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Cultural factors influence Chinese Americans' health, study reveals

Since 2011, the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago, the most extensive epidemiological cohort study of Chinese older adults in the United States, has revealed critical health disparities among the growing Chinese American population.

13 Aug 2019

Alzheimer's disease attacks brain regions responsible for wakefulness

Researchers and caregivers have noted that excessive daytime napping can develop long before the memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease begin to unfold.

13 Aug 2019

Warning signs of serious mental illness in children

A recent report by the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers University showed a rise in suicide attempts by pre-teens over the past 18 months -; a trend that has been seen across the nation.

13 Aug 2019

Adults who combine opioids and cannabis have more mental health issues

A researcher from the University of Houston has found that adults who take prescription opioids for severe pain are more likely to have increased anxiety, depression and substance abuse issues if they also use marijuana.

12 Aug 2019

Psychiatric symptoms may indicate the beginning of Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) and the University of São Paulo have shown that the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s brain pathology are tightly linked to neuropsychiatric symptoms such as anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances.

12 Aug 2019

Excessive daytime sleeping could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s

Excessive daytime napping often develops long before the memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease occur. Now, researchers may have found the striking new biological explanation for this phenomenon.

12 Aug 2019

Exercise and increased physical activity are effective for prevention, treatment of depression

Exercise training and increased physical activity are effective for both prevention and treatment of depression, concludes a research review in the August issue of Current Sports Medicine Reports, official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.

12 Aug 2019

People who work with animals may be at increased risk of mental health issues

While it might sound like fun to work around pets every day, veterinarians and people who volunteer at animal shelters face particular stressors that can place them at risk for depression, anxiety and even suicide, according to research presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

12 Aug 2019

Cells and organisms evolved complex biochemical circuits that follow control theory

In the last 150 years, engineers have developed and mastered ways to stabilize dynamic systems, without lag or overshoot, using what's known as control theory.

12 Aug 2019

Stress and anxiety often play a helpful, not harmful, role in our daily lives

People generally think of stress and anxiety as negative concepts, but while both stress and anxiety can reach unhealthy levels, psychologists have long known that both are unavoidable -- and that they often play a helpful, not harmful, role in our daily lives, according to a presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

12 Aug 2019

Depression symptoms together with AD pathology could trigger changes in memory and thinking

Increasingly, Alzheimer's disease research has focused on the preclinical stage, when people have biological evidence of AD but no or minimal symptoms, and when interventions might have the potential to prevent future decline of older adults.

10 Aug 2019

New soft neural implant can be wirelessly controlled using a smartphone

Researchers have developed a soft neural implant that can be wirelessly controlled using a smartphone. It is the first wireless neural device capable of indefinitely delivering multiple drugs and multiple color lights, which neuroscientists believe can speed up efforts to uncover brain diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, addiction, depression, and pain.

9 Aug 2019

Depression is the single largest driver of substance use in pregnant women

It is well known that tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use during pregnancy are associated with poor birth outcomes, yet many women continue to use these substances during pregnancy.

9 Aug 2019

Caffeine before bedtime has little effect on sleep quality, but alcohol and nicotine does

A new study has found that drinking coffee close to bedtime does not affect the quality of sleep, but that evening alcohol intake and smoking do.

8 Aug 2019

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in palliative care use among hospitalized patients with ESKD

Striking racial and ethnic disparities exist in the use of palliative care by hospitalized patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report. The findings were published today in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

8 Aug 2019

Most older people with advancing dementia remain at home, despite pain and poor health

Contrary to popular belief, most older Americans with advancing dementia remain in their own homes -- many until they die.

7 Aug 2019

Vitamin D supplementation may help treat non-motor symptoms related to Parkinson's disease

In an Acta Neurologica Scandinavia study of 182 patients with Parkinson's disease and 185 healthy controls, patients with Parkinson's disease had significantly lower levels of vitamin D in their blood.

7 Aug 2019

New initiative launched to support development and application of psychology research

In recent years, efforts to understand the workings of the mind have taken on new-found urgency. Not only are psychological and neurological disorders -- from Alzheimer's disease and strokes to autism and anxiety -- becoming more widespread, new tools and methods have emerged that allow scientists to explore the structure of, and activity within, the brain with greater granularity.

7 Aug 2019

Specialized psychiatric care helps woman with bipolar depression to achieve motherhood

Rebecca Jo Manzella, 31, of Mount Clemens, was diagnosed with bipolar depression her junior year of high school. Lithium, the medication doctors prescribed for her, was the game changer. Its therapeutic benefits allowed her to return to her studies and continue to maintain healthy relationships with family and friends.

6 Aug 2019

Study examines the utility of thyroid function screening in youth with mood and anxiety disorders

A new study from researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's looks at the prevalence of abnormal thyroid function in youth with severe mood and anxiety disorder.

6 Aug 2019

Depression News and Research

Latest Depression News and Research

Cultural factors influence Chinese Americans' health, study reveals

Alzheimer's disease attacks brain regions responsible for wakefulness

Warning signs of serious mental illness in children

Adults who combine opioids and cannabis have more mental health issues

Psychiatric symptoms may indicate the beginning of Alzheimer’s disease

Excessive daytime sleeping could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s

Exercise and increased physical activity are effective for prevention, treatment of depression

People who work with animals may be at increased risk of mental health issues

Cells and organisms evolved complex biochemical circuits that follow control theory

Stress and anxiety often play a helpful, not harmful, role in our daily lives

Depression symptoms together with AD pathology could trigger changes in memory and thinking

New soft neural implant can be wirelessly controlled using a smartphone

Depression is the single largest driver of substance use in pregnant women

Caffeine before bedtime has little effect on sleep quality, but alcohol and nicotine does

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in palliative care use among hospitalized patients with ESKD

Most older people with advancing dementia remain at home, despite pain and poor health

Vitamin D supplementation may help treat non-motor symptoms related to Parkinson's disease

New initiative launched to support development and application of psychology research

Specialized psychiatric care helps woman with bipolar depression to achieve motherhood

Study examines the utility of thyroid function screening in youth with mood and anxiety disorders

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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Depression News and Research

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