Mood & Anxiety

Non-invasive therapy significantly improves depression, UCLA researchers say - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
A unique new therapy that applies electrical stimulation to a major nerve emanating from the brain is showing promise for major depression. In a recently completed clinical trial, trigeminal nerve stimulation achieved an average of a 70 percent reduction in symptom severity over an 8-week study.

Unrealistic Goals And Standards Make Teachers Stressed - Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Research from the University of Kent, in association with the Teacher Support Network, has found that teachers who want to be happier should not try to please everyone and should have a greater say in setting targets…

Animal Model Strengthens Link Between Everyday Stress And Obesity - Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Stress can take a daily toll on us that has broad physical and psychological implications. Science has long documented the effect of extreme stress, such as war, injury or traumatic grief on humans. Typically, such situations cause victims to decrease their food intake and body weight…

Well-Being In Adolescent Boys Increased By Mindfulness Meditation - Fri, 03 Sep 2010
‘Mindfulness’, the process of learning to become more aware of our ongoing experiences, increases well-being in adolescent boys, a new study reports. Researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed 155 boys from two independent UK schools, Tonbridge and Hampton, before and after a four-week…

Pivotal Study Finds Link Between PTSD And Dementia - Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Results of a study reported in the September issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggest that Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a greater risk for dementia than Veterans without PTSD, even those who suffered traumatic injuries during combat. Exposure to…

Why Does Anxiety Target Women More? FSU Researcher Awarded $1.8M Grant To Find Out - Thu, 02 Sep 2010
Anxiety disorders afflict women twice as often as men, but estrogen might not be the reason. Testosterone, though, could be. That is one of the preliminary findings in the lab of Florida State University researcher Mohamed Kabbaj, associate professor in the College of Medicine. He recently was…

Hearts & Minds: NAMI Highlights Meditation, Yoga And Other “Mindfulness” Practices For Mental Illness - Thu, 02 Sep 2010
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is providing a new dimension to its Hearts & Minds initiative, an educational program that promotes “mind and body” health practices for individuals who live with mental illness…

Hearts & Minds: NAMI Highlights Meditation, Yoga And Other “Mindfulness” Practices For Mental Illness - Thu, 02 Sep 2010
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is providing a new dimension to its Hearts & Minds initiative, an educational program that promotes “mind and body” health practices for individuals who live with mental illness…

Why Does Anxiety Target Women More? FSU Researcher Awarded $1.8M Grant To Find Out - Thu, 02 Sep 2010
Anxiety disorders afflict women twice as often as men, but estrogen might not be the reason. Testosterone, though, could be. That is one of the preliminary findings in the lab of Florida State University researcher Mohamed Kabbaj, associate professor in the College of Medicine. He recently was…

New guidelines to ease sleepless nights - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Insomnia and other sleep disorders are very common, yet are not generally well understood by doctors and other health care professionals. Now the British Association for Psychopharmacology has released up-to-the-minute guidelines in the Journal of Psychopharmacology to guide psychiatrists and…

Text messages reveal the emotional timeline of September 11, 2001 - Thu, 02 Sep 2010
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have been called the defining moment of our time. Thousands of people died and the attacks had huge individual and collective consequences. But less is known about the immediate emotional reactions to the attacks. For a new study, researchers analyzed…

Less Than 5 Hours Sleep Linked To Higher Mental Illness Risk - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Young healthy adults aged between 17 and 24 years who get less than an average of 5 hours’ sleep each night have three times the risk of developing a mental illness compared to individuals of the same age who sleep eight to nine hours every night, according to a study carried out by the George…

Young Black Women At Increased Risk Of Self-Harm, Study Shows - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Young, Black women are significantly more likely to self-harm than people from other ethnic groups, according to new research published in the September issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry…

NAMI Raises Concern For Impact Of Mental Health Care Budget Cuts On Low-Income Mothers And Infants; Urban Institute Study Released - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has raised added concern about a study released by The Urban Institute that shows more than one-half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers living with depression — creating parenting and child development challenges…

New Social Intervention To Help Pakistani Women With Depression - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Researchers from the University of Manchester have developed a social intervention to help British Pakistani women with depression. Their 10-week programme, which was trialled in the north-west of England, helped the women feel more positive and improved their satisfaction and social functioning….

Start Of School Marks Onset Of “Seasons Of Anxiety” - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
With summer fading, anxiety is on the rise for some students anticipating the return of school. But it isn’t just the first days of classes that can provoke angst — anxiety in school is seasonal and age dependent, say pediatric psychiatrists. And, they add, these issues are often predictable and…

Study Findings Show Value Of Dietary Supplement SAMe In Treatment Of Adults With Major Depressive Disorders - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
A new study conducted by investigators at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) suggests that S-Adenosyl Methionine (SAMe), an over-the-counter dietary supplement, can be an effective, relatively well-tolerated, adjunctive treatment for adults with major depressive…

Naurex’s Novel Antidepressant GLYX-13 Recognized As One Of Windhover’s Top 10 Neuroscience Projects To Watch - Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Naurex Inc., a clinical stage company developing innovative treatments for depression and other CNS disorders, reported that its clinical stage candidate for the treatment of depression, GLYX-13, and its second-generation NRX-1050 series have been selected for inclusion on Windhover’s list of the…

Neural Clues To The Calming Effects Of Self-Harm - Tue, 31 Aug 2010
The notion that cutting or burning oneself could provide relief from emotional distress is difficult to understand for most people, but it is an experience reported commonly among people who compulsively hurt themselves. Individuals with borderline personality disorder experience intense emotions…

Neural Clues To The Calming Effects Of Self-Harm - Tue, 31 Aug 2010
The notion that cutting or burning oneself could provide relief from emotional distress is difficult to understand for most people, but it is an experience reported commonly among people who compulsively hurt themselves. Individuals with borderline personality disorder experience intense emotions…