Nick Fournie was 24 years old when severe depression upended his life. Fournie had been married to his longtime sweetheart for two years, and had no reason to suspect he had any mental health issues.

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How stimulating the body's largest nerve may relieve severe depression

A yearlong trial of 493 adults, with an average age of 53, found vagus nerve stimulation therapy led to improvement in participants' depressive symptoms, ability to complete daily tasks and quality of life.

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Vagus nerve stimulation therapy improved the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression for nearly 500 participants in a major clinical trial.

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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Nick Fournie was 24 years old when severe depression upended his life. Fournie had been married to his longtime sweetheart for two years, and had no reason to suspect he had any mental health issues. “I just thought to myself, ‘If this is it, if this is all there is to life — if it ended now, I’d be OK with it,’” Nick, now 62 and based in Illinois, said of that fateful day outdoors nearly 40 years ago. But one day …

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One of the hardest things you may have to do is admit you need help. I know because I had to do just that in the past, or die. Recently, I attended a Suicide Prevention Coalition for Cornwall SD&G PR meeting. There was a short one-hour presentation given and my eyes were opened yet again! […] The post Depression appeared first on The Seeker Newsmagazine Cornwall.

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Young Nick Fournie was 24 years old when severe depression changed his life. At the time, he had been married to his longtime girlfriend of two years and had no reason to suspect that he had mental health problems. “I just thought to myself, 'If that's it, if that's all life has to offer — if it ended now, I'd be fine with it,” said Nick, now 62 and a resident of Illinois, about that fateful day outdoors nearly 40 years ago.

O jovem Nick Fournie tinha 24 anos quando uma depressão severa mudou a sua vida. Na época, ele estava casado com sua namorada de longa data há dois anos e não tinha motivos para suspeitar que tinha problemas de saúde mental. “Eu apenas pensei comigo mesmo: ‘Se é isso, se isso é tudo que a vida tem para oferecer — se acabasse agora, eu estaria bem com isso””, disse Nick, hoje com 62 anos e residente em Illinois, sobre aquele dia fatídico ao ar li…

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