(Ayeshah Haque/ Healing) — Anti-depression medications are known to cause upset stomach and weight gain, but what has scientists alarmed is the lesser-known side effect of sexual dysfunction that persists long after the patient stops taking the medication .
(The Harvard Gazette) — In a randomized controlled clinical trial of adults with moderate-to-severe depression, those who participated in heated yoga sessions experienced significantly greater reductions in depressive symptoms compared with a control group.
The results of the trial, which was led by investigators …
(Eve Epker/ Forbes) — “I have felt scared or panicky for no good reason”, “Things have been getting to me”, “I have felt sad or miserable”. These questions are all part of the 10-question Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, or EPDS. First developed in 1987, EPDS – one of the most widely used screening tools …
(Don Rauf/ Everyday Health) — Regular exercise can have a profound positive impact on your mental health. In fact, a recent study concluded that running therapy had effects on depression and anxiety similar to antidepressants.
Scientific work presented at the October 2023 European College of Neuropsychopharmacology …
(Jenna Fletcher/ Psych Central) — Many people with depression don’t seek help for it. In part, the unwillingness to seek help may have to do with the stigmas often attached to mental health.
If you have depression, you may fear not being able to live a typical life because you may not quite fit into how society thinks …
(Nick Zagorski/ Psychiatric News) — While effective COVID-19 vaccines continue to be approved and distributed worldwide, these injections are only one step of a multistep process to control the devastation caused by the pandemic. Even with millions of people receiving COVID-19 vaccines, the virus will continue to …