News tagged with depressive disorder
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Body clocks of depressed people altered at cell level, researchers show
Every cell in our bodies runs on a 24-hour clock, tuned to the night-day, light-dark cycles that have ruled us since the dawn of humanity. The brain acts as timekeeper, keeping the cellular clock in sync ...
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May 13, 2013 |
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Brain development is guided by 'junk' DNA that isn't really junk
(Medical Xpress)—Specific DNA once dismissed as junk plays an important role in brain development and might be involved in several devastating neurological diseases, UC San Francisco scientists have found.
Genetics
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Strong genetic selection against some psych disorders
(HealthDay)—Different evolutionary mechanisms likely support the persistence of various psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2013 |
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Deep brain stimulation shows promising results for unipolar and bipolar depression
A new study shows that deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a safe and effective intervention for treatment-resistant depression in patients with either unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar ll disorder (BP). The ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 02, 2012 |
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New study confirms that mom's love good for child's brain
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.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Scientists pinpoint how deep brain stimulation eases OCD
(HealthDay)—Deep brain stimulation has helped people with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, and new research begins to explain why.
Neuroscience
Feb 24, 2013 |
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Genes linked to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
Broad sweeps of the human genome have exposed genetic mutations that boost the risk of the devastating yet baffling diseases of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to two studies published Sunday.
Genetics
Sep 18, 2011 |
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Creativity and bipolar disorder are linked, but not by some mad genius
(Medical Xpress) -- Does some fine madness yield great artists, writers and scientists? The evidence is growing for a significant link between bipolar disorder and creative temperament and achievement.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 21, 2012 |
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New research shows mental illness common, linked to heart disease
(Medical Xpress) -- Mental illnesses -- led by anxiety disorders and depression -- now affect one-quarter of the US population according to new research. In Europe a similar proportion -- about 27 percent ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Body clocks may hold key for treatment of bipolar disorder
Scientists have gained insight into why lithium salts are effective at treating bipolar disorder in what could lead to more targeted therapies with fewer side-effects.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Scientists find molecular evidence of brain changes in depressed females
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered molecular-level changes in the brains of women with major depressive disorder that link two hypotheses of the biological mechanisms that lead ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2011 |
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New drug for bipolar disorder may offer fewer side effects
(Medical Xpress)—A drug for bipolar disorder that works like lithium, the most common and effective treatment for the condition, but without lithium's toxicity and problem side-effects has been identified ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Positive effects of depression
Sadness, apathy, preoccupation. These traits come to mind when people think about depression, the world's most frequently diagnosed mental disorder. Yet, forthcoming research in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology provides eviden ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 04, 2011 |
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Risk of depression influenced by quality of relationships, research says
The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 30, 2013 |
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Looking at links between depression and insomnia
People with both insomnia and depression who have found anti-depressants ineffective can draw hope from a new study currently recruiting in Melbourne.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 27, 2012 |
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