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January 22, 2025

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Treatment for Children With Obesity Has Lasting Effect

Jan. 21, 2025 — When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the effects have repercussions later in life and the risk of serious health problems and premature death is lower as they reach young adulthood. However, this is not the case for depression ...

Waking Up Is Not Stressful, Study Finds

Jan. 14, 2025 — Waking up does not activate an increase in the release of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol does, however, increase in the hours prior to wakening as part of the body's preparation for the next day, new research has ...

HKU Study Shows Ruminating About Being Lonely Is More Closely Linked to Depression Than Actual Loneliness

Jan. 15, 2025 — Past studies have identified a loneliness-rumination-depression nexus. Rumination is defined as repetitive and intrusive negative thoughts and feelings, and loneliness as a gap between desired and ...

Researchers Identify Three Psychological Profiles That Could Determine the Evolution of Mental, Cognitive and Brain Health in Aging

Jan. 15, 2025 — An international study has identified three psychological profiles associated with different patterns of cognitive and brain decline in aging. The study, which analyzed more than 1,000 middle-aged ...

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Global Study Pinpoints Genes for Depression Across Ethnicities

Jan. 14, 2025 — New genetic risk factors for depression have been identified across all major global populations for the first time, allowing scientists to predict risk of depression regardless of ethnicity. The ...

New Research Highlights Trends in ADHD Diagnoses

Jan. 13, 2025 — New research identifies differing trends in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses among adolescents and adults, including an increase among adults from 2020 to 2023. The study ...

High Levels of Disordered Eating Among Young People Linked to Brain Differences

Jan. 10, 2025 — More than half of 23-year-olds in a European study show restrictive, emotional or uncontrolled eating behaviors, according to new research. ...

Preventing Clinical Depression: Early Therapeutic Interventions Offer Protection

Jan. 8, 2025 — Even individuals whose symptoms do not yet meet the criteria for clinical depression benefit from therapeutic interventions. This conclusion comes ...

Study Sheds Light on Depression in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Jan. 8, 2025 — Marked variation in the prevalence of depression was found in a multisite sample of community-dwelling older adults in the United ...

Ketamine Use on the Rise in U.S. Adults; New Trends Emerge

Jan. 7, 2025 — According to a new study, ketamine use has risen significantly since 2015. The results highlight the need for closer monitoring of recreational ketamine ...

Study Reveals That Sleep Prevents Unwanted Memories from Intruding

Jan. 2, 2025 — The link between poor sleep and mental health problems could be related to deficits in brain regions that keep unwanted thoughts out of ...

'Dancing the Blues Away' Seen in Brain Imaging in People With Parkinson's Disease, New Study Finds

Dec. 18, 2024 — Dancing lowers the depression associated with Parkinson's disease, and the benefits can be seen in multiple ways, a new study ...

New Study Reveals How Brain Stimulation Improves Cognition, Decision-Making in Mental Health Disorders

Dec. 19, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered important insights that could improve how mental health conditions are treated with brain stimulation therapy -- a ...

App Helps Alleviate Mental Health Symptoms in Bereaved Parents

Dec. 18, 2024 — A new study shows that an app can help parents who are mourning the loss of a child. Parents who used the app for three months reported reduced symptoms of prolonged grief and post-traumatic stress, ...

Propranolol Reduces Tremors in Parkinson's Disease

Dec. 23, 2024 — The standard medication levodopa does not always work against tremors in Parkinson's disease, especially in stressful situations. Propranolol, however, does work during stress, providing insight ...

Almost Three Quarters of Adolescents Experience Depression or Anxiety

Dec. 17, 2024 — Almost three quarters of adolescents in Australia experience clinically significant depression or anxiety symptoms, with most being chronic, according to a new study. And preventive strategies ...

Teens With a Reduced Response to Rewards Are More Susceptible to Depression

Dec. 17, 2024 — Novel research shows that a reduced neural response to receiving rewards in teens predicts the first onset of depression, but not anxiety or suicidality. This is independent of pre-existing ...

