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Weight Of The World

Depression, Anxiety May Take Toll on Health as Much as Smoking, Obesity

...published in the journal Health Psychology, specifically tied anxiety and depression to a series of seemingly unrelated diseases, and concluded that anxiety and depression are risk factors as serious as...

By The Swaddle Team

There’s No ‘Depression Gene’ After All, Scientists Say

You might have heard of the ‘depression gene.’ Actually, you may have heard of several ‘depression genes.’ Since the mid ’90s, hundreds of studies have looked into 18 genes identified...

By Liesl Goecker

Stop Fat Shaming

Social Stigma Plays a Role in How Obesity Meets Depression, Study Shows

...depression than physical factors alone. Shaming people about body-weight, too, plays a role in making them prone to depression. “[B]eing fatter leads to a higher risk of depression, regardless of...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Non-Addictive Cure

Medicinal Cannabis Can Help Reduce Depression, Study Confirms

...depression, dysthymia, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, seasonal affective disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and/or agoraphobia. A baseline survey found that the former group self-reported lower depression, better...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

The Lowdown on Postpartum Depression

...Depression Postpartum depression (PPD) refers to the overwhelming feelings of sadness or mood changes that can emerge during pregnancy or within the first few months after childbirth. Postpartum depression is...

By Dr. Pervin Dadachanji

New Mothers Deserve More

Postpartum Depression Can Hit Any Time Within 3 Years of Childbirth: Study

...depression is much longer than previously thought and current screening standards and support are inadequate. In the West, new mothers usually undergo screenings for postpartum depression at one, two, four,...

Diagnosing Depression

Anger Is a Common Symptom of Postpartum Depression, Study Finds

When it comes to postpartum depression, women should also be screened for anger, as well as depression and anxiety, says a new analysis published in the journal Birth. Although previously,...

By Angelina Shah

Government Gaffe

Health Ministry Attempts to Destigmatize Depression, Fails Miserably

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health tweeted an extraordinarily obtuse and irresponsible poster about depression. The graphic, ostensibly an attempt to destigmatize mental health problems, normalize depression, and encourage people to...

By The Swaddle Team

Equal Opportunity

Nearly As Many New Dads Likely to Get Postpartum Depression As New Moms

...“It was clearly a sign of depression and in his case, paternal postnatal depression,” says Chhabria. Postpartum depression (PPD), a type of mood disorder, is typically associated with women, specifically...

By Anubhuti Matta

A Silent Sorrow: Struggling with Postpartum Depression

Part One of a two-part series on postpartum depression. When Anita Prakash* moved back to her hometown in India, after living in the UK for several years, she was overjoyed...

By Kamala Thiagarajan

Postpartum Development

Postpartum Depression Might Be Caused by Inflammation, Not Hormones, Study Suggests

...to mood regulation. The study, which relied on animal models of postpartum depression, is far from conclusive. But it does add to a growing line of inquiry into postpartum depression,...

By The Swaddle Team

Few Parents Recognize Post‑Adoption Depression; Fewer Know Where to Get Support

...an adoption professional, coined the term Parental Post-Adoption Depression (PAD) to describe symptoms such as depression, anxiety and panic. While PAD has been relatively under-researched and under-reported in the two...

By Hamsini Ravi

Brain Implant Offers Hope For Treatment‑Resistant Depression

...using brain implants can provide sustained improvement in major depression symptoms. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) worked with Sarah, 36, who had treatment-resistant depression. The intervention...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Not To Belittle Please?

Why Invalidating People’s Pain Can Lead Them to Experience Depression

...depression and chronic pain share the same neurotransmitters and nerve pathways — explaining the almost cyclical link between the two. One way, perhaps, to avoid activating the pain-depression trap is...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Mental Health Crisis

Children Who Experience Early Life Stress More Likely to Develop Youth‑Onset Depression: Study

...in stress, depression and anxiety, and is the lead author of the study, said. But, the study noted that not all types of ELS result in youth-onset depression. Having conducted...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Cigarettes Linked to Smokers’ Increased Risk of Developing Depression: Study

...ratio was 19% of smokers with depression as opposed to 11% of non-smokers. Researchers also found smokers had higher rates of symptoms of depression and lower rates of social functioning,...

childhood obesity

Same Brain Structures Linked to Both Obesity, Depression in Children

...childhood obesity or depression linked each condition individually to abnormalities in the brain’s reward centers. “Independently, in obesity and depression, the same brain networks popped up, and that was curious...

By The Swaddle Team

Women With Ongoing Pain After Giving Birth More Prone to Postpartum Depression

...That pain after delivery, specifically, is most closely linked with postpartum depression. Women with postpartum depression reported more pain after giving birth and were more likely to require additional pain...

By Liesl Goecker

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