Category: Depression

Music therapy has positive effects on young cancer patients coping skills, social integration

From the Wiley media release: A new study has found that adolescents and young adults undergoing cancer treatment gain coping skills and resilience-related outcomes when they participate in a therapeutic… Read more »

Mental disorders in mid-life and older adulthood more prevalent than previously reported

From the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health media release: Common methods of assessing or physical disorders may consistently underestimate the prevalence of mental disorders among middle-aged and… Read more »

Depressive symptoms linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women

From the Boston University Medical Center media release: According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported high levels of depressive… Read more »

Primary care practitioners hesitate to prescribe antidepressants for depressed teens

From the Wolters Kluwer Health media release: Pediatric primary care practitioners (PCPs) are reluctant to prescribe antidepressant medications to adolescent patients — even those with severe depression, reports a study… Read more »