News tagged with depressive mood

High achievers more likely to be bipolar

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Greek philosopher Aristotle once said "there is no great genius without a mixture of madness," and now there is some scientific evidence that there is a link between mania and high IQ ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Scientist Probes Promising Link Between Warmth, Better Moods

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder scientist who discovered that playing in the dirt might ease depression is probing the link between higher temperatures and elevated mood.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists identify susceptibility factor for bipolar disorder

A new study provides fascinating insight into the genetic basis of bipolar disorder, a highly heritable mood disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of mania and depression. The research, published by Cell Press online ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Anti-social mice may reveal more about depression

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, UC Davis psychology researchers have been able to produce a "social withdrawal" syndrome in female rodents. The development could yield new insights into the physical basis ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Sensory deprivation can produce hallucinations in only 15 minutes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has found that even a short period of sensory deprivation is enough to produce hallucinations even in people who are not normally prone to them.

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Non-invasive therapy significantly improves depression, researchers say

Major depression is a common and disabling brain condition marked not only by the presence of depressed mood but also by its effects on sleep, energy, decision-making, memory and thoughts of death or of suicide.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

More than just the baby blues

Within the first week after giving birth, up to 70 percent of all women experience symptoms of the baby blues. While most women recover quickly, up to 13 percent of all new mothers suffer from symptoms of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify elusive neuronal targets of deep brain stimulation

Shooting steady pulses of electricity through slender electrodes into a brain area that controls complex behaviors has proven to be effective against several therapeutically stubborn neurological and neuropsychiatric ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biological link established between tumors and depression

In a study that could help explain the connections between depression and cancer, researchers at the University of Chicago have used an animal model to find, for the first time, a biological link between tumors and negative ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Use of antidepressant associated with reduction in menopausal hot flashes

Women who were either in the transition to menopause or postmenopausal experienced a reduction in the frequency and severity of menopausal hot flashes with the use of the antidepressant medication escitalopram, compared to ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Partners of breast cancer patients are at risk of developing mood disorders

A new analysis finds that men whose partners have breast cancer are at increased risk of developing mood disorders that are so severe that they warrant hospitalization. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journa ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Probing Question: Can dads get postpartum depression?

Celebrity moms Gwyneth Paltrow, Marie Osmond and Brooke Shields have all opened up publicly about their battles with postpartum depression, or PPD. As their stories make clear, while bringing a new baby home ...

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created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Girls who are bullied are at risk for substance use through depression

Both boys and girls who are victims of bullying, including bullying through e-mail and the internet, are at elevated risk for depression. However, according to a new study, adolescent girls may engage in substance use as ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds that sexsomnia is common in sleep center patients

Sexsomnia was reported by almost eight percent of patients at a sleep disorders center and was more common in men than women, according to a research abstract that will be presented Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Depression affects how women with PMDD respond to stress, pain

As science slowly, but continually, unravels the causes of disorders, it increasingly teases apart biological threads that, when spooled together, begin to take on the warp and weft of separate disorders.

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created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0