Psychology & Psychiatry
AI helps scientists predict depression outcomes
The psychiatry field has long sought answers to explain why antidepressants help only some people.
Sep 25, 2019
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Mood Disorders
Psychology & Psychiatry
Experience of being a minority puts US teens at higher risk of anxiety, depression
Puerto Rican teens growing up as minorities in the South Bronx are more likely to experience anxiety and depression than their peers growing up as a majority in Puerto Rico, even under similar conditions of poverty, says ...
Sep 9, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds women at greater risk of depression, anxiety after hysterectomy
Hysterectomy is associated with an increased risk of long-term mental health issues, especially depression and anxiety, according to a cohort study by Mayo Clinic researchers involving nearly 2,100 women.
Sep 4, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A serious mental disorder in one's youth can have a lasting impact on employment prospects
Mental disorders experienced in adolescence and early adulthood that require hospital care are connected with low income, poor education and unemployment over the life span of individuals.
Aug 21, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists discover how chronic stress causes brain damage
DGIST announced on July 2 that Professor Seong-Woon Yu's team in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences discovered that chronic stress causes autophagic death of adult hippocampal neural stem cells (NSCs). These findings ...
Aug 9, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Dissociative disorders are nearly as common as depression. So why haven't we heard about them?
Dissociative disorders are often said to be rare. But our soon-to-be published analysis of international studies suggest they affect 10-11% of the population at some point in their lives. This makes them nearly as common ...
Jul 24, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Poor sleep quality and fatigue plague women with premature ovarian insufficiency
Sleep disturbances are a frequent complaint of women in the menopause transition and postmenopause. A new study demonstrates that women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) who are receiving hormone therapy have poorer ...
Jul 16, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Landmark study reveals mental health toll for Aboriginal mothers
A landmark study has revealed an increase in the prevalence of mental health related issues among mothers of Aboriginal children in Western Australia.
Jul 8, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Exercise improves anxiety and mood in older adults undergoing chemotherapy
Although we know that exercise improves anxiety and mood problems in younger people with cancer, few studies have looked at the effects of exercise on older adults with cancer. Since most new cancer cases occur in adults ...
Jul 3, 2019
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Medical research
How are you feeling? Check your wristband
(HealthDay)—Remember the "mood ring" craze of the 1970s?
Jul 1, 2019
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