Common Brain Network Links Brain Atrophy Patterns Seen in Schizophrenia

Dec. 12, 2024 — A new study has identified a unique brain network that links varied patterns of brain atrophy, or shrinkage, associated with ...

'Missing Link' Between Brain and Body Inflammatory Signals Identified in the Skull

Dec. 9, 2024 — New research provides valuable insights into the brain-body immune connection identifying key communication hubs in the dural sinuses and skull bone marrow at the back of the ...

College Students' Insomnia Linked More Strongly With Loneliness Than Screen Time

Dec. 4, 2024 — Being lonely is a bigger hurdle to a good night's sleep for college students than too much time at a computer or other electronic screen, a new study ...

Study Exposes Link Between Genetic Risk of Depression and Heart Disease in Women

Dec. 4, 2024 — Women who have a high genetic risk of depression are more likely to develop heart disease, researchers have ...

20th Century Lead Exposure Damaged American Mental Health

Dec. 4, 2024 — Exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood altered the balance of mental health in the U.S. population, making generations of Americans more depressed, anxious and inattentive or ...

Study Shows Significant Rise in Psychotherapy Use Among Adults, but Gains Are Uneven Across Socioeconomic Groups

Dec. 4, 2024 — Access to psychotherapy has risen substantially among U.S. adults with mild to moderate distress since 2018, according to a new study. The increase in psychotherapy use is particularly notable among ...

The Surprising Effect of Stress on Your Brain’s Reward System

Dec. 4, 2024 — Some people bounce back from trauma, but others get caught in depressive loops that sap the joy from their ...

New Hope for Schizophrenia: iTBS Over the Left DLPFC Improves Negative and Cognitive Symptoms

Dec. 3, 2024 — Theta burst stimulation (TBS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique known for modifying human behavior and treating neurological diseases. A group of scientists conducted a systematic review ...

For Those With CTE, Family History of Mental Illness Tied to Aggression in Middle Age

Nov. 27, 2024 — People who have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) who have a family history of mental illness may have a higher risk of aggression in middle age, according to a new ...

Caregivers Experience Decline in Well-Being

Nov. 27, 2024 — New research, based on data from more than 28,000 caregivers in three countries, shows that the longer individuals spend caring for loved ones, the more their well-being suffers, regardless of the ...

Researchers Use Fitness Tracker Data and Machine Learning to Detect Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings

Nov. 25, 2024 — Investigators evaluated whether data collected from a fitness tracker could be used to accurately detect mood episodes in people with bipolar ...

New Imaging Study Finds Evidence That Emotion Regulation Is Not Always the Most Effective Strategy to Mitigate Suicidal Ideation

Nov. 25, 2024 — Depressed individuals who reflexively attempt to dampen their initial emotional responses to reminders of their negative memories have a low tolerance for distressing emotional stimuli in general and ...

Tantrums in Young Children Could Be Linked to ADHD, Study Finds

Nov. 21, 2024 — Preschool children who struggle to control their emotions and behaviour have more symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- known as ADHD -- at age seven, a study suggests. Children ...

Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Depression

Nov. 20, 2024 — Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. As many as 280 million people worldwide are affected by this disease, which is why researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Creativity Camp Improves Adolescent Mental Health, Well-Being

Nov. 19, 2024 — A research team found that Creativity Camp, a two-week arts intervention delivered as a day camp, had a positive impact on mental health and well-being in adolescents with ...

Multiple Sclerosis Drug May Help With Poor Working Memory

Nov. 18, 2024 — Fampridine is currently used to improve walking ability in multiple sclerosis. A new study shows that it could also help individuals with reduced working memory, as seen in mental health conditions ...

Stress Makes Mice's Memories Less Specific

Nov. 15, 2024 — Stress is a double-edged sword when it comes to memory: stressful or otherwise emotional events are usually more memorable, but stress can also make it harder for us to retrieve memories. Now, ...