Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from January 2003

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from January 2003

Depressed women may have earlier onset of perimenopause.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with lifetime histories of depression may experience "perimenopause" (the time immediately preceding menopause) earlier, according to a new study. Perimenopause is defined as the time period...

More children are on prescription drugs for psychiatric disorders.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence of psychotropic medication use (drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders) among children and teenagers increased by two- to threefold from 1987 through 1996, according to a new study....

New bipolar disorder indication sought for Seroquel.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AstraZeneca has announced that it has submitted a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Seroquel (quetiapine) for the treatment of acute mania...

Services are in demand, hospital payments up.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After years of decline, payments for hospital care for psychiatric and addictive disorders are up for the first time in 5 years, according to annual survey data released by the National Association of...

Potential new treatment for manic depression in pipeline.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AstraZeneca has announced that it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for quetiapine (Seroquel) to be granted a license for the treatment of acute mania...

Antidepressant drug pulled in Europe.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- British regulators said January 8, 2003, that Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. would voluntarily stop selling its antidepressant Dutonin in Europe. The drug, called Serzone in the United States, has been...