Depression News From Medical News Today
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:12:36 +0200
Less Than 5 Hours Sleep Linked To Higher Mental Illness Risk
Young healthy adults aged between 17 and 24 years who get less than an average of 5 hours' sleep each night have three times the risk of developing a mental illness compared to individuals of the same age who sleep eight to nine hours every night, according to a study carried out by the George Institute on Global Health, published in the medical journal Sleep...
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 PDT
Young Black Women At Increased Risk Of Self-Harm, Study Shows
Young, Black women are significantly more likely to self-harm than people from other ethnic groups, according to new research published in the September issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry...
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
NAMI Raises Concern For Impact Of Mental Health Care Budget Cuts On Low-Income Mothers And Infants; Urban Institute Study Released
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has raised added concern about a study released by The Urban Institute that shows more than one-half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers living with depression -- creating parenting and child development challenges...
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
New Social Intervention To Help Pakistani Women With Depression
Researchers from the University of Manchester have developed a social intervention to help British Pakistani women with depression. Their 10-week programme, which was trialled in the north-west of England, helped the women feel more positive and improved their satisfaction and social functioning. The findings are published in the September issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry...
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Study Findings Show Value Of Dietary Supplement SAMe In Treatment Of Adults With Major Depressive Disorders
A new study conducted by investigators at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) suggests that S-Adenosyl Methionine (SAMe), an over-the-counter dietary supplement, can be an effective, relatively well-tolerated, adjunctive treatment for adults with major depressive disorders who do not respond to their treatment with antidepressant medication...
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Naurex's Novel Antidepressant GLYX-13 Recognized As One Of Windhover's Top 10 Neuroscience Projects To Watch
Naurex Inc., a clinical stage company developing innovative treatments for depression and other CNS disorders, reported that its clinical stage candidate for the treatment of depression, GLYX-13, and its second-generation NRX-1050 series have been selected for inclusion on Windhover's list of the "Top 10 Most Interesting Neuroscience Projects to Watch...
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Neural Clues To The Calming Effects Of Self-Harm
The notion that cutting or burning oneself could provide relief from emotional distress is difficult to understand for most people, but it is an experience reported commonly among people who compulsively hurt themselves. Individuals with borderline personality disorder experience intense emotions and often show a deficiency of emotion regulation skills...
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Defining Depression At The Neurobiological Level
Depression is actually defined by specific clinical symptoms such as sadness, difficulty to experience pleasure, sleep problems etc., present for at least two weeks, with impairment of psychosocial functioning. These symptoms guide the physician to make a diagnosis and to select antidepressant treatment such as drugs or psychotherapy...
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Circadian Rhythms: Their Role And Dysfunction In Affective Disorder
All humans are synchronised to the rhythmic light-dark changes that occur on a daily basis. Rhythms in physiological and biochemical processes and behavioural patterns persist in the absence of all external 24-hour signals from the physical environment, with a period that is close to 24 hours...
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Ecopsychology Journal Explores The Devastating Psychological Effects Of The BP Gulf Disaster
Anger, depression, and helplessness are the main psychological responses being seen in response to the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and they are likely to have long-lasting effects, according to an interview in Ecopsychology, a peer-reviewed, online journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The interview is available free online here...
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
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