Archive for the 'Mental Health' Category
Major Depression Often Follows Brain Injury
People who are hospitalized for a traumatic brain injury face an almost eight-fold higher risk of also suffering major depression.
That’s the finding of a team led by Charles H. Bombardier, professor of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle and first author of a study published in the May 19 [...]
Excessive Internet Use And Depression
People who spend a lot of time browsing the net are more probable to show depressive symptoms, according to the first large-scale study of its kind in the West by University of Leeds psychologists.
Researchers found striking evidence that some users have developed a compulsive internet habit, whereby they replace real-life social interaction with online chat [...]
Fish Oil Helped Stave Off Psychosis Patients
The people at high risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, fish oil may help reduce their risk, researchers have found.
The new study included 81 high-risk patients with either mild psychotic symptoms, transient psychosis or a family history of psychotic disorders, plus a decrease in daily functioning. These criteria identify people whose risk of [...]
Sufficent Sleep Could Prevent Teen Depression
There’s no denying the distinctive benefits of a good night’s sleep or the impact of not getting sufficient sleep. Not only does getting too little sleep leave us drowsy and unable to concentrate the next day, it also leads to impaired memory and physical performance. Not getting sufficient sleep on a regular basis increases the [...]