Depression News From Medical News Today
3 Feb 2012 at 10:00am
According to new research published by The Lancet, there has been a substantial decrease in suicide rates among health authorities across England and Wales that adopted a new range of suicide recommendations...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:00am
As one of the most common, unrecognized and untreated health problems among young people, tackling depression is a serious priority for countries worldwide. The psychiatric disorder causes serious social and educational problems for patients, as well as leading to increased risk of suicide and substance abuse...
3 Feb 2012 at 3:00am
The initial assessment of a blood test to help diagnose major depressive disorder indicates it may become a useful clinical tool...
2 Feb 2012 at 2:00am
Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range of mammals and birds, have been found to be prevalent in psychiatric patients, but study results have been inconsistent...
31 Jan 2012 at 5:00pm
A recent study by child psychiatrists and neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition, states that children whose mothers showed them love and affection from the very beginning have brains with a larger hippocampus, which is a key part of the brain involved with...
31 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
Good news for the 13 per cent of the population with depressive personality traits: their negative outlook does not have to be permanent. This has been shown by psychologist Rachel Maddux in new research from Lund University in Sweden. Depression is a serious and sometimes devastating health problem which affects millions of people worldwide...
30 Jan 2012 at 12:00pm
According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, between 2005 and 2007, suicide rates among individuals serving in U.S. military services increased, particularly among those in the regular Army and National Guard. The study, which included the entire active duty U.S...
29 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
New research sheds light on cycle of low socioeconomic status and depression Could depression in adulthood be tied to a parent's level of education? A new study led by Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, a medical sociologist from McGill University, suggests this is the case...
28 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
A hallmark of the individual is the cultivation of personal interests, but for some people, their intellectual pursuits might actually be genetically predetermined. Survey results published by Princeton University researchers in the journal PLoS ONE suggest that a family history of psychiatric conditions such as autism and depression could influence the subjects a person finds engaging...
26 Jan 2012 at 5:00am
The odds of a major depressive episode are more than double for those working 11 or more hours a day compared to those working seven to eight hours a day, according to a report is published in the Jan. 25 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE...
26 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
Scientists now have a better understanding of the way that stress impacts the brain. New research, published by Cell Press in the January 26 issue of the journal Neuron, reveals pioneering evidence for a new mechanism of stress adaptation and may eventually lead to a better understanding of why prolonged and repeated exposure to stress can lead to anxiety disorders and depression...
24 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work...
23 Jan 2012 at 12:00pm
In the past year, 45.9 million Americans above the age of 18 years, or 20% of 18 year-olds, experienced mental illness, according to a new national report. Mental illness amongst those aged between 18 and 25 years (29.9%) was more than double as high, compared with people aged 50 years or older (14.3%)...
20 Jan 2012 at 3:00am
The amount of needless suffering caused by both acute and chronic pain in the United States is a major, overlooked medical problem that requires improved education at multiple levels, stretching from the implementation of new public health campaigns to better training of primary care physicians in pain management...
20 Jan 2012 at 2:00am
Since mephedrone was made illegal in the UK in 2010, the street price of the drug has risen while the quality has degraded, which in turn may have reduced use of the drug. New research published online reveals that young people who continued to use mephedrone after it became illegal would switch to a new legal high if it were pure and rated highly by their friends or on the Internet...
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Depression News
3 Feb 2012 at 10:27pm
It's common for women to get the "blues" from time to time during pregnancy. This may be attributed to raging pregnancy hormones as your body prepares itself for the huge undertaking of nurturing another life.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:22pm
A quarter of WA teenagers are spending more than four hours a day online using non-school-related websites, according to a survey.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:08pm
Doctors at the San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine are putting the "special" back in the hallucinogen known as "Special-K," or ketamine.
3 Feb 2012 at 1:03pm
Main Category: Depression Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 03 Feb 2012 - 7:00 PST As one of the most common, unrecognized and untreated health problems among young people, tackling depression is a serious priority for countries worldwide.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:58am
People with depression should stop smoking and cut down on alcohol to reduce the risk of heart disease.
3 Feb 2012 at 4:48am
Objective: International differences in disease prevalence rates are often reported and thought to reflect different lifestyles, genetics, or cultural differences in care-seeking behavior.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:35am
Depression shows no respect of person; children and adolescents are not exempt from its grasp.
