Psychology & Psychiatry
'Feeling like a burden' can be motivator for suicide in preteens
Quiet preteens who feel they're a burden on others are more likely to have suicidal thoughts and behaviors, a new study reports.
Apr 15, 2024
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Depression
Psychology & Psychiatry
Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable
Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than their European counterparts. That's the key finding of my team's recent study, published in American Psychologist.
Apr 14, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression in young people being driven by internet addiction, say researchers
Spending excessive time online is causing daytime sleepiness and symptoms of depression in adolescents, a major international study led by researchers at the University of Derby has found.
Apr 11, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds esketamine injection just after childbirth reduces depression in new mothers
A single low dose injection of esketamine given immediately after childbirth reduces major depressive episodes in individuals with depressive symptoms during pregnancy (prenatal depression), finds a clinical trial published ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Neuroscience
Brain stimulation treatment may improve depression, anxiety in older adults
A noninvasive brain stimulation treatment improved depression and anxiety symptoms among older adults in a new University of Florida-led study.
Apr 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Union accuses Kaiser of violations months after state fine on mental health care
Months after Kaiser Permanente reached a sweeping agreement with state regulators to improve its mental health services, the health care giant is facing union allegations that patients could be improperly losing such care.
Apr 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Certain personality traits possibly linked to increased risk of depression
A small team of psychiatrists and psychologists from The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, the University of Cambridge, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Virginia has found that ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers develop first ever clinically-validated natural supplement to prevent postpartum blues
A new study published in eClinicalMedicine has confirmed that a novel natural supplement—invented, researched, developed and commercialized at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)—prevents postpartum blues, ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Electroconvulsive therapy found to reduce severity of certain mental illnesses
Researchers have found that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), where an electric current is passed through the brain, can reduce the severity of mental illnesses. The findings were presented at EPA 2024.
Apr 9, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lonely children more likely to experience psychosis, new study finds
A new study suggests that children who felt lonely for more than six months before the age of 12 are more likely to experience an episode of psychosis than children who did not, with women more affected than men. The study ...
Apr 9, 2024
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