Depression News and Research

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New study maps the broad spectrum of neurodiversity with innovative model

A JCCP Advances study introduces a new model to understand the broad spectrum of neurodiversity, revealing that individual traits can span across multiple neurodevelopmental conditions, offering a more nuanced approach to neurodiversity.

8 Feb 2024

Intravenous DMT shows promise in reducing depression symptoms, study reveals

A study in Scientific Reports shows intravenous DMT can significantly reduce depression severity in healthy volunteers, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic psychedelic intervention for mental health disorders.

8 Feb 2024

Enzyme released by immune cells may play role in depression

Mount Sinai researchers have shown for the first time that immune cells called monocytes, derived in the bone marrow and released into the bloodstream, can be drawn during stress into sites in the brain that control emotional behaviors.

8 Feb 2024

Study advances search for a blood test to identify disease-associated changes in the brain

Researchers in a Johns Hopkins Children's Center-led study that used genetic material from human blood and lab-grown brain cells say they have made progress in developing a blood test to identify disease-associated changes in the brain specifically linked to postpartum depression and other psychiatric and neurological disorders.

8 Feb 2024

Parental traits offer new clues to predicting neurodevelopmental disorders in children

Predicting the trajectory of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders like autism or schizophrenia is difficult because they can be influenced by many different genetic and environmental factors.

8 Feb 2024

The impact of drinking water quality on mental health and the modifying role of diet

Researchers estimate how exposure to various trace elements in drinking water increases the risk of depression and anxiety.

8 Feb 2024

The relationship between psychiatric disorders and known genetic risks of dementia

Researchers investigated how pre-dementia psychiatric diagnoses relate to well-recognized genetic risk factors for dementia in a large longitudinal population-based cohort—the United Kingdom Biobank (UKB).

8 Feb 2024

Study tracks health and quality of life in chronically critically ill COVID-19 patients months after hospital discharge

Researchers investigated chronic critical illness in COVID-19 survivors who sought ICU admission and were on mechanical ventilation due to severe infection by SARS-CoV-2.

8 Feb 2024

Study suggests there may be specific pathways to adolescent depression that begin in the womb

Researchers investigated the relationship between prenatal maternal inflammation (PNMI) and depressive symptoms in their adolescent offspring.

8 Feb 2024

Study finds gut health key to combating skin diseases, eyes probiotics as potential treatment

Researchers review the significant impact of gut microbiome dysbiosis on skin diseases, suggesting probiotics could offer a new treatment path.

7 Feb 2024

Body temperature fluctuations tied to depression severity

Study links higher body temperatures and reduced temperature fluctuations with increased depression severity, suggesting temperature regulation as a potential treatment target.

7 Feb 2024

Study tracks long COVID's shifting course in general population

Long COVID trajectories in a general population cohort show variable recovery patterns, with a portion of patients experiencing improvement, deterioration, or stable symptoms over time.

7 Feb 2024

Study uncovers factors associated with high allostatic load

Allostatic load refers to a disorder of the body's stress response, which has been shown to increase the risk of mortality and various health risks, as well as being associated with mental disorders.

7 Feb 2024

New review: 1.6% of women and girls have debilitating Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Around 1.6% of women and girls have symptomatic Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), according to a new review of global studies.

7 Feb 2024

Study reveals high insomnia rates in non-hospitalized COVID-19 survivors

Researchers investigated insomnia prevalence and its association with anxiety and depression in the non-hospitalized COVID-19-recovered community.

7 Feb 2024

New link between stress, immune system, and depression discovered

Chronic stress affects the immune system and the brain. UZH researchers now show that a particular enzyme found in cells of the immune system enters the brain under stress.

7 Feb 2024

Poll reveals music's powerful impact on aging population

Whether it's singing in a choir, playing the living room piano, joining in hymns at church, or just whistling along with the radio, a new poll finds that nearly all older adults say music brings them far more than just entertainment.

7 Feb 2024

AI helps predict antidepressant response in a week

In patients with major depression disorder it is, thanks to use of artificial intelligence, now possible to predict within a week whether an antidepressant will work.

7 Feb 2024

Colorado moves to connect agricultural workers with mental health resources

Colorado lawmakers have proposed a pair of measures they say will improve the availability of mental health resources for the state's agricultural industry, as stress, anxiety, and depression among ranchers and farmhands have emerged as critical issues that have worsened since the coronavirus pandemic.

7 Feb 2024