Depression (mood)

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In the fields of psychology and psychiatry, the terms depression or depressed refer to sadness and other related emotions and behaviors. It can be thought of as either a disease or a syndrome.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) states that a depressed mood is often reported as feeling sad, helpless, and hopeless. In traditional colloquy, "depressed" is often synonymous with "sad," but both clinical depression and non-clinical depression can also refer to a conglomeration of more than one feeling.

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Depression saps endurance of the brain's reward circuitry

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 21, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 1

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.

Could acetaminophen ease psychological pain?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 1

Headaches and heartaches. Broken bones and broken spirits. Hurting bodies and hurt feelings. We often use the same words to describe physical and mental pain. Over-the-counter pain relieving drugs have long been used to alleviate ...

Marketing Professor Studying Adolescents' Sources of Happiness

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lan Nguyen Chaplin, an assistant professor in the Eller College of Management, says children and teenagers, in finding happiness, do not always place material things before personal relationships.

Study identifies those elderly most at risk for major depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 17, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have pinpointed the prime factors identifying which elderly persons are at the highest risk for developing major depression.

Routine screening for postnatal depression not cost effective

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Routine screening for postnatal depression in primary care - as recommended in recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - do not appear to represent value for money for the NHS, ...