ARTICLES - DEPRESSION


DEPRESSION
1999-2003
DEPRESSION
2004
DEPRESSION
2005
ECT
1999-2005
MISC
2002-2005


5/13/99
The New England Journal of Medicine
Transient Acute Depression Induced by High-Frequency Deep-Brain Stimulation
2004
MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE FAMILY 
Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database - (MAUDE)
3/1/99
Columbia University
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Research Program

2002
What's Eating You?



6/2/99
Surgical Neurology
Revision and removal of stimulating electrodes following long-term therapy with the vagus nerve stimulator
January 2005
American College of Chest Physicians
Identification and Treatment of Bronchoconstriction Induced by a Vagus Nerve Stimulator Employed for Management of Seizure Disorder
10/99
Patient satisfaction with electroconvulsive therapy.



12/17/99
MUSC
Nerve stimulation study offers hope for depression
April 2004
 Fantastic Voyage
January 2005
Vagus nerve stimulation affects pain perception in depressed adults.
2/15/00
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is as effective as electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of nondelusional major depressive disorder: an open study



February 2000
Biological Psychiatry
Vagus Nerve Stimulation:
A New Tool for Brain Research and Therapy
 
4/15/04
Acute vagus nerve stimulation using different pulse widths produces varying brain effects
1/3/05
The Dictionary of Disorder
2001
ECT - Canadian Psychiatric Association 
2/4/03
Natural Does Not Mean Safe




5/1/04
Acute left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation in depressed patients is associated with immediately increased activity in prefrontal cortical as well as subcortical regions
1/10/05
Depression Intensifies from one generation to the next
2001
Systematic Review
of the
Efficacy and Safety of
Electroconvulsive Therapy
UK ECT Review Group
Commissioned and Funded by
The UK Secretary of State for Health
8/1/03
Neuroimaging studies of mood disorder effects on the brain



5/1/04
American Psychiatric Association
157th Annual Meeting
May 1-6, 2004
New York, NY
2/12/05
NPR
Depression Treatments Move Beyond Electro-Shock

2001 - 2002
The Department of Biological Psychiatry
Columbia University
New York State Psychiatric Institute



January 2001
Deep Wound Infection After Vagus Nerve Stimulator Implantation: Treatment Without Removal of the Device 
6/15/04
FDA
Device Panel Experts
Proceedings
2/22/05
Twelve Long Years of Depression
2001
Columbia-University
and the
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Depression Evaluation Service
8/21/03
Do Medications Really Expire


February 2001
Single incision for implanting a vagal nerve stimulator system (vnss):
6/15/04
SUMMARY MINUTES
MEETING OF THE NEUROLOGICAL DEVICES ADVISORY PANEL
2/25/05
Magnets used to treat depression
March 2001
Electroconvulsive therapy is associated with superior symptomatic and functional change in depressed patients after psychiatric hospitalization
6/24/04
VNS for Intractable Hiccups


  4/24/01
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
D-01 Study
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS™) for
Treatment-Resistant Depression: Efficacy,
Side Effects, and Predictors of Outcome
6/17/04
Experts Want Device Restricted to Most Severely Ill Patients
2/27/05
Treatments can lead to complete recovery
9/1/01
Cortisol levels predict cognitive impairment induced by electroconvulsive therapy
7/15/04
The Truth About the Drug Companies


May 2001
American Journal Psychiatry
Recurrent Depression With Vagus Nerve Stimulation
6/23/04
Jama
Normal Is a Place I Visit

2002
Mayo Clinic ECT
November 2004
 Thoughts about Consciousness while Cutting in the Brain



5/18/01
MUSC
USC performs first VNS prosthesis implant

2/28/05
Brain stimulation treats resistant depression
2/15/02
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation versus electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: preliminary results of a randomized trial





7/6/04
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY LIKELY LOCATIONS OF SUICIDE RISK GENES

July 2002
American Journal of Psychiatry
Safety of Vagus Nerve Stimulation With ECT
1/14/05
Dying to Sleep


