Mood Disorders News

Recent findings suggest that depression may mediate disengagement from unattainable goals and therefore serve as an adaptive function.

Multimodal neuroimaging results indicated significantly decreased brain connectivity among adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder who attempted suicide.

Mood switch and treatment response rates were comparable among three acute treatments for bipolar II depression; however, dropout rates were higher for combination therapy with lithium and sertraline.

Recent findings suggest psychotherapy and pharmacological treatment can cause changes in personality traits.

Findings from a population-wide cohort study indicated exposure to antidepressants with serotonin reuptake effects during embryogenesis increased risk for organ-specific malformations.

Recent findings indicated an independent association between gestational diabetes and postpartum depression.

Lifetime prevalence rates of “threat-to-self” characteristics, such as self-injury or suicidal ideation, consistently increased over the last 6 years among college students receiving mental health services.

More than 20% of adults aged 60 years and older have a mental or neurological disorder and 6.6% of all disability-adjusted life years in this age group are attributed to neurological and mental health disorders, according to WHO.

The American Diabetes Association recently updated its Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes to underscore new drug recommendations for patients with diabetes, cardiovascular outcomes trials, psychosocial health and bariatric surgery.

Researchers have linked activity in the amygdala to risk for subsequent CVD, according to findings published in The Lancet.