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MSU researchers receive $3 million NIH grant to study testosterone’s role in depression

News - 24 Oct 2022

Major depressive disorder affects women twice as often as men, but researchers are still trying to identify the reasons why.

Depression risk increases with number of hours worked in stressful jobs

News - 20 Oct 2022

The more hours someone works each week in a stressful job, the more their risk of depression rises, a study in new doctors finds.

COVID pandemic saw a huge drop in patients seeking treatment for clinical depression

News - 17 Oct 2022

In the first study of its kind, German researchers have shown that the COVID pandemic saw a huge drop in the number of patients being admitted to hospital for clinical depression.

Distinct brain networks may be potential targets for neuromodulation therapies to treat depression

News - 13 Oct 2022

A new study that links the location of brain injury to levels of depression in patients following the injury has identified two distinct brain networks; one associated with increased depression...

Study: 70% of junior doctors reported severe depression, anxiety or stress during Covid-19 pandemic

News - 11 Oct 2022

Poor working conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic were factors in nearly half of junior doctors reporting symptoms of extremely severe depression, according to a new study led by the University of...

Clinical trial to examine new tools to improve psychological treatment for young people with depression

News - 6 Oct 2022

Some studies have shown alarming numbers of young people suffering from symptoms of depression.

Researchers to study how pregnant women with depression respond to antidepressants

News - 5 Oct 2022

Using a combination of biomarkers and mood assessments, researchers will study how pregnant women who are experiencing depression respond to different antidepressants in a clinical trial funded by a...

Study identifies a potential biological marker to help diagnose postpartum depression

News - 4 Oct 2022

A federally funded study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers discovered that communication among cells is altered in pregnant women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) after giving...

Study: One-third of Alzheimer’s disease family caregivers experience persistent depression symptoms

News - 30 Sep 2022

More than 60% of family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) experienced at least mild depressive symptoms already at the time the individual with AD was diagnosed. In one third of...

JGU researchers seek to gain a better understanding of depression

News - 16 Sep 2022

Human beings and fruit flies have very little in common - at first sight. However, studying these flies it is in fact possible to find out more about human nature, particularly when it comes to...