• 'Understanding the Role of Sigma-1 Receptors in Psychotic Depression (Psychiatric Times)
  By Teruo Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D., and Tsung-Ping Su, Ph.D.



• 'Woman reports stolen purse, then gets a trip to county jail (St. Petersburg Times)
  LARGO - First it was beer. Bologna was next. It all ended with the purse.



• 'What is Paxil (paroxetine)? (BellaOnline)
  Paxil is one of a class of drugs called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) that includes Prozac (fluoxetine), Zoloft (sertraline), and Paxil (paroxetine).



• 'Cardiac Events Can Be Slowed (RedNova)
  By Rebecca Vesely, STAFF WRITER Antidepressants can help reduce risk of repeat heart attacks and cardiac death, according to a study led by Stanford University researchers published Monday.



• 'AdAge In 60 Seconds (AdJab)
  Filed under: Gripes , Print , Television Former ad executive Kim Witczak spoke to the FDA panel hearing arguments on potential regulation of direct-to-consumer drug ads yesterday. Ms. Witczak's appeal for the agency to get involved is especially emotional since she blames the 2003 suicide of her husband on his use of Zoloft, an anti-depression drug. Cable operators Comcast and Cox have



• 'Hurricane Katrina: An evacuee's tale (Benton Courier)
  Julie Schommer's journey to find shelter in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is a heroic tale. Early last week, the New Orleans woman, who is deaf in one ear, thought she would die on her roof, where she escaped the rising floodwaters.



• 'U.S. needs more sensible drug policy (Northern Star)
  So says Mr. Mackey, the school counselor from the "South Park" cartoon. That?s an oversimplification, which might be what the show?s creators are saying.



• 'Dr. Frederic Quitkin (Chicago Tribune)
  Dr. Frederic Quitkin, a psychiatrist whose research helped establish that certain kinds of depression could best be treated with medications and that schizophrenia is related to neurological impairments rather than problems of childhood, has died in New York City. He was 68.



• 'ABC 7 Medical: Medications and Sexual Dysfunction (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)
  MEDICATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, BUT MANY OF THEM ROB PATIENTS OF A HEALTHY SEX LIFE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 200 DRUGS, IN FACT, THAT CAN CAUSE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION.



• 'The Light-er Side of Treating Seasonal Affective Disorder (Psychiatric Times)
  Rosenthal et al. (1984) first described seasonal affective disorder (SAD) as a pattern of recurrent depressions with a winter onset and a full remission the following summer. The emergence of treatment, specifically light therapy, was met with a mixture of enthusiasm and cautious skepticism.

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