Psychology & Psychiatry
Ruminating on our ruminations causes more depression
Once you have depressive symptoms, it's easy to fall into a pattern where you aggravate the disorder by ruminative thinking.
May 17, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Ketamine acts fast to treat depression and its effects last—but how?
In contrast to most antidepressant medications, which can take several weeks to reduce depressive symptoms, ketamine—a commonly used veterinary anesthetic—can lift a person out of a deep depression within minutes of its ...
Jun 21, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychedelic treatment with psilocybin relieves major depression, study shows
In a small study of adults with major depression, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that two doses of the psychedelic substance psilocybin, given with supportive psychotherapy, produced rapid and large reductions ...
Nov 4, 2020
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Depression linked to consuming an inflammatory diet, increasing risk of frailty
A new study published in The Journal of Gerontology: Series A found a link between depression, diet, and the development of frailty. Frailty, defined as a recognizable state of increased vulnerability resulting from a decline ...
Jul 19, 2022
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Fathers are happier parents than mothers, new study shows
A study of 18,000 people shows that fathers experience more well-being from parenthood than mothers.
Feb 1, 2019
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Ketamine found to reduce bursting in brain area reducing depression quickly
A team of researchers at Zhejiang University in China has found that the drug ketamine reduces neuronal bursting in the lateral habenula (LHb) brain region, reducing symptoms of depression in rodent models. In their paper ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Healthy diet can ease symptoms of depression
An analysis of data from almost 46,000 people has found that weight loss, nutrient boosting and fat reduction diets can all reduce the symptoms of depression.
Feb 5, 2019
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Cardiology
Known risk factors largely explain links between loneliness and first time heart disease / stroke
Conventional risk factors largely explain the links observed between loneliness/social isolation and first time heart disease/stroke, finds the largest study of its kind published online in the journal Heart.
Mar 26, 2018
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Exposing mice to blue light at night leads to depressive symptoms
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that repeatedly exposing lab mice to blue light at night can lead to developing symptoms of depression. In their paper published in the journal ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
One technique therapists use that really helps depressed patients
Some depressed patients may be hoping for answers from their therapists, but a new study suggests questions may be the key.
Aug 11, 2015
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