Tag: depression
Watching birds near your home is good for your mental health
People living in neighbourhoods with more birds, shrubs and trees are less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and stress. Image credit: Flickr/Peter Miller
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Study suggests improving posture may help reduce depression
People with symptoms of depression may see temporary improvements to their mood by following the age-old advice to sit up straight. Image credit: Flickr/y2bd.
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Depression as hard on the heart as obesity and cholesterol
Risk of a fatal cardiovascular disease due to depression is almost as great as that due to elevated cholesterol levels or obesity. Image credit:Flickr/HAMZA...
Depression rates growing among adolescents, particularly girls
Study shows one in six girls report experiencing an episode of clinical depression over previous year. Image Credit: Flickr/amenclinicsphotos ac
The rate of adolescents reporting...
Link between stress hormone, obesity in depressed, bipolar patients
Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol are linked to obesity, high levels of fat in the blood and metabolic syndrome among patients with...
Depression lowers women’s chances of pregnancy, study finds
Credit: © Tatiana Vdb / Flickr
Women with severe depressive symptoms have a decreased chance of becoming pregnant, while the use of psychotropic medications does...
How depression and antidepressant drugs work
Mutations in the GABA-A receptor cause a temporary imbalance between GABA signaling (yellow) and glutamate signaling (blue) in the brain. Homeostatic down regulation of glutamate signaling rebalances the system at a lower level and can lead to depression. Treatment with ketamine restores both GABA and glutamate levels to normal. Credit: Penn State
New research demonstrates the effectiveness of ketamine to treat depression in a mouse model of the disease...
Intravenous ketamine may rapidly reduce suicidal thinking in depressed patients
Repeat ketamine infusions decreased -- and for some, eliminated -- suicidal thoughts in outpatients with treatment-resistant depression. Credit: © ryan melaugh / Flickr
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Ketamine lifts depression via a byproduct of its metabolism
Credit: NIH - National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
A chemical byproduct, or metabolite, created as the body breaks down ketamine likely holds the secret...
Over half of workers with depression do not recognize need for...
More than half of workers who reported symptoms of depression did not perceive a need for treatment, according to a study from the Centre...
