News tagged with depressive symptoms
Discrimination takes its toll on Black women
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Racial discrimination is a major threat to African American women's mental health. It undermines their view of themselves as masters of their own life circumstances and makes them less psychologically resilient and more prone ...
Processed, high-fat foods linked with depression
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People who eat a diet laden with processed and high-fat foods may put themselves at greater risk of depression, according to UCL (University College London) research published today.
Depressed pregnant women could be at higher risk for severe response to flu infection
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pregnant women with significant symptoms of depression tend to have a stronger biological reaction to the seasonal flu vaccine than do women with lower depression levels, according to a new study.
Diagnoses of fatigue in primary care patients
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Patients who visit their family doctors for fatigue have a wide range of diagnoses yet the prevalence of serious illness was low, according to a Dutch study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Light at night linked to symptoms of depression in mice
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Too much light at night can lead to symptoms of depression, according to a new study in mice. Researchers found that mice housed in a lighted room 24 hours a day exhibited more depressive symptoms than did similar mice that ...
Treating Depression in Pregnancy
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 21, 2009 |
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A new report from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which is published by Elsevier in the September-October 2009 issue of General Hospital Psychiatry, explores ...
Workplace bullying is associated with sleep disturbances
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Sept.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that current or past exposure to workplace bullying is associated with increased sleep disturbances. Associations also were found between observed bullying and sleep ...
New study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth
Jul 30, 2009 |
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University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the ...
Depression may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with memory problems
Jun 15, 2009 |
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People with memory problems who are depressed are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease compared to people who are not depressed, according to a study published in the current issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...
Having a higher purpose in life reduces risk of death among older adults
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Possessing a greater purpose in life is associated with lower mortality rates among older adults according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study, published in journal, Psychosomatic Me ...
Less than half of older Americans get the recommended 8 hours of nightly sleep
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Older Americans with depressive symptoms and poor mental health tend to get seven hours of sleep per night or less, according to new research.
Family obligation in Chinese homes lowers teenage depression symptoms
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2009 |
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A new study of Chinese-American youth has found that family obligation, for example caring for siblings or helping elders, plays a positive role in the mental health of Chinese-American adolescents and may prevent symptoms ...
Depression linked with accumulation of visceral fat
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Numerous studies have shown that depression is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, but exactly how has never been clear.
Prison punishes more people than just the inmates
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More people live behind bars in the United States than in any other country, but the American prison system punishes more than just its inmates--it also takes a toll on the health of friends ...
Emotional health affects exercise patterns in breast cancer patients
Apr 21, 2009 |
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The first study to monitor physical activity in breast cancer patients for five years suggests that patients with greater depressive symptoms and a lower emotional quality of life are less likely to exercise as part of their ...
