Nicon, 22, committed suicide after he fell 20ft to his death from his apartment in Italy. He is thought to have been depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend.

The model, who was the male "face" of the British fashion label Burberry, died at the start of the Milan Men's fashion week. Tom also worked for Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss and Versace, for whom he had attended a show rehearsal the day he died. Fashion Week will go ahead with a tribute to the Frenchman.

A new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, has found that using omega-3 supplements is an effective treatment for patients with major depression who do not have anxiety disorders.

Scientists have for the first time obtained evidence for the link between cholesterol-lowering drugs and depression in people taking these drugs to prevent heart attack.
They have found that cholesterol-lowering drug may affect the activity of a brain chemical that controls mood and behavior and thereby trigger anxiety and depression.

Cholesterol, a wax like substance, is the main culprit in heart disease. Although the body needs it, a high level of serum cholesterol causes blockage of coronary arteries thereby reducing blood circulation to the heart muscles leading to heart attack. A class of drugs called 'statins' which lower the cholesterol level -- by inhibiting a key enzyme responsible for its biosynthesis in the body - are the highest selling drugs in the global market and in clinical history with an estimated sale of 25 billion USD annually. They are extensively used as oral drugs to treat "hypercholesterolemia." Although they are very effective in reducing cholesterol levels in humans, there is a growing concern that chronic use of statins causes depression and anxiety in patients. "In the last few years, a number of publications in medical journals have reported apparent symptoms of anxiety and major depression in patients upon long-term statin administration," says Amitabha Chattopadhyay at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad.

Christina Aguilera has admitted that she struggles with depression and that sad feelings can be "seductive". The 'Not Myself Tonight' singer said that she suffers from the disorder, but often finds that some of her most creative moments come during her darker days.

On Friday, May 28, 2010, Shawn Southwick suffered from a drug overdose, was found lying unconscious in her Utah home and was promptly rushed to a hospital for emergency treatment. The 50-year-old woman is CNN talk show host Larry King’s seventh wife and she reportedly overdosed on depression medication. Her father Karl Engemann, spoke with a 911 dispatcher after he discovered his daughter unconscious in her home.

According to The New York Daily News, he calmly informed the 911 employee, “I can’t wake her up, she may have overmedicated. She’s unconscious. I slap her and I holler at her and she opens her eyes halfway and puts them back down again.”

When the emergency dispatcher asked the 76-year-old Engemann whether or not he believed his daughter tried to kill herself by intentionally overdosing on depression medication, he responded by saying, “No, no, no. It wouldn’t be suicidal. I don’t think she did it on purpose. Last night, she seemed confused about what she had taken, the last time she had taken it.”