July 2001
Vagus nerve stimulation in depression
7/7/04
Associated Press
Global study finds mental illness widespread
2/28/05
Depression No. 1 campus mental-health issue
December 2002
Patients' and their relatives' knowledge of, experience with, attitude toward, and satisfaction with electroconvulsive therapy in Hong Kong, China.
2/5/05
Blood test for schizophrenia draws nearer


October 2001
MRI of the brain is safe in patients implanted with the vagus nerve stimulator
.
7/16/04
Novel Depression Treatment Wins Conditional Approval
2/28/05
Brain Pacemaker
December 2002
Update on Magnetic Seizure Therapy: A Novel Form of Convulsive Therapy.
3/4/2005
American Academy of Neurology
Prevalence of depressive disorders and change over time in late-stage ALS


November 2001
The Effect of Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Voice
7/26/04
The Body Electric
2/28/05
AAPM: Study Shows Strong Link Between Depression and Painful Complaints
February 2003
The subjective experience of patients who received electroconvulsive therapy
3/5/05
University of Minnesota researchers report promising results for Cyberonics VNS Therapy  in patients with  Bulimia


12/18/01
MUSC
Study: VNS Helps Patients With Chronic, Recurring Depression
8/2/04
Depression: Cure's in your diet?
February 2005
Vagus nerve stimulation relieves chronic refractory migraine and cluster headaches
2/15/03
A randomized controlled comparison of electroconvulsive therapy and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in severe and resistant nonpsychotic major depression
3/6/05
Researchers make surprise discovery that some neurons can transmit three signals at once


12/21/01
MUSC
Long-term study shows VNS effective depression therapy
8/24/04
Clues to Depression Sought in Brain's Wiring 
3/1/05
Novel Treatments for Depression
3/8/03
Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in depressive disorders:  a systematic review and meta analysis
3/9/05
Pacemaker-like device used to treat eating disorder


1/8/01
 Brain Stimulation Laboratory
MUSC Department of Psychiatry
9/15/04
Biological Psychiatry
Effect of vagus nerve stimulation on cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites, norepinephrine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid concentrations in depressed patients
3/3/05
Shelagh Leggett joins Richard & Judy to talk about VNS Therapy
6/21/03
Patients' perspectives on electroconvulsive therapy: systematic review

3/10/05
Antidepressant Withdrawal Can Be Worse Than Depression


2/15/02
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for major depressive episodes: one year outcomes
September - October 2004
Executive Summary and Discussion of the
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy Depression Indication Clinical Data (Updated to Include Information from Deficiency Letter Response)
Prepared By: Richard L. Rudolph, MD, Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Cyberonics, Inc.
3/5/05
Acute treatment of moderate to severe depression with hypericum extract WS 5570 (St John's wort): randomised controlled double blind non-inferiority trial versus paroxetine
 6/21/03 
Patients perspectives on electroconvulsive therapy: systematic review
3/11/05 
Scanners 'can treat depression'


3/14/02
Journal of Psychiatric Research
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) synchronized BOLD fMRI suggests that VNS in depressed adults has frequency/dose dependent effects
10/28/04
VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR IMPLANTATION
LEBONHEUR CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER, MEMPHIS, TN
Broadcast October 28, 2004
View the actual surgical implantation of a Vagus Nerve Stimulator.
 
3/7/05
Rewiring The Body
7/16/03
Safety and Feasibility of Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) in
Major Depression: Randomized Within-Subject Comparison
with Electroconvulsive Therapy
3/14/05
Lobotomy doctor a celebrity in pre-anti-depressant world



4/1/02
Occurrence of delusions during repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in major depression
12/22/04
Warning Letter
3/7/05
Risk factors associated with migraine or chronic daily headache in out-patients with major depressive disorder
July 2003
New developments in electroconvulsive therapy and magnetic seizure therapy.
3/20/05 
Why DSM-III Was Right to Introduce the Concept of Somatoform Disorders


