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Brain imaging shows how neural responses to different types of music affect emotion regulation processes

Brain imaging reveals how neural responses to different types of music really affect the emotion regulation of persons. The study proves that especially men who process negative feelings with music react negatively to aggressive and sad music.

22 Oct 2015

Articles explore mechanisms of repetitive thinking that contributes to mental health, illness

The ability to engage in mental time travel -- to delve back into past events or imagine future outcomes -- is a unique and central part of the human experience. And yet this very ability can have detrimental consequences for both physical and mental well-being when it becomes repetitive and uncontrolled.

30 Jul 2015

Resilience training program may help ICU nurses better handle stressful work environment

A multifaceted approach to teaching coping mechanisms may help critical care nurses better handle their stressful work environment, according to a study in the November issue of American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC).

4 Nov 2014

Young adults who experienced depression have hyper-connected networks in the brain

Depression may be better predicted and understood now that University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered that young adults who previously experienced the mental illness have hyper-connected emotional and cognitive networks in the brain.

28 Aug 2014

New study explores relationship between personality and heart attacks

A new study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has addressed the relationship between personality and heart attacks.

7 Jul 2014

Dampening of positive emotions plays important role in development of postpartum depression

A new KU Leuven study shows for the first time that the dampening or suppression of positive emotions plays an important role in the development of postpartum depression. This has implications for the treatment of depressed mothers.

30 Apr 2014

Emotion regulation deficits characterize bipolar and MDD patients

Patients with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder have increased use of maladaptive and decreased use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies, researchers report.

15 Jan 2014

Researchers explore factors associated with distress after sleep paralysis episodes

Ever find yourself briefly paralyzed as you're falling asleep or just waking up? It's a phenomenon is called sleep paralysis, and it's often accompanied by vivid sensory or perceptual experiences, which can include complex and disturbing hallucinations and intense fear.

5 Mar 2013

Caregiver strain link to depression mediated by rumination

Caregiving strain is associated with depressive symptoms among the family members of psychiatric patients, US study results show.

6 Nov 2012

Caregiver strain link to depression mediated by rumination

Caregiving strain is associated with depressive symptoms among family members of patients with bipolar disorder, US study results show.

2 Nov 2012

Psychotic depression now fulfills the criteria for a valid psychiatric syndrome

The number of studies reporting significant and clinically relevant differences between psychotic depression (PD) and non-PD has increased considerably over the past decades. This summary of the current evidence suggests that PD now fulfils the criteria for a valid psychiatric syndrome.

14 Jul 2012

Study looks at how personality traits might influence what and how people remember

We all have them - positive memories of personal events that are a delight to recall, and painful recollections that we would rather forget. A new study reveals that what we do with our emotional memories and how they affect us has a lot to do with our gender, personality and the methods we use (often without awareness) to regulate our feelings.

12 Apr 2012

Altered activity at different sites within brain network may be related to different features of depression

Depressed individuals with a tendency to ruminate on negative thoughts, i.e. to repeatedly think about particular negative thoughts or memories, show different patterns of brain network activation compared to healthy individuals, report scientists of a new study in Biological Psychiatry.

4 Apr 2012

Risk of depression in formerly depressed people

Depression is increasingly recognized as an illness that strikes repeatedly over the lifespan, creating cycles of relapse and recovery. This sobering knowledge has prompted researchers to search for markers of relapse risk in people who have recovered from depression. A new paper published in Elsevier's Biological Psychiatry suggests that when formerly depressed people experience mild states of sadness, the nature of their brains' response can predict whether or not they will become depressed again.

22 Aug 2011

Insights into how ruminations are represented in the brains of depressed persons

All of us, at times, ruminate or brood on a problem in order to make the best possible decision in a complex situation. But sometimes, rumination becomes unproductive or even detrimental to making good life choices. Such is the case in depression, where non-productive ruminations are a common and distressing symptom of the disorder.

22 Aug 2011

Brain's reaction to sadness can predict risk of future depression

22 Aug 2011

New study: Depression and anxiety may influence physical symptoms

Researchers have for decades hypothesized that negative emotions lead to inflated reports of common physical symptoms, like headaches or an upset stomach. But a new University of Iowa study suggests that two negative emotions -- depression and anxiety -- influence symptom reporting in different ways.

4 Mar 2011

Neurobiological markers of depression can help tailor antidepressant treatment to the brain

Depression is actually defined by specific clinical symptoms such as sadness, difficulty to experience pleasure, sleep problems etc., present for at least two weeks, with impairment of psychosocial functioning. These symptoms guide the physician to make a diagnosis and to select antidepressant treatment such as drugs or psychotherapy.

31 Aug 2010

Mental activity during meditation is wakeful and relaxed, says study

Forget about crystals, candles, Eastern philosophy, and about sitting and breathing in awkward ways. Meditation research explores how the brain works when we refrain from concentration, rumination and intentional thinking.

20 Mar 2010

Organisational justice causes feelings of embitterment and burn-out at work

New findings suggest the role of organisational justice in causing feelings of embitterment and burn-out at work. Professor Tom Sensky (Imperial College, London, UK) analyzes these data in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

9 Mar 2010

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Brain imaging shows how neural responses to different types of music affect emotion regulation processes

Articles explore mechanisms of repetitive thinking that contributes to mental health, illness

Resilience training program may help ICU nurses better handle stressful work environment

Young adults who experienced depression have hyper-connected networks in the brain

New study explores relationship between personality and heart attacks

Dampening of positive emotions plays important role in development of postpartum depression

Emotion regulation deficits characterize bipolar and MDD patients

Researchers explore factors associated with distress after sleep paralysis episodes

Caregiver strain link to depression mediated by rumination

Caregiver strain link to depression mediated by rumination

Psychotic depression now fulfills the criteria for a valid psychiatric syndrome

Study looks at how personality traits might influence what and how people remember

Altered activity at different sites within brain network may be related to different features of depression

Risk of depression in formerly depressed people

Insights into how ruminations are represented in the brains of depressed persons

Brain's reaction to sadness can predict risk of future depression

New study: Depression and anxiety may influence physical symptoms

Neurobiological markers of depression can help tailor antidepressant treatment to the brain

Mental activity during meditation is wakeful and relaxed, says study

Organisational justice causes feelings of embitterment and burn-out at work

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