Depression

© Angellodeco Indiana University of Medicine researchers spent four years developing a blood test to identify depression and bipolar disorder – they say this work will bring psychiatry from “the 19th century into the 21st” Over four years, a team in Indianapolis looked at how precision medicine could change the ambiguous and often lengthy process […]

Following an acute COVID-19 infection, patients can and have felt persistent symptoms involving mood, sleep, anxiety, and fatigue. These symptoms, while present following a COVID-19 infection, contribute to markedly elevated rates of major depressive disorder found in recent epidemiological studies A team, led by Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, Massachusetts General Hospital, published a new

If you have a responsive and supportive partner, you have a much better chance of dealing with depression. This is what social psychologists from University of Massachusetts Ameherst found in their recent study. Having a supportive partner not only reduced the negative impacts of the depression or the external stress on their romantic relationship, stated

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) – Kids of all ages have had a tough time adjusting to pandemic life and the result has been a rise in adolescent depression.   However, one local high school student has taken it upon himself to tackle his own mental health by propelling himself new heights. Brady Hansmann is a student

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