May 9th, 2013

Mothers who catch the flu during pregnancy may be almost four times more likely to have a child who develops bipolar disorder, according ...
May 8th, 2013

Women who are victims of domestic violence are at a higher risk of becoming depressed, according to a new study.
Conversely, the new study also found that ...
May 7th, 2013

For many people who don't respond to standard antidepressant treatment, electric brain stimulation -- known as vagus nerve stimulation -- has been shown to effectively relieve severe symptoms of ...
May 6th, 2013

Early childhood adversity -- such as maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence, or living with another person with serious mental illness -- may carry heavy consequences from generation to generation, ...
May 4th, 2013

A new study reveals that practitioners of meditation experience changes in gene expression that are the exact opposite of what occurs during the "flight ...
May 4th, 2013

A new study reveals that depression is associated with the later development of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia -- a condition caused by blocked or reduced blood flow ...
May 3rd, 2013

A new UK study finds that exercise is not effective in reducing the burden of depression among elderly nursing home residents.
Although exercise is ...
May 2nd, 2013

New research finds that some people are better off not having a spouse than being in a poor relationship.
University of Michigan researchers found that ...
May 1st, 2013

A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests Americans are overdiagnosed and overtreated for depression.
Researchers examined adults with depression identified by ...
April 29th, 2013

A new study suggests the people who take the most popular class of antidepressants are at increased risk for medical complications after surgery. The risks include ...