Search Results for 'Research'

Clinical depression frequent side effect of unemployment, re...

A study of people unemployed last year for longer than 25 weeks found that they are more likely than people employed throughout the past year to experience mental-health issues for the first time. The study by economists and public pol [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

What Is Antidepressant Medication Research and Where Is It H...

The main focus of most antidepressant medication research is how to counter the various side effects that these medications cause. Besides that, the research also wants to discover how these side effects work and which medications give th [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Mental Research Lacks Funding

Funding for mental illness is facing a crisis and scientists are warning that new treatments will be delayed. There is a call for more investment and changes to the way trials take place. A summit of more than 60 representatives of govern [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Sleep deprivation leads to lower grades, depression: researc...

While most students denounce sleep as the least important of their priorities, a University of Alberta professor thinks that widespread attitude should be put to rest. Cary Brown, an associate professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitat [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Researchers Says There is Link between Smoking and Depressi...

A study has been carried out by the researchers of the University of Otago in New Zealand, which says that nicotine-dependent people were more than twice as likely to have symptoms of depression as those who did not smoke. According [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Processed food could spur depression, says research

A recent research from University College, London, suggested a link between nutrients that are present in processed foods such as fatty acids and B vitamins, and depression. For the new study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Recessions could be good for your health, researchers claim

Despite many families worrying about paying the mortgage or losing their job, American researchers claim that in fact it allows us to enjoy life more as we are not working all the time and forces us to keep back on guilty pleasures. They [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Treatment of Depression in Adults Should Consider Children, ...

Physicians and other health care professionals who treat adults with depression also should consider the effects of the illness on their patients' children, according to a new report from the National Research Council and the Institute of M [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Researchers Say Depression Preventable

Depression is a common mental disorder characterized by sadness and lack of energy. It is a leading cause of disability worldwide. In severe cases, it leads to 850,000 suicides around the world each year. "[It] can affect their school [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

RESEARCH- Watching TV as a Teen May Cause Depression in Adul...

As if being a teenager isn't complicated enough, a new study out this month puts the spot light on teen TV viewing and an association with later development of depression.Published in this month's Archives of General Psychiatry, the study f [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Heartsick. New research finds depression increases heart ris...

You've got no interest in your sex life. Exercise is an alien concept. You're either overeating or food tastes like cardboard. To this classic list of depression symptoms, add heart disease.William W. Eaton, Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkin [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Researchers Map Paths Governing Neuron Function

U.S. researchers have mapped thousands of neuronal proteins that are connected in complex signaling networks that control neuron function. This line of research may help improve understanding of brain development, neurodegenerative d [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Researchers find link between low birth weights and adult d...

The odds of developing depression or anxiety as an adult may be significantly increased even prior to birth, according to a study led by Ian Colman, assistant professor in the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health. The stud [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Depression and low level of folate are interlinked, Research

A study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link between depression and low levels of folate, a vitamin which comes from vegetables. Dr Gilbody said: "Our study is unique in that for [...]