Depression

Scientists find dual treatments to fight PTSD and depression

Scientists from Flinders University found a method to treat PTSD and major depressive disorder together. The research is published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders and...

Antibiotic treatments may increase depression risk

Scientists from Leiden University found people who have taken antibiotics in the past three months pay more attention to negative facial expressions. This may explain...

People with depression and anxiety may get Alzheimer’s disease early

Scientists from the University of California San Francisco found that having depression is known to increase your risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. They found that...

Scientists find how to treat depression and dementia from eyes

Scientists from The University of Hong Kong found that the electrical stimulation of the eye surface can reduce depression-like symptoms and improve cognitive function. The...

Emotional childhood abuse linked to schizophrenia symptoms in adulthood

Scientists from the University of Hertfordshire found a strong link between childhood emotional abuse and schizophrenia-like experiences in healthy adults, such as paranoia, hearing...

Common painkillers could help improve blood vessel health in people with depression

Science has long established a link between depression and cardiovascular disease, but the precise nature of the connection is less clear. In a new study,...

This common depression drug may help fight dangerous brain cancer

Glioblastoma is a difficult to treat, often deadly, brain cancer. It’s the most common malignant brain cancer in adults, but scientists don’t have any way...

COVID-19 conspiracy theories linked to depression

The Global COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by a significant minority of people expressing conspiratorial beliefs. Scientists from the Medical University of Silesia found that...

This depression drug could treat vision loss in older people

Scientists from the University of Virginia found a depression drug best known as Prozac could offer the first treatment for the leading cause of blindness...

People with this common bowel disease 9 times more likely to have depression

Scientists from the University of Southern California found Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is linked to depression. They found patients diagnosed with IBD were nine times...