Why high-fiber food could protect us from depression and anxiety
In a new study, a team of Ireland researchers finds that eating high fiber foods may reduce the effects of stress on our gut...
Depression and bipolar disorder linked to body clock
In a new study, researchers from the University of Glasgow find that genetically, the body clock, or circadian rhythms, are linked to mood disorders...
How stopping exercise can harm your mental health
Stopping exercise can make people experience depression, according to a recent study from the University of Adelaide, Australia
The team has reviewed the results of...
How depression in pregnancy could affect newborn baby
In a recent study from King's College London, researchers find that depression on pregnant mothers may affect babies while in the womb and lead...
Does abortion cause depression in women?
Having an abortion does not increase a woman's risk for depression, according to a new study of nearly 400,000 women.
Previous research has found abortion...
Why depression is linked to bad sleep
In a new study, researchers at the University of Warwick (UK) and Fudan University (China) discover the neural link between depression and sleep problems.
They...
Lifestyle interventions can reduce weight gain in people with psychosis
Psychosis is a severe mental disorder, in which thoughts and emotions are impaired and the patients lose their contact with external world.
People with psychosis...
The key to effectively treating mental illness: Eliminate the stigma
In the 1940s, it was cancer. In the '80s, it was HIV.
Today, the condition battling pervasive social stigma is mental illness.
Unfortunately, this stigma prevents...