ATLANTA — Researchers are discovering that some long-hauler symptoms from coronavirus are psychiatric. That includes things like anxiety and depression. The study published in Lancet Psychiatry looked at data from tens of thousands of people who got COVID-19. It found that six months after getting the virus, one in three people had psychiatric or neurological […]
The study, conducted by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, used the drug ezogabine to open the KCNQ2/3 potassium channels in participants’ brains. The results showed significant improvements in depressive symptoms and anhedonia.1 Because anhedonia is associated with poor response to antidepressant medication, worse overall outcomes, and increased suicide risk, this […]
Published: 4/9/2021 2:41:18 PM BERNARDSTON — Inspired in part by topics in this year’s National Endowment for the Arts Big Read, Cushman Library will host local health experts for a virtual panel discussion about coping with stress, anxiety and depression on April 13, at 7 p.m. The Big Read, made possible locally by a grant […]
Traveling as parents can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, family trips are a way to create long-lasting memories or traditions that can span generations. On the other, traveling with children—especially young children—can be a source of significant stress. But for new moms experiencing perinatal and postpartum mood disorders, traveling with an infant […]
HELENA — The pandemic has put pressure on many Montanans, causing additional stress, anxiety and depression. Suffering from depression and feeling the blues are not the same thing though, and it’s important to understand the differences. Jennifer Preble is a clinical supervisor social worker for Lewis and Clark County. She says it's essential to check […]
DMX proved a fascinating mystery in song and film, with lyrics and orchids. Photo: Courtesy of Jonathan Mannion This isn't so much a small DMX story -- because it goes on for a bit -- as it is a minor DMX story. The rapper and actor born Earl Simmons died Friday at age 50. I […]
Right from the start, Ryan McCurdy warns us that he won’t be telling the truth. Or maybe he does, at least in part, in his one-man Off-Broadway musical story Whiterock Cliff, performed and streamed live each night from New York’s Funkadelic Studios. The new three-camera virtual presentation from Goode Productions, with music and lyrics by […]
Young children in particular have a tendency to take things personally, and may assume their parent’s sadness is their fault, said Colleen Cullen, an associate professor of medical psychology at Columbia University. Shying away from conversations about mental illness also implies that it isn’t something that should be talked about, which only perpetuates stigma. “The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The warning signs are all there. Students who were making plans to attack schools showed the same types of troubled histories as those who carried them out. They were badly bullied, often suffered from depression with stress at home and exhibited behavior that worried others, according to a U.S. Secret Service study […]
Worldwide, 1 in 4 people are suffering from depression. While current diagnosis and treatment approaches are largely trial and error, a breakthrough study by Indiana University School of Medicine sheds new light on the biological basis of mood disorders and offers a promising blood test aimed at a precision medicine approach to treatment. Led by […]
