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A history of major depression increases the risk of heart disease over and above any genetic risks common to depression and heart disease, according to researchers…

A research group led Miguel Ángel Fullana, researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, psychologist the Institute of…

Within five years innovative ‘smart’ sensing systems that will help the UK’s 700,000 dementia sufferers live independently at home could be available commercially.

Once installed, the systems are designed to closely…

People with substance abuse problems who are also depressed may benefit from psychotherapy that addresses both issues - but trying to treat substance abuse and anxiety at the same time isn’t…

Urban single mothers nearing the end of their welfare eligibility appear more likely to have substance use and psychiatric disorders than women in the general population, and often…

Children and teens of parents with bipolar disorder appear to have an increased risk of early-onset bipolar disorder, mood disorders and anxiety disorders, according to a report in…

Only about 10 percent of adolescents needing help for substance abuse problems actually enter treatment, partly because of the lack of adolescent-only services in the nation’s treatment system, according to a new…

Tax time not only affects your wallet, but it can affect your mental health. Trying to collect all of the information needed and then filling out the tax returns…

Among military personnel, women who were deployed to combat areas were more likely to develop disordered eating and experience extreme weight loss than were women who were deployed but…

You’ve probably heard of postpartum depression — a common problem after pregnancy, suffered by about one in seven new mothers. But did you know there is a much more common form…

A new comprehensive review by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University and the University of Cambridge, England provides vital insights into the neurological basis of addiction by investigating Parkinson’s…

When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested, a new study…

Postpartum depression is a serious—and often undiagnosed—condition affecting roughly 10 to 12 percent of new mothers. Some of the causes might include personal history of depression, stressful life events,…

Armed with the findings of a new study, Taiwanese researchers suggest parents and educators pay more attention to children’s online habits because Internet-addicted teens seem more prone to…

People who have been diagnosed with cancer are at greater risk of being hospitalized with depression, new research from Denmark shows.

While the risk was greatest in the year following a…

An ingredient in licorice shows promise as an antidote for the toxic effects of cocaine abuse, including deadly overdoses of the highly addictive drug, researchers in…

The cause of neck pain is not just physical, doctors in Germany have shown. They say that psychological distress - particularly depression and anxiety - are closely linked to persistent…

The federal government should make preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and promoting mental health in young people a national priority, says a new…

Policy makers and mental health services need to take urgent action to ensure that people with serious mental illnesses receive greater guidance about…

In a study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, a team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Mark Frye,…

A study of risk factors associated with psychotic illness after childbirth, published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine, shows that first-time mothers…

New Geisinger research shows that men with a combination of low total cholesterol and depression were seven times more likely to die prematurely from unnatural causes, such as suicide and…

It is estimated that three to six out of every 1,000 children in the United States have autism – and the number of diagnosed cases…

A new study shows that schizophrenia is caused, at least in part, by large, rare structural changes in DNA referred to as copy number variants…

Mental deficiency is the most frequently occurring, yet least understood handicap in children. Even a mild form can lead to social isolation, bullying and require…