Mood & Anxiety

General link between worker happiness and productivity challenged - Mon, 23 Jan 2012
Increasing the involvement of workers through job design does affect employees’ satisfaction and in turn organizational performance. But increasing the involvement of employees in the wider organization and encouraging them to be more proactive and flexible may reduce satisfaction and increase…

Blood test accurately distinguishes depressed patients from healthy controls - Wed, 01 Feb 2012
The initial assessment of a blood test to help diagnose major depressive disorder indicates it may become a useful clinical tool. Researchers report that analyzing levels of nine biomarkers accurately distinguished patients diagnosed with depression from control participants without significant…

Suicide Recommendations Lead To Drop In Suicides Across England And Wales - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
According to new research published by The Lancet, there has been a substantial decrease in suicide rates among health authorities across England and Wales that adopted a new range of suicide recommendations…

Measures Must Be Taken To Prevent Depression In Adolescents - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
As one of the most common, unrecognized and untreated health problems among young people, tackling depression is a serious priority for countries worldwide. The psychiatric disorder causes serious social and educational problems for patients, as well as leading to increased risk of suicide and…

Depressed Patients Accurately Distinguished From Healthy Controls By Blood Test - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
The initial assessment of a blood test to help diagnose major depressive disorder indicates it may become a useful clinical tool…

Metabolic Side Effects Such As Obesity And Diabetes Caused By Antipsychotic Medications - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
In 2008, roughly 14.3 million Americans were taking antipsychotics - typically prescribed for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or a number of other behavioral disorders - making them among the most prescribed drugs in the U.S…

Does Borna disease virus cause mental illness? - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia, but study results have been inconsistent. Now, the first blinded, case-control study to examine this issue finds no association…

New Study May End 2 Decades Of Suspicion: Does Borna Disease Virus Cause Mental Illness? - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range of mammals and birds, have been…

New Study May End 2 Decades Of Suspicion: Does Borna Disease Virus Cause Mental Illness? - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range of mammals and birds, have been…

Mom’s love good for child’s brain - Mon, 30 Jan 2012
School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress. The new research, by child psychiatrists and neuroscientists, is the first to show that changes in this critical region of…

A Parent’s Nurturing Results In Larger Hippocampus In Children - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
A recent study by child psychiatrists and neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition, states that children whose mothers showed them love and affection from the very beginning have…

Hope For Those With A Depressive Disposition - Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Good news for the 13 per cent of the population with depressive personality traits: their negative outlook does not have to be permanent. This has been shown by psychologist Rachel Maddux in new research from Lund University in Sweden. Depression is a serious and sometimes devastating health…

Military Suicide Rates Rose - Mon, 30 Jan 2012
According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, between 2005 and 2007, suicide rates among individuals serving in U.S. military services increased, particularly among those in the regular Army and National Guard. The study, which included the entire active duty U.S…

How A Parent’s Education Can Affect The Mental Health Of Their Offspring - Sun, 29 Jan 2012
New research sheds light on cycle of low socioeconomic status and depression Could depression in adulthood be tied to a parent’s level of education? A new study led by Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, a medical sociologist from McGill University, suggests this is the case…

Friends Help Us To Negate Negativity - Sun, 29 Jan 2012
‘Stand by me’ is a common refrain when it comes to friendship but new research from Concordia University proves that the concept goes beyond pop music: keeping friends close has real physiological and psychological benefits…

PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness, study suggests - Fri, 20 Jan 2012
The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it. To date the long-term effect of this chemical on children exposed to PCE has been less clear, although there is…

PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness, study suggests - Fri, 20 Jan 2012
The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it. To date the long-term effect of this chemical on children exposed to PCE has been less clear, although there is…

PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness, study suggests - Fri, 20 Jan 2012
The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it. To date the long-term effect of this chemical on children exposed to PCE has been less clear, although there is…

Hope for those with a depressive disposition - Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Good news for the 13 per cent of the population with depressive personality traits: their negative outlook does not have to be permanent, according to new research from Sweden.

Family History Of Psychiatric Disorders May Shape Intellectual Interests - Sat, 28 Jan 2012
A hallmark of the individual is the cultivation of personal interests, but for some people, their intellectual pursuits might actually be genetically predetermined. Survey results published by Princeton University researchers in the journal PLoS ONE suggest that a family history of psychiatric…