Waking up just one hour earlier could reduce a person’s risk of major depression by 23%, suggests a sweeping new genetic study published May 26 in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. The study of 840,000 people, by researchers at University of Colorado Boulder and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, represents some of the strongest […]

Loneliness is a risk factor for overall mortality and conditions such as stroke and heart disease. It is also associated with depression and anxiety. And with the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been great concern about increased isolation and its effect on loneliness and other mental health conditions. For older adults who are more socioeconomically vulnerable,

A massive genome-wide association study (GWAS) of genetic and health records of 1.2 million people from four separate data banks has identified 178 gene variants linked to major depression, a disorder that will affect one of every five people during their lifetimes. The results of the study, led by the U.S. Department of Veterans

By Vin Gurrieri · May 27, 2021, 3:54 PM EDT A Georgia school district rightly fired a teacher whose threats of violence worried school officials despite the fact that she suffered from depression, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Thursday, saying employers don’t… To view the full article, register now.

He was a very efficient judge. In his report to Laurel’s City Council in 1926, he claimed to have “tried cases and imposed fines amounting to $1,173.00, which has been turned in to you, and for which I hold the cancelled checks.” Considering that most fines were a dollar or two (or less), that’s quite

This study would not have been possible without the collaboration of all patients, medical and nursery staff and data managers who have taken part in the project. Members of the CoRIS cohort: Executive committee: Santiago Moreno, Inma Jarrín, David Dalmau, Maria Luisa Navarro, Maria Isabel González, Federico Garcia, Eva Poveda, Jose Antonio Iribarren, Félix Gutiérrez,

Evolving Management Strategies for Treatment-Resistant Depression – Episode 12 May 27, 2021 Steven P. Levine, MD , Angelos Halaris, MD, PhD, APA, ACNP, CINP Angelos Halaris, MD, PhD, APA, ACNP, CINP , Lisa Harding, MD , Patricia Ares-Romero, MD, FASAM Patricia Ares-Romero, MD, FASAM Recommendations that can help clinicians navigate through the reimbursement process and

Employees are struggling with depression and anxiety, and some employers are stepping up to support them. HR professionals have learned a lot of lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic that they will carry forward as workplaces reopen and workers settle into new hybrid-work routines. According to a May 2020 Willis Towers Watson report, 9 out of

SINGAPORE: A 35-year-old woman who was found dead with her five-week-old daughter at the foot of a block last year had been suffering from postpartum depression and was unable to cope with caring for her baby, a coroner’s court has found. In findings made available on Friday (May 28), State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam ruled the

The remnant of cyclone Yaas has weakened into a well-marked low-pressure area over Bihar and adjoining east Uttar Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday. “Depression (Remnant of Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “YAAS”) over Bihar & adjoining Jharkhand has weakened into a well-marked low pressure area lay over