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Depression May Play a Bigger Role in Readjustment Than Previously Thought in Troubled Vets
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Someone to Complain With Isn't Necessarily a Good Thing, Especially For Teenage Girls
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Jolting the brain fights deep depression
May 2, 2008, CNN

Late pregnancy depression predicts postnatal blues
April 29, 2008, Reuters

Mother overwhelmed by her kids
April 29, 2008, Boston Herald

Depression tied to Alzheimer's
April 29, 2008, New York Times (free registered required)

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Monitor on Psychology
Military's growing mental health needs
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The happiness diet
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The Prevention of Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Review
(June 2006)

Anxiogenic-like Effect of Chronic Corticosterone in the Light-Dark Emergence Task in Mice
(April 2006)

Psychosocial Functioning of Young Adults Who Have Experienced and Recovered from Major Depressive Disorder During Adolescence
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Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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