July 2002
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) synchronized BOLD fMRI suggests that VNS in depressed adults has frequency/dose dependent effects

3/7/05
Even mild depression increases long-term mortality in heart failure
July 2003
(Review Article)
New Developments in Electroconvulsive Therapy and Magnetic Seizure Therapy
3/23/05
Law to guard public from mentally ill is attacked


July 2002
American Journal of Psychiatry
Safety of Vagus Nerve Stimulation With ECT

3/7/05
New Study Data Show Improved Cognitive Function in Elderly Patients Treated With Cymbalta for Depression
8/27/03
Magnetic Seizure Therapy Improves Mood in Refractory Major Depression
 
3/31/05
Tragic Schiavo Condition Reportedly Brought on by Deadly Eating Disorder; National Eating Disorders Association Sheds Crucial Light on Silent Killer


7/27/02
Suicide

3/8/05
Depression sufferers grow
 2/1/04
Effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in community settings 
3/31/05
Unorthodox therapy gains local following


9/24/02
Vagus nerve stimulation therapy
 

3/8/05
Depression kept secret
3/1/04
Repeated electroconvulsive stimulation impairs long-term depression in the neostriatum
3/31/05
Family history influences age of bipolar I disorder onset in females, not males


12/16/02
UT Southwestern scientists begin psychiatric research in world's second magnetic seizure laboratory

3/8/05
New Data Reported on Tetrabenazine in Patients with Movement Disorders and a History of Depression
3/1/04
Shock Treatment Benefits Outweigh Risks
4/2/05
Scientists get a grip on feelings of trust  New Feature


2003
Mayo Clinic
Neurostimulation Therapy for Epilepsy: Current Modalities and Future Directions

3/8/05
MRI Safe for Those With Pacemakers, Defibrillators
March 2004
Absence of Histological Lesions in Primate Models of ECT and Magnetic Seizure Therapy
4/1/05
More evidence of cannabis-induced psychosis


April 2003
Cervical vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression.
  

3/10/05
VNS Newsletter
April 2004
Speed of response and remission in major depressive disorder with acute electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): a Consortium for Research in ECT (CORE) report.
4/27/05
Actor-Patients’ Requests for Medications Boost Prescribing for Depression


 May 2003
The effects of vagus nerve stimulation on sleep EEG in depression: a preliminary report.

3/21/05
Resetting The Brain
6/4/04
Brains Appear to Emerge From ECT Unscathed
4/27/05
New Investigational Procedure to Treat Major Depression Being Tested in Global University Medical and Clinical Research Centers


6/2/03
MUSC
Brain Stimulation Laboratory

3/21/05
Newsweek International
For some desperate patients, an electric current does what Prozac and talk therapy can't.

7/16/04
Mayo Clinic
Electroconvulsive therapy: Dramatic relief for severe mental illness
May 2005
Behavioral Problems in Dementia Patients and Salivary Cortisol Patterns in Caregivers



July 2003
Beyond the Treatment of Epilepsy:New Applications of Vagus NerveStimulation in Psychiatry


3/23/05
A
Secret Torment
10/30/04
Weighing the Soul: The Evolution of Scientific Beliefs   
5/5/05
Treat depression and chronic pain separately, U-M researchers say




3/25/05
'Mangia, Mangia!' -- Certain Foods Fight Depression
2005
Mind (National Association for Mental Health)
Making sense of ECT

5/5/05
Lamotrigine and antiepileptic drugs as mood stabilizers in bipolar disorder


July 2003
Effects of vagus nerve stimulation on sleep-related breathing in epilepsy patients.

