Mental Health

Long COVID linked to cognitive and mental problems, study shows

Long COVID is associated with reduced brain oxygen levels, worse performance on cognitive tests, and increased psychiatric symptoms such as depression and anxiety.

Eating disorders are deadly: What are they, who’s at risk, and what can be...

Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are serious health risks and can be life-threatening.

Considering going off antidepressants? Here’s what to think about first

Mental health is key to health and wellbeing. Yet two in five Australians aged 16 to 85 (44%) experience a mental illness during their...

What is delirium?

Delirium is a sudden decline in a person’s usual mental function. It occurs when signals in the brain aren’t sending and receiving properly, causing...

This mental therapy app could lower blood sugar in people with diabetes

In a study from the University of Colorado and elsewhere, scientists found people with Type 2 diabetes who were given a smartphone app that delivers...

Exercise more effective than drugs to treat depression, anxiety

In a study from the University of South Australia, scientists found physical activity is 1.5 times more effective than counseling or the leading medications...

Widely used anxiety and sleep drugs may harm cognitive functions

Benzodiazepines are effective and widely used drugs for treating states of anxiety and sleep disorders. A recent study from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich...

How depression, burnout impact your heart health

But in cases where feelings of depression and/or sadness persist for at least two weeks or more, that stress can begin to take a...

Understanding the stroke-depression link – and what survivors and families can do

News that one of America's best-known stroke survivors was being treated for depression highlights a common and serious connection between the two afflictions. Last May,...

More than half of veterans with possible PTSD do not get treatment

In a study from the University of California in San Francisco, scientists found most people with suspected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) do not receive...