Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression treatment needs overhaul
The way depression is diagnosed and treated needs a major overhaul, say authors of a new review article in the scientific journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
Nov 3, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Immigrants living in the country without authorization at risk for anxiety and depression
Nearly a quarter of Mexican immigrants who live near the California-Mexico border without legal authorization have a mental disorder, particularly depression or anxiety, according to a new study by Rice University.
Oct 30, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study identifies risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms in African-American men
African-American men report an average of eight depressive symptoms in a month, with family support, mastery, self-esteem, chronic stressors and discrimination among the factors that are significant to their psychological ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depressed patients who are treated with antidepressants do worse in the long run
In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics a new analysis discloses insights into the long term effects of antidepressant drugs. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is more often chronic or recurrent in clinical ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Treating depression—an expert discusses risks, benefits of ketamine
Up to a third of patients with depression don't respond to traditional forms of treatment. For those patients, the dark fog that hovers over their lives feels like it will never lift. But a new treatment called ketamine has ...
Oct 20, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study links brain inflammation to suicidal thinking in depression
Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) have increased brain levels of a marker of microglial activation, a sign of inflammation, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry by researchers at the University of ...
Sep 21, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Examining how psychiatric disorders progress
Loyola Medicine psychiatrist Angelos Halaris, MD, is co-editor of a major new publication examining how psychiatric disorders progress over time, and how this progression can be stopped.
Sep 12, 2017
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Addiction
What makes alcoholics drink? Research shows it's more complex than supposed
What makes alcoholics drink? New research has found that in both men and women with alcohol dependence, the major factor predicting the amount of drinking seems to be a question of immediate mood. They found that suffering ...
Sep 7, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Will ketamine treat your depression? Check your activity monitor
During a depressive episode, people often report having reduced energy, feeling slowed down and having reduced interest in activities. As their mood lifts, energy and activity return to their usual levels. A new study in ...
Aug 15, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Combination of CACNA1C-gene and stress increases risk for psychiatric disorders
Using genome-wide association studies, researchers are identifying more and more genes associated with psychiatric disorders. However, these studies do not take into account the influence of the environment, which also plays ...
Jul 21, 2017
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