Depression

Share on PinterestA new report finds that the mental health effects of the pandemic are more likely to have a significant impact on teenagers. Carol Yepes/Getty Images One in three adolescents (31.9 percent) will meet the criteria for an anxiety disorder by the age of 18. A new poll finds many teens show signs of […]

Current methods for diagnosing and treating depression remain largely trial and error with no objective measures or blood tests available. But a team led by Alexander Niculescu, M.D., Ph.D., professor of psychiatry at Indiana University, is hoping to bring personalized medicine approach to the condition and other mood disorders. They have developed a blood-based biomarker

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

‘School Suffering:’ Mom reveals teen son’s suicidal thoughts to shine light on depression  CNYcentral.com

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WDVM) — During a Fairfax County Public Schools town hall meeting on Wednesday, pediatrician and president of the Virginia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Michael Martin, presented data showing a major increase in levels of depression and anxiety in students. Martin said pediatricians statewide have noticed toddlers through college-age

Lirong Zhang,1 Shaocong Zhao,1 Wei Weng,1 Qiong Lin,2 Minmin Song,3 Shouren Wu,2 Hua Zheng4 1Department of Physical Education, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, Fujian, 361024, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Physical Education, JiMei University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361021, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Physical Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350008, People’s

“Talking about suicide is the first step toward getting help,” said Cami Fields. “So have those conversations…and be able to help save lives.” DALLAS — Two brothers in Allen, who admitted in a six-page suicide note that they had planned the murder-suicide of their family earlier this week, documented failed attempts to get successful treatment

While these therapies can ease Parkinson’s motor symptoms, their long-term use often results in side effects, most notably dyskinesia or erratic, involuntary movements. “The problem with the current treatment is that when people are on L-DOPA for five to 10 years, they start to develop side effects from their medication that some actually report as being as

IMAGE: Social psychologist Paula Pietromonaco is a professor emerita at UMass Amherst. view more  Credit: UMass Amherst Having a responsive, supportive partner minimizes the negative impacts of an individual’s depression or external stress on their romantic relationship, according to research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst social psychologist. Paula Pietromonaco, professor emerita of psychological and brain

Cells from healthy individuals with major depressive disorder were found to have higher than expected rates of methylation at specific sites on their DNA, when compared to cells from healthy individuals without MDD, according to a study by a multidisciplinary team of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and University of California San Francisco scientists,