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SEATTLE, March 10 (UPI) — Diabetes combined with depression increases dementia risk, University of Washington researchers found…….click here to continue reading

SYDNEY University psychiatrists at Royal North Shore Hospital are recruiting for a trial of the potential for protein rich foods to help treat depression…….click here to continue reading

Research at the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors through the regular use of “exergames” entertaining video games that combine game play with exercise. In a pilot study, the researchers found that use of exergames ………click here to continue reading

Male carers are being forced to put their partners into nursing homes because they struggle to seek support or respite services, a new study by Charles Darwin University has shown…….click here to continue reading

A new study from the University of Leeds in England finds links between excessive internet use and depression…….click here to continue reading

A new study discovers hospitalization in an intensive care unit leads to severe depression for patients and family members. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study is the first to monitor patients and caregivers for a one-year period after an ICU stay for predictors of depression and lifestyle disruption. Researchers discovered family and friends, as ……click here to continue reading

African-American fathers who do not live with their sons and who suffer from depression are less likely to spend time with them, according to a University of Michigan study. Dads who don’t live with their children can still have a positive impact in their kids’ lives however, and treating their depression could help them play a more active and positive role in their lives, says U-M pediatrician ………click here to continue reading

A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that depressed patients are unable to sustain activity in brain areas related to positive emotion. The study challenges previous notions that individuals with depression show less brain activity in areas associated with positive emotion. Instead, the new data suggest similar initial levels of activity, but an inability to sustain them ………click here to continue reading

A doctoral thesis carried out at the University of Granada has proved that a mental training based on mindfulness - an emotional self-regulating tool that consists in focusing on what we are doing, thinking about or feeling at every moment - helps to fight against psychological diseases such as anxiety, depression, concern or complaints about health, very common among secondary education ………click here to continue reading

(PhysOrg.com) — A Michigan State University researcher is leading a clinical trial on an experimental medication he hopes will give doctors another weapon in the fight against depression and prove to be more effective among patients…….click here to continue reading