Tag Archives: Depression

Top psychologist shares 5 crucial signs of high-functioning depression  Times of India Source link

“I don’t even remember the last time I was truly happy. Yet I go to work, pay my bills, see my friends. But I’m constantly, severely depressed.” This is just one of over a thousand comments on a TikTok post from a psychologist raising awareness of high-functioning depression. While not a clinical diagnosis, high-functioning depression (HFD) describes people living with …

Fish oil is most known for its heart health benefits (hello, lower triglycerides), but EPA and DHA omega-3-rich fish oil also has a powerful effect on mood. Studies have shown that people living in countries with higher levels of fish intake1 had lower rates of depression. Source link

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Imagine you’re a newly pregnant woman struggling with depression and anxiety. Like many women in your situation, you have for years been on antidepressants, and you have questions about what your pregnancy means for your treatment. Imagine, then, you …

Intrusive thoughts and panic attacks plagued Tinelle Windham throughout her first three pregnancies. During her second, a doctor recommended she start taking Zoloft, a type of antidepressant called a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or SSRI. But she was wary. What about side effects? What if it harmed her baby?  “I really was leery of getting it treated that way, and …

Do Depression Supplements Actually Work? Scientists Analyze 64 Popular Products  SciTechDaily Source link

There’s bad news for carboholics.  A growing body of research suggests that eating bread, pasta and other grain products may trigger or worsen a wide range of psychological symptoms, including depression, anxiety and even schizophrenia. Experts warn that some people could be especially at risk, with these mealtime staples quietly sabotaging their brains every time they take a bite.  A protein …

Sadness and depression can feel heavy enough to cause your shoulders to slump and even cause you to feel a faint flush on your face, as if someone turned up the temperature. Many people report the same thing: when the blues roll in, a gentle warmth tags along. Doctors have wondered for decades whether that extra body heat is simply …

First Pill for Postpartum Depression Shows Varied Real-World Results  The New York Times Source link

Summary: New research shows that elevated glutamate-glutamine (Glx) levels in the anterior insular cortex (AIC) make people more sensitive to mistakes and more prone to anxiety and depression. Using functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy and reinforcement learning tasks, scientists found that high AIC Glx predicted both a general internalizing symptom score and heightened error sensitivity, which mediated this relationship. During reward …