Poor mental health may increase your COVID-19 infection risk
At the height of the pandemic, news and policy media focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic was contributing to poor mental health.
However, few studies...
Most people can fully recover from anxiety
Anxiety disorders are the most common type of psychiatric illness, yet researchers know very little about factors associated with recovery.
In a recent study published...
This depression drug rapidly improves cognitive function, lowers suicide risk
In a new study from Columbia University, researchers found ketamine, a drug used to treat mood disorders and severe depression, improved the thinking and...
For these people, eye problems could mean high depression risk
Midlife women are known to have the highest prevalence of depression compared with all other age groups, and women have higher depression rates than...
This new depression treatment is highly effective
In a new study from Stanford University, researchers found a new type of magnetic brain stimulation brought rapid remission to almost 80% of participants...
Medical cannabis can help reduce depression, improve quality of life
In a new study from the Medical University of South Carolina, researchers found evidence that medicinal cannabis products relieve depression and improve the quality...
This common depression drug may help prevent severe COVID-19
In a new study from McMaster University, researchers found an inexpensive antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk people with COVID-19.
They tested the...
Walking may reduce depression after giving birth
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant countless women are looking beyond harder-to-access, traditional postpartum depression (PPD) treatment options—like psychiatry and medication—and finding that physical activity...
Common depression drugs plus pain killers may increase gut bleeding
In a new study from Creighton University, researchers found taking common painkillers alongside antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may raise the chances...
A new way to help people with depression find the best drug
Although antidepressants are one of the most frequently taken medications in the United States (11% of the population takes antidepressants) 60% of depressed patients...