Ketamine can boost cognitive function quickly, lower suicide risk
Scientists from Columbia University found that ketamine, a drug used to treat mood disorders and severe depression, improved the thinking and reasoning of those...
Common anxiety and sleep drugs may harm your cognitive functions
Benzodiazepines are effective and widely used drugs for treating states of anxiety and sleep disorders.
Scientists from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich found while...
Long COVID linked to brain and mental illnesses
Scientists from UC San Francisco found biomarkers that may persist for many months in the blood of patients who had long COVID with neuropsychiatric...
Depression severity may predict stroke risk
Scientists from Kaiser Permanente found that the severity of depressive symptoms over time may help predict stroke risk.
The research was published in Stroke and...
Ruminating on your ruminations can cause more depression
Scientists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology found that ruminating on our ruminations causes more depression.
The research is published in BMC Psychiatry...
Understanding anxiety disorders: when panic, fear, and worries overwhelm
Many of us worry from time to time. We fret over finances, feel anxious about job interviews, or get nervous about social gatherings.
These feelings...
How to build social bonds to promote well-being
Strong, healthy relationships are important throughout your life.
Your social ties with family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and others impact your mental, emotional, and even...
Depression, loneliness linked to higher risk of severe COVID-19
Scientists from Harvard found that people who reported in a survey that they felt worried, depressed, or lonely had a greater chance of being...
Hugging your partner may lower your stress hormone cortisol
Scientists from Ruhr University found that women instructed to embrace their romantic partner prior to undergoing a stressful experience had a lower biological stress...
Common forms of depression you need to know
Depression (major depressive disorder or clinical depression) is a common but serious mood disorder.
It causes severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and...