Archive for the 'Depression' Category
Recovering From Heart Attack A Challenge For The Depressed
Mental state can play a crucial role in physical health – medical professionals have long known about the connection between anxiety and the immune system, for example. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University have found that mental health can also interfere with the heart…
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No commentsSad Music Can Bring On Real Sadness
A unique study by Finnish researchers published in the January issue of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts shows that listening to sad music can cause genuine sadness in listeners, and that people’s personalities have an important effect on the emotional responses to sad music. Scientists have debated the issue for decades but were unable to provide reliable proof…
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No commentsCould The Risk Of Sudden Unexpected Death In Epilepsy Be Reduced By Antidepressants?
A groundbreaking study published in Elsevier’s Epilepsy & Behavior, provides evidence in mouse model that drugs known as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs; one category of antidepressants) may reduce the risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). SUDEP is estimated to be the cause of death in up to 17% of patients with epilepsy who die from their condition…
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No commentsPhysical Activity Yields Feelings Of Excitement, Enthusiasm
People who are more physically active report greater levels of excitement and enthusiasm than people who are less physically active, according to Penn State researchers. People also are more likely to report feelings of excitement and enthusiasm on days when they are more physically active than usual…
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No commentsDepression Linked To Adolescent Bullying
A recent study by authors Gary Ladd, a professor in the School of Social and Family Dynamics, Karen Rudolph, University of Illinois, and Karen Kochel, an assistant professor in ASU’s School of Social and Family Dynamics and published in Child Development, explains that teens suffering from depression are at a greater risk of being bullied due to difficulties in establishing f…
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No commentsDepression Often Leads To Difficulties With Peers In Middle Childhood
Children who have difficult relationships with their peers can experience more psychological dysfunction, such as depression…
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No commentsUnderstanding A Patient’s Mental Health Status Before Hip Replacement Surgery May Improve Education And Care
Patients taking antidepressants up to three years prior to undergoing a total hip replacement (THR) were more likely to report greater pain before and after surgery and less satisfaction with their procedure, according to new research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)…
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No commentsNew Technique Holds Promise For Better Understanding Of Brain Disorders
By harnessing quantum dots – tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few billionths of a meter across – researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new and vastly more targeted way to stimulate neurons in the brain…
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No commentsNew Smartphone, A Virtual Therapist And Other Novel Technologies To Treat Depression
Brooding in your apartment on Saturday afternoon? A new smart phone intuits when you’re depressed and will nudge you to call or go out with friends. It’s the future of therapy at a new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine center where scientists are inventing web-based, mobile and virtual technologies to treat depression and other mood disorders…
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No commentsThe Health Impacts Of Comparing Yourself To Others
Comparing yourself to others with the same health problem can influence your physical and emotional health, according to researchers who conducted a qualitative synthesis of over 30 studies focusing on the relationship between social comparisons and health…
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