Category: Depression

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Depression is a common mental health condition that affects approximately 1 million Australians each year. It is a significant risk factor for suicide, the leading cause of death in young adults.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLOTTESVILLE, May 9, 2022 – Postpartum depression symptoms increased among U.S. women during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new UVA Health study reveals.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Irvine, CA – A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers, along with members of the Pritzker Research Consortium, have developed an approach to identify blood biomarkers that could predict the suicide risk

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Patients seeking treatment for depression who have lower income and education and those who are members of minority populations tend to have worse treatment outcomes even when receiving equal access to treatment

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – If you think living in a pandemic for the past few years has affected your mental well-being, you’re not alone.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Mayo Clinic researchers have taken the first step in using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict early outcomes with antidepressants in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHICAGO — Despite using antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), many pregnant women had lingering depression and anxiety symptoms throughout their pregnancy and postpartum

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine and Stanford Medicine have launched a collaborative, three-year study to investigate new ways to treat or prevent major depression….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Patients physically recovering from traumatic injury are at risk for experiencing psychological distress, particularly depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MADISON, Wis. — Rather than constantly repainting a new canvas with a picture of the surrounding world each time it takes in information, the human brain appears to build a working model….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers are one step closer to developing a blood test that provides a simple biochemical hallmark for depression and reveals the efficacy of drug therapy in individual patients.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For the first time since national data have been tracked in the United States, stigma toward people with depression has dropped significantly, according to a study by Indiana University researchers.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The holiday season can invite unwelcome guests into your life, such as loneliness, money problems, family demands and unrealistic expectations.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – STONY BROOK, NY, – A study of more than 2,400 adolescents ages 13 to 16 shows two online, single-session interventions designed to help curb teen depression works….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES — A new study led by researchers at UCLA Health has found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-I) prevented major depression, decreasing the likelihood of depression by over 50% ….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Students who participated in universal school-based depression screening were twice as likely to begin treatment compared to their peers who did not receive this screening

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Maybe they don’t want to leave home anymore, even for activities they used to enjoy. Maybe they’re sleeping all the time, or not enough.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Mushrooms have been making headlines due to their many health advantages. Not only do they lower one’s risk of cancer and premature death, but also reveals that these superfoods may benefit a person’s mental health.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHICAGO — Untreated depression in pregnant people is strongly linked to low birth weight and preterm birth, with Black pregnant people suffering worse outcomes than their white peers

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Depression among US adults persisted—and worsened—throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic