Anxiety is linked with smoking – but how is still hazy
In these stressful pandemic times, health experts have more reason to circle back to the link between anxiety and smoking:
Does anxiety cause people to...
1 in 5 adults have mental health problems in midlife
In a new study, researchers found that baby boomers and Generation X are at the greatest risk of mental ill-health in middle age.
They found...
PTSD linked to COVID-19 pandemic fears
Even at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, people around the world became more fearful of what could happen to them or...
What you need to know about seasonal affective disorder
A change of seasons often prompts a short-lived change in mood or behavior, such as feeling active with the onset of warm weather or...
Scientists find new way to reduce obsessive-compulsive behaviors
In a new study, researchers found that applying low-frequency electrical stimulation to a brain region of obsessive-compulsive behavior patients proved to be effective in...
Can depression drugs help reduce chronic back pain and osteoarthritis?
Antidepressants are commonly used worldwide to treat pain.
But in a new study, researchers found these drugs offer little to no help for people suffering...
Anxiety is linked to faster development of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease represents a major public health crisis worldwide.
The number of deaths from the disease has more than doubled since 2000, and it is...
PTSD, anxiety, and depression may not be mental diseases, study finds
In a recent study published in the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, researchers found that some of the most common mental diseases, such as depression,...
Scientists develop world’s first test to accurately predict depression and bipolar disorder
In a new study, researchers have developed the world’s first test to accurately predict mood disorders in people, based on the levels of a...
This therapy may reduce depression symptoms within minutes
In a new study, researchers found that personalized brain stimulation could reduce severe depression symptoms.
They found a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that—at least in...