3/26/05
Whipping therapy cures depression and suicide crises
January 2005
Astrocytic Activation as Evidence for Brain Damage
5/5/05
Eat Fish, Be Happy





3/4/05
Mayo Clinic
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): One woman's journey



7/3/03
Journal of Psychiatric Research
A review of functional neuroimaging studies of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

4/4/05
Cognitive Therapy Works As Well As Antidepressants, But With Lasting Effect After Therapy Ends
  3/8/05
RemedyFind Electromedicine: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
5/5/05
Clinical Geriatrics
 Tardive Dyskinesia: An Antipsychotic Side Effect that Has Not Gone Away



September 2003
Scientific American
Stimulating The Brain

4/7/05
Exposed Nerve
3/12/05
Cheap shot at ECT
5/4/05
Acupuncture for Patients With Migraine
A Randomized Controlled Trial


November 2003
Practice guideline for the assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors.


4/7/05
Cyberonics Depression Device Takes Step Toward May Launch
 3/22/05
Daily Mail
London
Shock Treat  
5/9/05
Brain chemical serotonin involved in early embryo patterning, Forsyth scientists find
Discovery provides keys to evolution of neuronal signalling, 'left-right asymmetry'




4/7/05
FDA Notifies Cyberonics That Its Warning Letter Response Is Complete and Adequate
3/22/05
Independent report recommends continued use of ECT
5/10/05
Magnetic stimulation treatment for depression helping
difficult-to-treat cases at UT Southwestern





4/13/05
Genetics and dope threaten mental health
3/23/05
ECT report does not acknowledge risk, says Commission
5/10/05
Yet another reason to go to the gym: How exercise can help fight depression




4/13/05
Electromagnets provide rays of hope for people with depression
4/7/05
ECT given to elderly patients without consentt
5/11/05
African Americans just as likely to be diagnosed with depression




4/14/05
Depression, anxiety may be early signs of Parkinson's
5/10/05
RECLAIM YOUR BRAIN
Cognitive Rehabilitation after ECT
5/12/05
Professor criticises medicine's 'blind spot'




4/2705
Medical Insurance Speculation for Depression Coverage
5/13/05
The Infinite Mind Broadcast on ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy)
5/15/05
Integrated chemical-dependency and mental-health treatment best for adolescents




4/29/05
Zapping Away The Blues
May 2005
The American Journal
of Psychiatry
Relief of Expressed Suicidal Intent by ECT: A Consortium for Research in ECT Study

5/16/05
Cyberonics to take part in research to treat abnormal heartbeat




5/2/05
Easing Depression Without Drugs
Doctors are trying therapies, from implants to herbs, that can cut down on side effects
5/20/05
American Psychiatric Association
ECT Need Not Be Treatment Of Last Resort, Data Suggest

5/17/05
Study says acne drug does not cause depression




5/3/05
US warns teen pot smoking can prompt suicide, depression
6/2/05
ECT reduces sympathetic hyperactivity in melancholic depression
5/17/05
St. John's Wort Only Minimally Effective in Relieving Major Depression, Review Confirms




5/4/05
Switching depression treatment can help
September 2005
Psychiatric Times
Through the Times With Max Fink, M.D.
5/27/05
Cyberonics Receives 2005 Epilepsy Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award for Improving the Lives of People With Epilepsy




5/5/05
APA 2004 Convention
Treatment of Long-Term Depression: Striving Toward a Sustanined Response - Presentations
9/13/05
BetterHumans
 Electroconvulsive therapy boosts brain growth
5/29/05
Wanting to work: Those with mental illness and addictions support parity




5/6/05
Depression and mental disorders can be prevented and treated with simple healing foods
9/20/05
Herald News
 'Electroshock': Out from the dark ages
5/29/05
Majority of People with Depression Are Not Effectively Treated, USA




5/8/05
Depression gene may weaken mood-regulating circuit
October 2005
Psychiatric Times
Impact of ECT on Health-Related Quality of Life and Function in Patients With Depression

5/29/05
Disorder or disease? Myths make depression hard to define




5/10/05
FDA Public Health Notification: MRI-Caused Injuries in Patients with Implanted Neurological Stimulators
11/7/05
Doctor's Guide
Study Shows Electroconvulsive Therapy Clinically and Cost Effective in Community Setting: Presented at CPA

