Sleep loss can reach the road
Healthdirect notes that insufficient sleep can impair reaction times, making driving dangerous—a reminder that insomnia is not only a night-time complaint.
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healthdirect: SleepAn antidepressant began as TB treatment
One early antidepressant, iproniazid, entered clinical use after being used against tuberculosis. Its unexpected mood effects helped launch modern antidepressant pharmacology.
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PubMed: History of antidepressant discoveryGAD worry spans everyday domains
In GAD, worry may stretch across many parts of life and affect sleep, energy and everyday functioning—not just one feared object or situation.
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healthdirect: Generalised anxiety disorderCBT-I targets the insomnia cycle
The Sleep Health Foundation identifies cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) as the preferred specialist help for insomnia; sleeping pills are not an effective long-term solution.
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Sleep Health Foundation: InsomniaEPDS asks about the past week
The EPDS asks respondents to reflect on the preceding seven days. That short time window is one reason a score must be interpreted alongside clinical assessment, not treated as a diagnosis.
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COPE: Using the EPDS as a screening toolBaby blues are common after birth
COPE reports that up to 80% of women experience baby blues in the days immediately after birth. Persistent symptoms should not be dismissed as ordinary adjustment.
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COPE: Perinatal depressionSynapses carry chemical messages
The 2000 Nobel medicine announcement described synapses as contact points where chemical transmitters pass messages between nerve cells. These discoveries also informed understanding of psychiatric illness.
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Nobel Prize: 2000 Physiology or Medicine13YARN is run by First Nations people
13YARN was developed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander input and is run by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, offering culturally safe, confidential crisis support.
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Australian Government: 13YARNImipramine’s clue came from observation
Psychiatrist Roland Kuhn identified imipramine's antidepressant effects through clinical observation in a psychiatric hospital—an influential discovery made before today's clinical-trial standards.
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