Psychology & Psychiatry
Nurse creates app to help peers manage anxiety
While being a nurse can be fulfilling, it can also be challenging and taxing, especially when it comes to mental health and anxiety.
Jan 15, 2024
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Depression
Psychology & Psychiatry
Study provides insights into depression via ophthalmology
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry measured the pupillary reaction of participants while they were solving a task. In healthy participants, the pupils dilated during the task in anticipation of a reward, ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain structure predicts treatment response to antidepressant and placebo medications, finds study
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, University of East London (UEL) and the University of Pennsylvania has used artificial intelligence to analyze the ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early childhood irritability and tantrums linked to future depression and self-harm
Children whose irritability does not reduce between three and seven years are at higher risk of depression and self-harm as teenagers, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
Jan 11, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Neural mechanisms may serve as therapeutic target for depression
A recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry has identified previously unknown alterations in neural connectivity that promote psychomotor disturbance—a slowing or reduction in movement—in individuals with major depressive ...
Jan 11, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Perinatal depression linked to increased risk of death
Women who suffer depression during or after pregnancy have a higher risk of death by both natural and unnatural causes, a new study of childbirth in Sweden published in The BMJ reports. The increased risk peaks in the month ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Genetics
Newly identified genes for depression may lead to new treatments
More than 200 genes linked to depression have been newly identified in a worldwide study led by UCL researchers.
Jan 10, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Machine learning used to predict future health as people age
A cross-disciplinary research team from the University of Alberta is using health-related, lifestyle, socio-economic and other data to develop machine learning programs to predict the future mental and physical health of ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Feeling depressed linked to short-term increase in body weight, study finds
Increases in symptoms of depression are associated with a subsequent increase in body weight when measured one month later, new research from the University of Cambridge has found.
Jan 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Neuropsychological effects of rapid-acting antidepressants may explain their clinical benefits, new research finds
Rapid-acting antidepressants, including ketamine, scopolamine and psilocybin, have been found to have immediate and lasting positive effects on mood in patients with major depressive disorder but how these effects arise is ...
Jan 10, 2024
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