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Enforced isolation can increase risk of mental health problems in children, adolescents

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated widespread social isolation, affecting all ages of global society.

19 Nov 2020

Global Mental Health Databank launches study to understand the mental health of young people

Young people around the world commonly experience anxiety and depression, but it can be hard to identify how each person can best manage their own mental health.

19 Nov 2020

Experts highlight latest advancements in neurogenic classification and pain management

There have been significant advances in knowledge regarding the pathology, etiology, assessment, and treatment of several significant neurogenic pain disorders regularly encountered by neurorehabilitation professionals in both inpatient and outpatient care.

18 Nov 2020

Nature experiences may help mitigate negative mental health effects of COVID-19

A study published in Ecological Applications suggests that nature around one's home may help mitigate some of the negative mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 Nov 2020

ECG abnormalities can predict COVID-19 mortality

A team of scientists from New York University Langone Medical Center, USA, has revealed that the clinical severity of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be predicted by analyzing the level of troponin elevation and electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities. The study is currently available on the medRxiv preprint server.

17 Nov 2020

Two-thirds of older Americans would not seek treatment for depression, new poll shows

A new nationwide poll, the GeneSight Mental Health Monitor, shows that nearly two-thirds (61%) of Americans age 65 or older who have concerns about having depression will not seek treatment.

17 Nov 2020

Identifying protective factors to suicide among lesbian and bisexual women

What protective factors reduce the likelihood lesbian and bisexual women will consider killing themselves? That's the focus of a $2 million national study led by researches at the UCF College of Medicine's new Population Health Sciences Department.

17 Nov 2020

COVID-19 loneliness study reveals significant depressive symptoms in 80% of young adults

A new national survey, looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young US adults' loneliness, reveals "significant depressive symptoms" in 80% of participants.

16 Nov 2020

Exercise classes decrease loneliness and social isolation in older adults

Older adults who joined group exercise classes experienced decreased loneliness and social isolation, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic.

12 Nov 2020

Antidepressant drug fluvoxamine may prevent some serious complications of COVID-19

In a preliminary study of COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate disease who were attempting to recover in their homes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the drug fluvoxamine seems to prevent some of the most serious complications of the illness and make hospitalization and the need for supplemental oxygen less likely.

12 Nov 2020

New evidence shows link between finasteride and suicidality

In the last decade, concerns have emerged around finasteride, a drug used for treating male-pattern baldness and prostate gland enlargement.

11 Nov 2020

MU researcher develops procedures for defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease

Both of Andrew Kiselica's grandfathers developed dementia when he was in graduate school. As Kiselica was going through neuropsychology training in graduate school, he saw his mother's father become unable to walk or speak due to severe dementia.

11 Nov 2020

New study highlights the burden of post-COVID fatigue

More than half of people with acute COVID-19 infection continue to have persistent fatigue 10 weeks after their initial illness, according to a new study published November 9 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Liam Townsend of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and colleagues.

11 Nov 2020

Depression News and Research

Latest Depression News and Research

Enforced isolation can increase risk of mental health problems in children, adolescents

Global Mental Health Databank launches study to understand the mental health of young people

Experts highlight latest advancements in neurogenic classification and pain management

Nature experiences may help mitigate negative mental health effects of COVID-19

ECG abnormalities can predict COVID-19 mortality

Two-thirds of older Americans would not seek treatment for depression, new poll shows

Identifying protective factors to suicide among lesbian and bisexual women

COVID-19 loneliness study reveals significant depressive symptoms in 80% of young adults

Exercise classes decrease loneliness and social isolation in older adults

Antidepressant drug fluvoxamine may prevent some serious complications of COVID-19

New evidence shows link between finasteride and suicidality

MU researcher develops procedures for defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease

New study highlights the burden of post-COVID fatigue

“Molecular volume knob” in the brain helps with learning, memory

Study: Majority of women do not receive recommended services during postpartum medical checkup

$4 million NIH grant supports research for tackling teenage depression

Nearly 1 in 5 COVID-19 survivors develop mental illness within 90 days

Study could provide a new tool to predict relapse in bipolar disorder

COVID-19 survivors at increased risk of psychiatric disorders, study finds

HSS presents research related to rheumatology and orthopedic surgery at 2020 ACR annual meeting

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