blog post one thousand – a collection of links to information about depression. Research finds that there is a link between depression and child abuse. I survived 18 years of terrible child abuse at the hands of my severely ill Borderline mother, and yet it wasn’t until I was 29 years old that I began to have any clue at all that what had happened to me was ABUSE. I also didn’t know I was depressed as an adult, and I did not know that being a depressed mother of a newborn puts the baby at high risk for lifelong depression.
The interplay between trauma survivorship and depression is complex – but here are a few articles at the tip of the iceberg:
Prenatal depression effects on the fetus and the newborn
Brain-Imaging in Depressed Moms Shows Blunted Response to Crying Infant
EEG during different emotions in 10-month-old infants of depressed mothers
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Study links persistent depression to childhood abuse By Kate Kelland | Reuters – Sun, Aug 14, 2011
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CDC: Antidepressants most prescribed drugs in U.S. — July 09, 2007|By Elizabeth Cohen CNN
“Doctors are now medicating unhappiness,” said Dr. Ronald Dworkin. “Too many people take drugs when they really need to be making changes in their lives.” For Dworkin, the proof is in the statistics. According to a government study, antidepressants have become the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States. They’re prescribed more than drugs to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, or headaches. CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen discusses the CDC study on antidepressants
More discussion HERE including presentation of depression symptoms
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Recession Linked To Increased Child Abuse
Genetics, abuse history and adult depression
Seeking chemical happiness: Why one in 10 of us reaches for the anti-depressants in middle age by Claire Bates – Last updated at 8:00 AM on 22nd June 2011
Why are antidepressants the most prescribed drug in the U.S.? by Jane McGrath
Why Antidepressants Don’t Work for Treating Depression by Dr. Mark Hyman
Why Antidepressants Don’t Live Up to the Hype By John Cloud (TIME)
Why do antidepressants stop working? By David Mrazek, M.D. May 6, 2011
Depression in babies and young infants – by Beth McHugh
Suicide rates doubled for children of 5-14 years old over the past 20 years! Research by James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
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The following is from this website: Depression Facts and Stats — By Bob Murray, PhD and Alicia Fortinberry, MS
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