PADUCAH — The pandemic has tested everyone’s mental health — men and women, kids and adults. For first-year college students, nationally, anxiety has increased from 18.1% to 25.3% since the start of the pandemic. Depression is up 10%. Those numbers are from a University of North Carolina study. In Kentucky, college campuses will share $1.5 million […]

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “US Depression Drugs Market, Dosage, Price, Sales Insight 2021-2026” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The complete research report is divided into several sections focusing on the approaches followed for sales and marketing, research and development, specific clinical trials and tailored capabilities of the major bio-pharmaceutical companies towards the market. Furthermore, the

In a study of college students conducted before and during the pandemic, findings revealed the average steps of subjects declined from 10,000 to 4,600 steps per day and rates of depression increased from 32% to 61%. Credit: Pheelings Media/iStock. Exercise has long-been recommended as a cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients of depression, yet new evidence from

Q: Early last fall our son was discharged from the psychiatric unit of a larger hospital in the city. He was 32 at the time, old enough and mature enough to be on his own, but we were worried about his well-being and asked him to stay with us until he was more settled and

Grief and depression: Is there a difference?  KATV

Use of continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was associated with improvements in sleepiness, depressive, and anxiety symptoms after 3 years, according to study findings published in the European Clinical Respiratory Journal. In assessing risk for OSA, excess weight plays a significant factor, as study authors note that

Key Takeaways A new program found that regular phone calls improved the mental health of adults who are at increased risk for loneliness, anxiety, and depression. The people who made the calls were given minimal training in empathetic listening and were assigned to make regular calls each week to adults who were clients of a

The experience of international students at Dutch higher education institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic survey was conducted between December 15, 2020 and January 10, 2021.  “These students have a smaller safety net in the Netherlands than Dutch students” Some 357 international students enrolled at Dutch higher education institutions responded, telling researchers about their experience during the

Michal Slezak, PhD A recent study suggests that alterations in astrocyte metabolism is a major hallmark of depression. In this Mental Health Minute, Michal Slezak, PhD, explains how he and other researchers used state-of-the-art imaging techniques and genetic approaches to identify molecular processes impaired in depression. The researchers propose that novel, glial-specific drugs could target