June 2005
Case Report
Gabapentin withdrawal syndrome in the presence of a taper




5/11/05
Cyberonics Announces Banc of America Healthcare Conference Presentation and Provides TRD Regulatory Update
12/7/05
From students to doctors

 6/7/05
CBS News
New Jolt Of Hope For Bulimics
(Utilizing the Cyberonics Prosthesis)




5/11/05
Cyberonics says FDA has information to OK device

6/9/05
Surgery that made me smile




5/11/05
Letter to FDA urging that the Vagus Nerve Stimulator not be approved for treatment of depression (HRG Publication #1741)

6/12/05
Independent Media TV
TeenScreen - The Law Suits Begin 




5/11/05
U.S. group asks FDA to reject Cyberonics device

6/13/05
Therapy That Gets Inside Your Head—Literally




5/11/05
Correspondence with Mr. Skip Cummins, CEO
Cyberonics Inc.

6/13/05
Study examines reasons for suboptimal outcomes following deep brain stimulation surgery




5/11/05
Additional  correspondence with Mr. Skip Cummins, CEO
Cyberonics Inc.

6/14/05
New York Times
Snake Phobias, Moodiness and a Battle in Psychiatry




5/11/05
Pioneering Investigational Trial of Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Chronic Depression Leads Study Subject to Write Book

6/17/05
Psychiatric News
Dopamine in Striatum Linked To Action of SSRIs




5/13/05
Biophan Developing Advanced Solutions to Address Newly-Publicized MRI Safety Issues with Neurostimulators and Other Medical Devices

6/21/05
Brain exercise is key factor in mental health




5/15/05
Overactive Brain Circuit Faulted for Depression

6/24/05
Antiepileptic drug increases birth defect risk




5/16/05
Cyberonics Announces Participation in Major Grant Awarded to Establish an Atrial Fibrillation Innovation Center at the Cleveland Clinic

6/29/05
Experts, actor clash on cause of mental ills





5/16/05
Risks and Complications - Vagus Nerve Stimulator

7/8/05
Wiring the Brain at the Nanoscale




5/17/05
The Evolution and Transformation of VNS Therapy, Cyberonics and the Neuromodulation Industry

7/9/05
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Company evens field for disabled




5/17/05
TMS

7/13/05
Associated Press
Shunned for years, lobotomies back in spotlight





5/18/05
Cyberonics Confirms Senate Finance Committee Request for Information

7/24/05
Health Beat
A brief history of psychiatry





5/19/05
Wall Street Journal Article - Ruling on Medical Device Examined 

7/28/05
Reuters
Groups lay out plan to transform U.S. mental health






7/30/05
List of Psychotropic Medications







August 2005
Archives of Neurology
Management of Referred Deep Brain Stimulation Failures





5/19/05
CYBERONICS ANNOUNCES DEPRESSION UPDATE CONFERENCE CALL

8/1/05
American Medical Association
Individuals with Severe Mental Illness at High Risk to Be Crime Victims




5/20/05
‘Leak’ Called Attempt To Block Cyberonics VNS For Depression

8/19/05
New York Times
M.R.I.'s Strong Magnets Cited in Accidents





5/20/05
Cyberonics chief hits Senate panel review

8/23/05
New York Times
The Other Brain Also Deals With Many Woes





5/21/05
New York Times F.D.A. Considers Implant Device for Depression

8/23/05
University of Michigan
Thinking the pain away?





5/29/05
Debate continues about depression treatment device

8/24/05
The Infinite Mind
"Foods and Moods"





5/31/05
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting -
A patients point of view.

