From the Mary Ann Liebert Inc. press release: Major depression affects as many as 16% of reproductive-aged women in the U.S. Yet pregnant women have a higher rate of undiagnosed depression than nonpregnant women, according…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: Acute stress alters the methylation of the DNA and thus the activity of certain genes. This is reported by researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum together with colleagues…
From the University of Melbourne press release via HealthCanal: Speech can measure the severity of depression as well as a patient’s response to treatment, a new collaborative study between the University of Melbourne and the…
From the Yale University press release: Major depression or chronic stress can cause the loss of brain volume, a condition that contributes to both emotional and cognitive impairment. Now a team of researchers led by…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release: A new way to study the role of a critical neurotransmitter in disorders such as epilepsy, anxiety, insomnia, depression, schizophrenia, and alcohol addiction has been developed by a…
From the University of Michigan Health System press release: It’s no secret that pregnancy hormones can dampen moods, but for some expectant moms, it’s much worse: 1 in 5 experience major depression. Now, new research…
From the George Washington University press release via EurekAlert!: New research, to be published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, finds that men who developed persistent sexual side effects while on finasteride (Propecia), a drug…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have discovered a biological marker that may help to identify which depressed patients will respond to an experimental, rapid-acting antidepressant. The brain signal,…
From the University of Utah Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: Women battling stubborn major depression may have a surprising new ally in their fight—the muscle-building dietary supplement creatine. In a new proof-of-concept study, researchers…
From the Norwegian Institute of Health press release via ScienceDaily: Long-term sick leave is a burden for individuals and society at large, yet very little is known about the underlying reasons for it. Researchers at…