Psychology & Psychiatry

Novel iPhone study on postpartum depression exceeds expectations

One month after launch, almost 10,000 women have enrolled in an iPhone-based research study being led by University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine researchers and the international Postpartum Depression: Action ...

Surgery

Sleep may impact mortality in lung transplant recipients

(HealthDay)—For lung transplant recipients, sleep should be assessed in order to better clarify the predictors of post-transplant mortality, according to a letter to the editor published online April 18 in the American ...

Genetics

Clock gene may connect mood and sleep

If you pull an all-nighter or stay up late to binge watch Game of Thrones, you will probably be grumpy the next day. But if you don't get enough sleep for weeks or months on end, you may develop depression or other lasting ...

Medical research

Blocking stress protein relieves chronic pain in mice

A group of drugs being developed to treat mood disorders could also relieve chronic pain, finds new UCL (University College London) research funded by the Medical Research Council.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Treating depressive symptoms at their roots

A wide range of compounds is on the market to ameliorate depressive symptoms. However, their efficiency is achieved only after long periods of treatment and not in all patients. Inserm researchers identified early cellular ...

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