People with a high family risk for depression had less brain matter on the right side, similar to that seen with Alzheimer’s disease, according to U.S. researchers.
The researchers found with brain scans that there was a 28% thinning in the right cortex (the outer layer of the brain) in those with a family history of depression.
The findings were based on imaging studies of 131 people aged 6 to 54 with a family history
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Pregnant women with untreated major depression, as well as those taking certain antidepressants, had rates of premature birth greater than 20%, according to a new study published in the March 2009 issue of American Journal of Psychiatry.
The researchers followed 238 women with no, partial and continuous exposure to either depression or an SSRI antidepressant and then compared the outcomes. They found that women who were
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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 research presented by Washington University School of Medicine and the VA last week at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Chicago.
The researchers analyzed data from more than 1,200 pairs of male twins who served in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.
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A study published in the January issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders suggests that vets with depression are at higher risk of commiting suicide during two critical periods: after discharge from a psychiatric hospital and after beginning treatment with an antidepressant.
Dr. Marcia Valenstein, a clinical psychiatrist at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, and her team collected data from 887,859 VA hospital patients
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People who have had depression are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than people who have never had depression. Read the rest of this entry
The study involved 486 people age 60 to 90 who had no dementia. Of those, 134 people had experienced at least one episode of depression that prompted them to seek medical advice.
The participants were followed for an average of six years. During that time 33 people developed Alzheimer’s disease. People who had experienced
A Swedish study suggests that infants who are born prematurely may be more at risk for depression, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders during adolescence and early adulthood.
In the January 2009 issue of Pediatrics, Dr. Karolina Lindstrom from Sachs Children’s Hospital, Stockholm, and her colleagues reported that among 545,628 Swedish residents born in the 1970s and followed up until 23 to 29 years of age, 3.5% of
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Depressed pregnant women have twice the risk of preterm delivery than pregnant women with no symptoms of depression, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The study is published online in the Oxford University Press’s journal Human Reproduction on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
The study found that pregnant women with symptoms of depression have an increased risk
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According to a new study published in the journal Psychiatry Research, babies who receive incubator care after birth are two to three times less likely to suffer depression as adults.
The surprising discovery was made by scientists from the Université de Montréal and Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center in collaboration with researchers from McGill University, the Douglas Hospital Research Centre and the Institute of
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You heard it right, babies who receive incubator care after birth are two to three times less likely to suffer depression as adults according to a new study published in the journal Pyschiatry Research.
Researchers feel that the separation of the baby and the mother is what makes this work.“In mammals, separation between mother and child after birth has always been considered a major stressor that can cause
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According to the the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), suicide is the third leading cause of suicide among youth aged 10 to 19 years old. These tragic deaths are often preventable, however, if parents, teachers and friends are aware of the risk factors and warning signs.
The following increase the risk of children committing suicide:
Mental illnessDrug or alcohol abuseA stressful or dysfunctional home lifeThe
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