Psychology & Psychiatry
Arthritis sufferers don't get the mental health support they need, study says
People with inflammatory arthritis run a substantially increased risk for mood disorders like depression and anxiety.
Feb 19, 2025
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Mood Disorders
Psychology & Psychiatry
Australians are waiting 12 years on average before seeking help for a mental health problem, study shows
Australians are waiting an average of 12 years to seek treatment for mental health and substance use disorders, our new research shows.
Feb 18, 2025
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Addiction
Poor sleep and addiction go hand in hand—understanding how could lead to new treatments for opioid use disorder
A good night's sleep often sets the stage for a positive day. But for the nearly quarter of American adults struggling with mental illness, a good night's rest is often elusive.
Feb 10, 2025
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The link between headache disorders and suicide—a 25-year Danish cohort study
New evidence from a large population-based cohort analysis indicates an increased risk of both attempted and completed suicide among individuals diagnosed with headache disorders. Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Meditation found to induce changes in deep brain areas associated with memory and emotional regulation
Researchers using intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings from deep within the brain found that meditation led to changes in activity in the amygdala and hippocampus, key brain regions involved in emotional regulation ...
Feb 4, 2025
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds mood disorders, not concussions, affect ex-athletes' cognition
Former college athletes with a history of concussions were more likely to perceive themselves as cognitively impaired later in life if they had mood disorders such as depression and anxiety—even when testing showed no such ...
Jan 23, 2025
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Neuroscience
Specific neurons with an immune 'doorbell' may influence mood and memory
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key molecule involved in inflammation and plays an important role in both healthy and diseased states. In disease, high levels of IL-1 in the brain are linked to neuroinflammation, which can disrupt ...
Jan 17, 2025
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Health
Vitamin deficiency may be why you're so tired. A nutritional neuroscientist explains
Feeling drained and lethargic is common: A 2022 national survey found that 13.5% of U.S. adults said they felt "very tired" or "exhausted" most days or every day over a three-month period.
Jan 7, 2025
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Rural women face tougher time with menopause, study finds
Menopausal and postmenopausal women who live in rural areas reported more mood swings, muscle and joint pain, vaginal dryness and urinary problems than did their urban counterparts, according to a study published this month ...
Jan 2, 2025
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Health
The 'choking game' and other challenges amplified by social media can come with deadly consequences
The "choking game" has potentially deadly consequences, as players are challenged to temporarily strangle themselves by restricting oxygen to the brain. It sounds terrifying, but rough estimates suggest that about 10% of ...
Dec 25, 2024
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Mood disorder is the term designating a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) classification system where a disturbance in the person's mood is hypothesized to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10.
English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder, as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal emotional state, whereas the former refers to the external expression observed by others.
Two groups of mood disorders are broadly recognized; the division is based on whether the person has ever had a manic or hypomanic episode. Thus, there are depressive disorders, of which the best-known and most researched is major depressive disorder (MDD) commonly called clinical depression or major depression, and bipolar disorder (BD), formerly known as manic depression and characterized by intermittent episodes of mania or hypomania, usually interlaced with depressive episodes.
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