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 ...
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Feb 05, 2010 |
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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.
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Mar 03, 2011 |
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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 ...
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Mar 01, 2011 |
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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
Dec 14, 2010 |
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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.
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Sep 03, 2010 |
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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
Jun 16, 2010 |
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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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Oct 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
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May 18, 2009 |
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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
Jan 19, 2011 |
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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
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Patient personality hinders detection of depression
Patient personality affects the accuracy of reports by friends and family members of mood history and symptoms and can cause missed diagnoses of depression, according to research published online by the journal International Ps ...
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Oct 07, 2010 |
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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 ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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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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Sep 09, 2010 |
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Study is first to show that highly variable sleep schedules predict elevated suicide risk
Highly variable sleep schedules predict an elevated risk for suicide independent of depression in actively suicidal young adults, according to a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in San Antonio, ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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