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MONTREAL — People who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 are twice as likely to develop symptoms of major depression and four times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than the general population, according to research from a Quebec university. The survey was conducted by a research team out of the University of Sherbrooke and will […]

For more than a year, New Yorkers have seen their lifestyles turned upside down by the coronavirus. Though the pandemic is not new, some say they still can’t get used to the face masks, social distancing, and restrictions. “For me, not depression because I’m not the sort of person that gets depression, but definitely anxiety.

Supportive partners can limit the effects of depression and external stress that might otherwise negatively impact relationships, new research shows. The study out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, published last month, focused on how the relationships of 200 newlywed couples, who’d been studied for three and a half years, evolved over time. People with

Newswise — Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Dutch scientists, have found that certain metabolites — small molecules produced by the process of metabolism — may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder. The findings were published in the January 11, 2021 online

Depression and anxiety could be the symptoms leading to Parkinson’s disease, says doctors on the occasion of World Parkinson’s Day on Sunday. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects the movement of the human body. Symptoms start gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. Tremors are common

The topic of perinatal depression is still not addressed consistently and with sufficient time in all prenatal classes in Switzerland. After childbirth, consistent and repeated screenings of all moms and dads for postpartum mental illnesses are absent Keystone / Felix Kästle After her own experience with postpartum depression, a former pharma executive realized that the

A youth mental-health crisis was percolating for years. Rates of anxiety and depression had been on the rise. In 2017, suicide became the second leading cause of death for people ages 10 through 24.   Then came COVID-19. Americans of all ages say the pandemic has ta ken a significant toll on their mental health, but the

Results of a new study indicate exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals during pregnancy could be contributing to postpartum depression. Performed by investigators at NYU Langone, the study establishes a link between levels of bisphenols and phthalates in urine samples during early- and mid-pregnancy and hormonal shifts during pregnancy that could contribute to postpartum depression. “We found

The review, published Wednesday in the journal the Lancet, found that stillbirths and maternal deaths increased by nearly a third, according to pooled data from 40 studies that covered 17 countries. There was a nearly sixfold increase in ectopic pregnancies – when the fertilized egg grows outside a woman’s uterus, between January of 2020 and

Cells from individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) were found to have higher than expected rates of methylation at specific sites on their DNA, when compared to cells from healthy individuals without MDD, according to a multidisciplinary team of University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) scientists, in collaboration with others. Methylation of particular sets of genes