8/26/05
Reuters
Homeopathy no better than placebo-analysis





5/31/05
The Star
The effectiveness of the treatment improves over time


September 2005
American Journal of Psychiatry
Maternal Suicidality and Risk of Suicidality in Offspring: Findings From a Community Study






September 2005
Psychiatric Times
Updates Show Progress in TMS for Depression and Schizophrenia





June 2005
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression
TEC Assessment In Press


9/7/05
Twiddlers Syndrome




6/1/05
Cyberonics Receives KEMA European Union Approval for Next Generation VNS Therapy Generators and for In-House Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization Process

9/16/05
Associated Press
FDA: Defibrillator Defects on the Rise






6/1/05
KU study exploring treatment for depression without drugs

9/23/05
Reuters
 Placebo effect tied to brain receptor activity







9/23/05
Effects of caffeine on heart rate and QT variability during sleep





6/1/05
Mayo Clinic
Mental illness and stigma: Coping with the ridicule

10/1/05
American Family Physician
Sleep Apnea





6/1/05
The Infinite Mind Radio Show
DEPRESSION IN THE BRAIN

10/1/05
American Family Physician
Insomnia: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep





6/2/05
Cyberonics Provides Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) Update and Announces Quiet Period Regarding Public Communications

10/6/05
University of Buffalo
Microtubules critical to development of mental disorders





6/12/05
CNN LARRY KING LIVE
Panel Discusses Depression


10/17/05
Compassion Fatigue: An Expert Interview With Charles R. Figley, MS, PhD




6/17/05
Scott + Scott, LLC Announces Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Against Cyberonics, Inc


10/18/05
New York Times
Can Brain Scans See Depression?




6/17/05
Finkelstein & Krinsk, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Cyberonics, Inc.






6/17/05
Psychiatric News
Senators Question FDA Approval Of New Depression Treatment







6/20/05
Schatz & Nobel, P.C. Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Cyberonics, Inc.







6/21/05
Emerson Poynter LLP Files Class Action Suit Against Cyberonics, Inc.


11/2/05
Bloomberg.com
Drug Industry Human Testing Masks Death, Injury, Compliant FDA





6/22/05
Federman & Sherwood Announces That a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Was Filed Against Cyberonics, Inc.


11/28/05
Fortune Magazine
Trouble in Prozac Nation





6/22/05
Insomnia may precede and prolong major depression

12/10/05
Churches Work To Erase Myths Of Mental Illness





6/23/05
Law Offices Of Charles J. Piven, P.A. Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Cyberonics, Inc.


12/12/05
American Academy of Neurology
Depression and Anxiety Improve After Epilepsy Surgery





6/30/04
Biophan says Boston Scientific acquires stake







6/30/05
FDA Public Health Advisory
 Suicidality in Adults Being Treated with Antidepressant Medications







7/1/05
Newsweek
Managing Every Shade Of Blue







7/6/05
Biophan CEO Discusses Benefits of Definitive Agreements with Boston Scientific in Interview with BiomedDiscoveries.com







7/7/05
Biophan's Biothermal Power Source for Implantable Medical Devices Awarded ''Best of the Best'' by Nanotech Briefs Magazine







7/7/05
Drugmakers Influence Government With Ex-Officials, Report Says







7/12/05
Strong magnetic fields aid severe depression
New therapy has few side-effects






7/14/05
8:22AM Cyberonics delays 10-K filing






7/14/05
Law Offices of Marc S. Henzel Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Cyberonics, Inc.






7/15/05
The Journal News
The stigma of suicide






715/05
Battle Brews Over Antidepressant Use  2 Researchers Say They Are Ineffective and Overused






7/15/05
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Efficacy of antidepressants in adults






7/15/05
Cyberonics says FDA approves depression device







7/15/05
Cyberonics Gets FDA Approval For Depression Device







7/15/05
First FDA-Approved Treatment Specifically for TRD; First Implantable Device-Based Treatment for Depression







7/15/05
UPDATE 2-FDA approves Cyberonics depression device







7/18/05
New FDA-Approved Device Offers Hope to Depressed Patients







7/18/05
Public Citizen
Approval of Device to Treat Depression Is One of Most Questionable FDA Decisions in Recent Memory







7/18/05
WebMD Medical News
Group Attacks Depression Device Approval Evidence Lacking Showing VNS Is Effective, Says Watchdog






7/20/05
FDA Approves Cyberonics' VNS Therapy(TM) System for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)