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Hot Yoga May Help Alleviate Moderate-to-Severe Depression Symptoms
THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2023 – A weekly heated yoga session is associated with significantly greater reduction in depression symptoms than a wait-list control, according to a study published online Oct....
Ketamine No Better Than Placebo for Depression
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2023 – For patients with major depressive disorder, a single dose of intravenous ketamine delivered during surgical anesthesia has no greater effect than placebo, according to a...
Unique Workplace Concerns Tied to Health Worker Depression, Anxiety During Pandemic
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2023 – For health care workers (HCWs) seeking psychotherapy treatment during spring 2020, workplace-related concerns were associated with moderate-to-severe anxiety and...
Ketamine's Antidepressant Benefit: Is It All in Your Head?
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 – The party drug ketamine has gotten a lot of notice for its potential to help people with severe and persistent depression who haven't responded to other treatments. But a...
Heated Yoga Might Be a Natural Antidepressant
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 – Heated yoga classes can help some people with depression feel a lot better within a couple months – even if they practice just once a week, a small clinical trial suggests....
Air Pollution Exposure Increases Risk for Postpartum Depression
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 – Long-term exposure to air pollution, during pregnancy and after, is associated with higher postpartum depression (PPD) risk, according to a study published online Oct. 18...
Depression Rates Rising Among College Students, and Race Matters
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 – Many college kids are depressed and anxious, especially when they are a minority on campus or the first in their family to go to a university, a new study finds. These...
Virtual Mental Health Care Tied to Fewer Psychotherapy Disruptions
TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2023 – Adoption of virtual psychotherapy technology led to fewer disruptions to care than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in Psychiatric...
Graded Association ID'd for Depressive Symptoms With Mortality Risk
TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2023 – Depressive symptoms in adults are associated with mortality in a graded association, according to a study published online Oct. 9 in JAMA Network Open. Zefeng Zhang, M.D.,...
Among Adolescents, Major Depressive Disorder Prevalence Varies by Race, Ethnicity
TUESDAY, Oct. 17, 2023 – The rates of major depressive disorder (MDD) vary from 14.5 to 26.5 percent among adolescents by race and ethnicity, according to a study published online Oct. 9 in JAMA...
Stress, Depression Common Among Women With Myocardial Infarction
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 – For women with myocardial infarction (MI), stress and depression are common at the time of MI and two months later, according to a study published in the Oct. 24 issue of the...
Some Antidepressants Take Weeks to Kick In, and Scientists May Now Know Why
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 – Most folks know that certain antidepressants have to be taken for a few weeks before people start seeing improvement, and now a new study sheds light on that delay....
FDA Warns of Dangers of Compounded Ketamine for Psychiatric Use
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about risks of using compounded versions of the drug ketamine, often taken for psychiatric disorders. Compounded...
Running vs. Meds: Which Works Best to Beat Depression?
MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2023 – Exercise has been dubbed "nature's antidepressant" by doctors for years, and now a new study confirms the notion. The finding follows a four-month look at the impact that...
Ketamine Nasal Spray Shows Promise Against Tough-to-Treat Depression
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 – A nasal spray containing a ketamine derivative appears to beat one of the standard drugs used for people with difficult-to-treat depression, a new clinical trial has found....
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