April 3, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
Men are just as likely as women to want kids, and they feel more depressed, isolated, angry and sad than women if they are childless, according to a new study. The research was presented at the British Sociological Association yearly conference in Lond…
April 2, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
Antidepressants are commonly prescribed for the treatment of depression, but many individuals do not experience symptom relief from treatment…
March 20, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that depression results from a disturbance in the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other. The study indicates a major shift in our understanding of how depression is…
March 19, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
Mindfulness is a form of meditation therapy focused on exercising ‘attentiveness’. Depression is often rooted in a downward spiral of negative feelings and worries. Once a person learns to more quickly recognise these feelings and thoughts, he or she c…
March 15, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights A study by Katherine L. Wisner, M.D., M.S., and colleagues screened postpartum women for depression and examined positive screening findings to determine the timing of the episode’s onset, along with the rate and intens…
March 13, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
A study published this week in PLOS Medicine finds that while antipsychotic medications are associated with small-to-moderate improvements in depressive symptoms in adults, there is little evidence for improvement on measures of quality of life and the…
March 11, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
What makes us happy? Family? Money? Love? How about a peptide? The neurochemical changes underlying human emotions and social behavior are largely unknown. Now though, for the first time in humans, scientists at UCLA have measured the release of a spec…
February 27, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research highlights a memory strategy that may help people who suffer from depression in recalling positive day-to-day experiences. The study is published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science…
February 21, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
A Loyola University Medical Center psychiatrist is proposing a new subspecialty to diagnose and treat patients who suffer both depression and heart disease. He’s calling it “Psychocardiology…
February 14, 2013 by NewsBot - No Comment
When is it time for parents to back away? A new study shows that college students with overcontrolling parents are more likely to be depressed and less satisfied with their lives. This so-called helicopter parenting style negatively affects students’ w…
