From the Purdue University press release via HealthCanal: Older mothers are more likely to be stressed when they receive help from an adult child who is not their preferred caretaker, according to new research from…
From the European Society of Cardiology press release via AlphaGalileo: Spouses of people who suffer a sudden heart attack (an acute myocardial infarction) have an increased risk of depression, anxiety, or suicide after the event,…
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,…