Depression

No evidence from a Mendelian randomization analysis supported a genetic liability associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). These findings were published in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal. Study researchers sourced data from recent meta-analyses of MDD (total: n=807,553 individuals; cases: n=246,363) and MS (cases: n=47,429; control group participants: n=68,374), […]

HIV raises your risk of depression, which can cause feelings of persistent sadness, hopelessness, fatigue, and other symptoms. Your doctor may prescribe medication, talk therapy, or a combination of both to help you manage depression. You may also find it helpful to join a support group. Living with HIV increases the chance that a person

“You have to win the battle against depression”, “what counts is not surrendering” and “this is not a short road” are examples of conceptual metaphors typically used to describe experiences and issues associated with disorders like depression. Such expressions allude to abstract concepts but do so using familiar terms that enable better understanding of the

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTGN), a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing a new generation of medicines with the potential to go beyond the current standard of care for anxiety, depression and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced today that data highlighting the proposed mechanism

Mental health company Novamind has been selected to work alongside pharmaceutical company Merck & Co on a clinical trial focused on treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The company’s subsidiary, Cedar Clinical Research (CCR) will act as a key research site for a phase II study assessing the efficacy and safety of Merck’s new drug for TRD. TRD

Giovanna Fletcher with brother Mario Falcone. (Getty) The Only Way Is Essex star Mario Falcone has said his sister Giovanna Fletcher helped save his life when he was struggling with his mental health and had attempted to take his own life. Falcone, 33, shared that when he was battling depression and at his lowest point

Former first lady Michelle Obama spoke candidly in an interview published Wednesday about her struggles with low-grade depression during the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges of 2020, encouraging Americans to speak more openly about their mental health.

The COVID pandemic has shone a light on the ongoing decline in young people’s mental health. Psychologists have warned if we don’t start to address the mental health emergency of young people’s anxiety and depression, it may become a “trans-generational disaster”. Paediatricians have said they are seeing growing numbers of young people coming to the

Kenny Moore wasn’t in New England long. The cornerback was cut just before the season in 2017 after he went undrafted out of Valdosta State. Moore, though, described that four-month period as one of the worst in his life. “I thought I was done with football,” he said, via Go Long with Tyler Dunne. “My

Background Depression is characterized as the presence of symptoms like depressed mood, loss of interest, change in appetite and sleep pattern, psychomotor agitation and retardation, lack of energy, feelings of guilt, problems of thinking and making decisions, and recurring thoughts of death or suicide.1 Maternal depression is a serious and common illness that can affect