Major Depression and Multiple Sclerosis WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Major Depression and Multiple Sclerosis
About one half of all people with multiple sclerosis (MS) suffer from major depression at some point in the disease. This may be partly due to the fact that multiple sclerosis sometimes destroys the myelin surrounding the nerves, which can greatly impact mood. Depression is also a side effect of some drugs that are used to treat multiple sclerosis. A combination of antidepressants and psychotherapy is the best method of treatment for depression in multiple sclerosis.1
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- Studies show that the risk of suicide is over 7% higher in people with MS than the general population.2
- Depression and MS share many of the same symptoms and sometimes aggravate one another.3
- Early on, MS is often misdiagnosed for depression because they share many of the same symptoms.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Cleveland Clinic: Depression And MS
- ↑ National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms: Depression
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 About.com: Depression and Multiple Sclerosis Overview
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- Contributor: Misty Staker
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Misty Staker
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Multiple Sclerosis and Major Depression, Major Depression and MS, MS and Major Depression, Clinical Depression and Multiple Sclerosis, Clinical depression and-multiple sclerosis, MS and clinical depression, Clinical Depression and MS
- Last update: Sep. 8, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
