News tagged with mood swings


I feel like a different person

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Scientists have long been interested in the interplay of emotions and identity, and some have recently focused on cultural identity. One's heritage would seem to be especially stable and impervious to change, simply because ...


Study suggests new treatment approach needed for management of depression with bipolar disorder

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, a team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Mark Frye, M.D., attempted to identify what factors make some people with bipolar depression more likely to exp ...





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School's Stresses Can Trigger Mood Disorders

School's Stresses Can Trigger Mood Disorders

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the school year kicking into full gear, mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression can start to manifest themselves -- and parents need to be on the lookout for them in their ...


Scientists find hormone activity explains adolescent mood swings

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 11, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The "raging hormones" of puberty are known to produce mood swings and stress for most teenagers, making it difficult to cope with this period of life. Until now, the specific causes of pubertal anxiety have not been identified, ...


Moody memories? New study shows that mood has limited effect on memory

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whether we're deciding to return to a restaurant or to purchase a DVD, many consumers rely on memory when they're making decisions. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the role of mood on those memory ...


The mood of the Internet

The mood of the Internet

Technology /

created Apr 14, 2006 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Dutch researcher Maarten de Rijke and his co-workers Gilad Mishne and Krisztian Balog have developed a new programme that can trace and explain significant changes in mood patterns on the Internet. MoodViews ...


A new mouse model of mania

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 12, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Bipolar Disorder (BPD or manic-depressive illness) is one of the most serious of all mental disorders, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Affected individuals alternate between states of deep depression and mania.


Gene knockout may cheer up mice

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knocko ...


Baroque classical music in the reading room may improve mood and productivity

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Baroque classical music in the reading room can help improve radiologists work lives, potentially improving diagnostic efficiency and accuracy, according to a study performed by researchers at the University of Maryland in ...


Could drugs for mood disorders, pain and epilepsy cause psychiatric disorders later in life?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young animals treated with commonly-prescribed drugs develop behavioral abnormalities in adulthood say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. The drugs tested include those used to treat epilepsy, mood disorders ...


FDA approves drug for autism irritability

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 13, 2006 | popularity 1.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Risperdal to treat irritability in autistic children and adolescents.


Dehydration Affects Mood, Not Just Motor Skills

Dehydration Affects Mood, Not Just Motor Skills

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dehydration has long been known to compromise physical performance. Now, a new study provides insight into the effects of mild dehydration on young athletes, and possibly into the lives of ...



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