Category: Depression

Study suggests mental health disorders are common following mild head injury

From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke press release: A new study reveals that approximately 1 in 5 individuals may experience mental health symptoms up to six months… Read more »

Study suggests positive well-being may protect against depression in people with autism

From the Wiley press release: In an Autism Research study of 36 newly employed adults with autism spectrum disorder who were participating in a supported employment program, positive well-being — or a… Read more »

Study suggests personality and mood affect brain response to personal choice

From the Elsevier press release: Personality traits and mental health affect how people value personal control in decision making, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging…. Read more »

Study suggests older adults’ abstract reasoning ability predicts depressive symptoms over time

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Age-related declines in abstract reasoning ability predict increasing depressive symptoms in subsequent years, according to data from a longitudinal study of older… Read more »

Study suggests linguistic red flags from Facebook posts can predict future depression diagnoses

From the University of Pennsylvania press release: In any given year, depression affects more than 6 percent of the adult population in the United States — some 16 million people… Read more »

Study suggests gene which decreases risk of social network-related stress, increases finance-related stress risk

From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: Researchers have discovered that the same gene which increases your risk of depression following financial stress as you grow older also reduces… Read more »