With this year’s COVID-19 pandemic, a major shift in focus has been placed on America’s mental health. According to CDC data released in August, almost 11% of American adults seriously contemplated suicide in June, and nearly a third reported symptoms of anxiety or a depressive disorder. To put this into context, comparative data from the […]

Also known as clinical depression or a depressive disorder, depression is a common mood disorder that affects how you feel, think, and handle daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working. It is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. Like many mental health conditions, it has little to do with

Thoughts, a photograph portrait by Lisa Saltzman.Credit: Lisa Saltzman The Empire of Depression: A New History Jonathan Sadowsky Polity (2020) When is sorrow sickness? So begins Jonathan Sadowsky’s The Empire of Depression, a history riven with professional turf wars around where to draw the line between normal sadness and something more serious — now, across

Individuals experiencing a current episode of major depressive disorder (MDD) are significantly more likely to have insulin resistance (IR), new research shows. Investigators found patients with MDD were 51% more likely to have IR compared with their counterparts without the depressive disorder. In addition, in individuals experiencing current depression, IR was also associated with depression

Almost half of people testing positive for coronavirus have reported symptoms of depression, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Researchers from Bangladesh, the United States and Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in the UK carried out a cross-sectional survey of more than 1,000 Bangladeshi adult coronavirus

Express News Service KOCHI: Hearing loss affects more than five per cent of the world’s population with around 360 million people currently living with disabling hearing loss worldwide. It makes intuitive sense that a connection exists between hearing loss and depression. When people struggle to hear, communication becomes challenging and loneliness, sorrow and social isolation can

Summary Background There is major concern about the impact of the global COVID-19 outbreak on mental health. Several studies suggest that mental health deteriorated in many countries before and during enforced isolation (ie, lockdown), but it remains unknown how mental health has changed week by week over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study

By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Young adults who spend hours a day on social media are at heightened risk of developing depression in the near future, new research suggests. In recent years, a number of studies have linked heavy social media use to an increased risk of depression. “But

As a psychologist, I hear almost daily how the combination of coronavirus, racial unrest, economic uncertainty and political crisis are leading many people to feel a lot worse than usual. “It is not at all surprising that we are seeing the significant increase in distress. It’s a normal reaction to an abnormal situation,” said Judith

Introduction Spontaneous abortion or miscarriage is one of the most common complications during pregnancy. It is estimated that miscarriage occurs in 20% of all clinically recognized pregnancies and up to half of all pregnancies.1 Recurrent miscarriage, which affects 2–5% of couples, is defined as the loss of ≥3 or more consecutive pregnancies before the 20th