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Study shows Head Start teachers’ depressive symptoms related to children’s math skills

Teachers play a key role in supporting children’s development in early childhood education classrooms such as Head Start. Research shows significant associations between teachers’ depressive symptoms and their students’ social and emotional development. However, little research has focused on the associations between teachers’ depressive symptoms and academic outcomes of preschoolers from low-income families. Specifically, one […]

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Odds of depression formation in Gulf growing…so is a flooding rain threat

Odds of tropical depression formation in Gulf of Mexico this week continues to slowly grow while the threat of flooding rainfall for Acadiana also appears to be increasing into the weekend. An area of disturbed weather in the Bay of Campeche/extreme Southwest Gulf of Mexico appeared to be getting organized Tuesday afternoon as a westward

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Anti-inflammatory effects of omega-3 fatty acids could help reduce depression

The omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are found in oily fish. Researchers from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre assessed the effects of high doses of EPA and DHA in lab-grown neurones and then in patients to help clarify how they reduce inflammation

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Major Depressive Patients with Various Stability

Introduction Globally, more than 264 million people of all ages suffer from depression. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a disabling chronic mental health illness. Up to two-thirds of patients with major unipolar depression will not respond to the first medication prescribed.1 In fact, an inadequate response may appear after two consecutive antidepressant treatments with adequate

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UT Southwestern Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care partnering on Lone Star Depression Challenge: Newsroom

DALLAS – June 15, 2021 – UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care is collaborating with mental health colleagues across the country to expand detection and treatment for depression and other disorders across Texas as part of the Lone Star Depression Challenge. Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, Director of the Center for Depression Research and

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Exercise Likely the Best Treatment for Depression in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

The study authors said this research is the first systematic review that compares treatments for depression in those with coronary disease. A new study in Psychosomatic Medicine finds that exercise is likely the most effective option for the short-term treatment for depression among individuals with coronary heart disease versus antidepressants, psychotherapy, or more complex care.

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