Study aims to break link between brain injury and depression
Half of those admitted to hospital with a brain injury report depression in the following year, research suggests. Source link
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AI fails to detect depression signs in social media posts by Black Americans: study – ET HealthWorld
London: Analysing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights the risk of training AI models for healthcare-related tasks without data from diverse racial and ethnic groups. The AI model used for the study was more than three … Read more
Perinatal depression: Study links condition with premenstrual disorders
Women with premenstrual disorders are much more likely to have birth-related depression, researchers say. Source link
Young-onset dementia risk increased by Vitamin D deficiency and depression, study says
A major study has identified 15 risk factors for young-onset dementia, not all of which are genetic. Source link
Autopsy reveals Matthew Perry’s cause of death
‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry, 54, died from the acute effects of ketamine, according to the toxicology report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. Contributing factors in Perry’s death included drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder), Variety reported. Perry had been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy … Read more
US approves postpartum depression pill
“Postpartum depression is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which women experience sadness, guilt, worthlessness—even, in severe cases, thoughts of harming themselves or their child,” said Tiffany Farchione, head of psychiatry in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Source link
Kent man with depression calls for ketamine to be available on NHS
After trials in the US, Sweden and at an NHS hospital in Oxford, Prof Rupert McShane, of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, backed the calls for the NHS to use ketamine to treat drug resistant depression, rather than electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which he says many patients are “too frightened” to have. Source link
How can the work environment lead to mental stress and what are the ways to cope?
The connection between the mind and the environment is reciprocal, meaning that each affects the other. One of the primary issues employees face is stress at work. This stress can come from a variety of sources, both internal and external. Some of these factors include things like hard deadlines, multitasking, unhealthy competition, ridicule and rough … Read more
How to identify anxiety triggers & overcome negative thinking patterns
Anxiety triggers could be internal or external. Internal triggers are those that arouse strong emotions and physical distress signs in us, for example, any memory that scares or upsets us, like bereavement, trauma, abuse, or recalling something that was embarrassing, like the last time we lost confidence in a meeting and someone had teased us … Read more
AI voice coach shows promise in treating depression, anxiety: Study – ET HealthWorld
Washington: The findings of a recent pilot study headed by academics from the University of Illinois Chicago suggest that artificial intelligence may be a beneficial aid in the treatment of mental illness. The study, which was the first to test an AI voice-based virtual coach for behavioral therapy, found changes in patients’ brain activity along … Read more