Women who receive strong social support from their families during pregnancy appear to be protected from sharp increases in a particular stress hormone, making them less likely to develop postpartum depression, according to a new study published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the ...
Date Posted: October 4, 2016
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Treating depressed individuals and figuring out who will and won’t respond to antidepressants is mostly trial and error, but a new study may shed some light on predicting the response of a group of depressed individuals age 60 and older.
Sep 11
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Facebook provides us with social capital – and these valuable social experiences make us feel connected. But bear in mind that not everyone feels Facebook is an upbeat and pleasing social past time.
Sep 4
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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In the central nervous system, serotonergic transmission is critically regulated by serotonin reuptake through the serotonin transporter.
Sep 3
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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A new study in mice suggests that serotonin deficiency may not play as influential a role in depression as has previously been thought.
Sep 2
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Lots of people experience depression, while others just have bad days or just are feeling down on themselves. No matter why they're depressed, sad, or unmotivated to do much of anything, one thing is certain — it's a tough feeling to experience. ...
Sep 1
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Depression may be better predicted and understood now that University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered that young adults who previously experienced the mental illness have hyper-connected emotional and cognitive networks in the ...
Sep 1
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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A mindfulness-based therapy for depression has the added benefit of reducing health-care visits among patients who often see their family doctors, according to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Institute for ...
Aug 26
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Patients with severe, nonchronic depression had better rates of recovery if they were treated with cognitive therapy (CT) combined with antidepressant medication (ADM) compared to ADMs alone.
Aug 21
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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People taking prescription opioids to treat moderate to severe pain may be able to breathe a little easier, literally. A study found that a new therapeutic drug, GAL-021, may reverse or prevent respiratory depression, or inadequate breathing, in ...
Aug 20
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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eople who develop depression and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) after age 65 are more likely to have biological and brain imaging markers that reflect a greater vulnerability for accelerated brain aging, according to a study conducted by ...
Aug 11
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Adolescents who behave aggressively are more likely to drink alcohol and in larger quantities than their peers, according to a recent study completed in Finland.
Aug 8
Categories: Addictions, Aggression & Violence, Depression, Post Partum ...
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The first UK study of the use of ketamine intravenous infusions in people with treatment-resistant depression has been carried out in an NHS clinic by researchers at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford.
Aug 7
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Research led by the University of Adelaide has resulted in new insights into clinical depression that demonstrate there cannot be a "one-size-fits-all" approach to treating the disease.
Aug 5
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Children diagnosed with depression as preschoolers are likely to suffer from depression as school-age children and young adolescents, new research shows.
Aug 5
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Depression, Post ...
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A new KU Leuven study shows for the first time that the dampening or suppression of positive emotions plays an important role in the development of postpartum depression. This has implications for the treatment of depressed mothers.
May 2
Categories: Post Partum Depression
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