Category: Depression

Study suggests people with anxiety may strategically choose worrying over relaxing

From the Penn State press release: Relaxing is supposed to be good for the body and soul, but people with anxiety may actively resist relaxation and continue worrying to avoid… Read more »

Study looks at what comes first, smartphone dependency or depression?

From the University of Arizona press release: Young people who are hooked on their smartphones may be at an increased risk for depression and loneliness, according to a new study… Read more »

Study suggests overall time on social media is not related to teen anxiety and depression

From the Brigham Young University press release: The amount of time teenagers spend on social networking sites has risen 62.5 percent since 2012 and continues to grow. Just last year,… Read more »

Study suggests teens who don’t date are less depressed and have better social skills

From the University of Georgia press release: Dating, especially during the teenage years, is thought to be an important way for young people to build self-identity, develop social skills, learn… Read more »

Study suggests a little kindness goes a long way for worker performance and health

From the Penn State press release: Small gestures of kindness by employers can have big impacts on employees’ health and work performance, according to an international team of researchers. The… Read more »

Researchers discover direct link from brain’s emotion circuit to movement circuit

From the Salk Institute press release: During high stress situations such as making a goal in soccer, some athletes experience a rapid decline in performance under pressure, known as “choking.”… Read more »

Study suggests depression symptoms in Alzheimer’s could be signs for cognitive decline

From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: Increasingly, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research has focused on the preclinical stage, when people have biological evidence of AD but no or minimal symptoms,… Read more »

Study suggests negative memory storage affects depression symptoms

From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Physical manifestations of negative memories in the hippocampus could underlie cognitive symptoms of depression, according to research in mice published in JNeurosci. Inhibiting these… Read more »

Study suggests multiple brain regions moderate and link depressive mood and pain

From the University of California – San Diego press release: Depression is linked to diminished activity in parts of the brain believed to regulate mood, which previous research suggests may… Read more »