2 Feb 2012 at 8:29pm
Newswise - MAYWOOD, Ill. -- A new magnetic therapy that treats major depression "is rapidly gaining momentum," said Dr.
2 Feb 2012 at 4:10pm
Aaron Carter and Leslie Carter pose with AJ McLean at LAX nightclub on August 16,2006 in Hollywood, California.
2 Feb 2012 at 12:05pm
People over 100 years old may say they feel "helpless" and "worthless" because they can't do the things they used to, but that doesn't mean they're not in good spirits suggests a new study.
2 Feb 2012 at 7:55am
Mike Kelley, an influential Los Angeles artist whose physically messy and psychologically complex projects laid the groundwork for present-day installation art, has died.
2 Feb 2012 at 5:51am
Not sure if you are feeling enough mental pain to be classified as depressed? A blood test can detect depression.
2 Feb 2012 at 1:36am
Two pueblo teenagers use Facebook to save a life and the performed the act of kindness with someone they didn't know.
1 Feb 2012 at 9:36pm
EXPERTS have warned teenagers could be at risk of a lifetime of health problems if symptoms of depression are not identified early.
1 Feb 2012 at 8:37pm
Depression is one of the most common mental health problems in young people worldwide, but it often goes unrecognised and untreated.
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ScienceDaily: Depression News
1 Feb 2012 at 11:09am
The initial assessment of a blood test to help diagnose major depressive disorder indicates it may become a useful clinical tool. Researchers report that analyzing levels of nine biomarkers accurately distinguished patients diagnosed with depression from control participants without significant false-positive results.
30 Jan 2012 at 4:01pm
School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress. The new research, by child psychiatrists and neuroscientists, is the first to show that changes in this critical region of children’s brain anatomy are linked to a mother’s nurturing.
27 Jan 2012 at 1:00pm
Good news for the 13 per cent of the population with depressive personality traits: their negative outlook does not have to be permanent, according to new research from Sweden.
26 Jan 2012 at 12:39pm
Could depression in adulthood be tied to a parent's level of education? A new study by a medical sociologist suggests this is the case.
25 Jan 2012 at 4:23pm
The odds of a major depressive episode are more than double for those working 11 or more hours a day compared to those working seven to eight hours a day.
25 Jan 2012 at 12:26pm
Scientists now have a better understanding of the way that stress impacts the brain. New research reveals pioneering evidence for a new mechanism of stress adaptation and may eventually lead to a better understanding of why prolonged and repeated exposure to stress can lead to anxiety disorders and depression.
20 Jan 2012 at 5:30pm
The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it. To date the long-term effect of this chemical on children exposed to PCE has been less clear, although there is some evidence that children of people who work in the dry cleaning industry have an increased risk of schizophrenia.
11 Jan 2012 at 9:40am
A new study found that employees with depression who receive treatment while still working are significantly more likely to be highly productive than those who do not. This is the first study of its kind to look into a possible correlation between treatment and productivity.
10 Jan 2012 at 8:35am
Patients simultaneously treated for both Type 2 diabetes and depression improve medication compliance and significantly improve blood sugar and depression levels compared to patients receiving usual care, according to a new study.
5 Jan 2012 at 12:16pm
Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to depression, according to psychiatrists.
5 Jan 2012 at 10:22am
An important ongoing debate in the field of psychiatry is whether inflammation in the body is a consequence of or contributor to major depression. A new study has attempted to resolve the issue.
4 Jan 2012 at 10:19am
Psychiatric disorders can be described on many levels, the most traditional of which are subjective descriptions of the experience of being depressed and the use of rating scales that quantify depressive symptoms. Over the past two decades, research has developed other strategies for describing the biological underpinnings of depression, including volumetric brain measurements using magnetic resonance imaging and the patterns of gene expression in white blood cells.
3 Jan 2012 at 12:53pm
Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research.
27 Dec 2011 at 8:30am
Women with celiac disease -- an autoimmune disorder associated with a negative reaction to eating gluten -- are more likely than the general population to report symptoms of depression and disordered eating, even when they adhere to a gluten-free diet, according to researchers.
21 Dec 2011 at 1:03pm
Scientists report that abnormal sequences of DNA known as rare copy number variants, or CNVs, appear to play a significant role in the risk for early onset bipolar disorder.
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