The teenage depression test is based on the 6-ITEM Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale. Read the full-length article: Teenage Depression Test The Postpartum Depression Quiz makes use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS) that was made to help health workers find out if mothers have postnatal depression. Read ...Continue Reading...

Research shows that a certain type of thinking which can make people vulnerable to depression can in fact "rub off" on other people, increasing their depression symptoms 6 months later. Research shows that individuals that respond in a negative way to life events that are stressful, interpreting the events as the ...Continue Reading...

Several studies have indicated links between depression and alcohol abuse. However, it’s been uncertain whether the one problem causes the other, or whether the same underlying hereditary or environmental or risk factor increases risk for both problems. One study has shown that alcohol abuse can lead to a higher risk ...Continue Reading...

Research has revealed that walking briskly for around 35 minutes every day 5 times a week or 60 minutes every day 3 times a week clearly impacted mild to moderate depression symptoms. Other research revealed that taking part in 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 3 to 5 times per week decreased symptoms of mild to moderate ...Continue Reading...

Researchers have had amazing results with implanting pacemaker electrodes into the medial forebrain bundle in the brains of individuals suffering from major depression. Symptoms improved both considerably and rapidly in 6 out of 7 individuals. This method of Deep Brain Stimulation has already been tested with lesser effect ...Continue Reading...

Exercise is now an effective option to other depression treatment methods. The outcomes from research reinforce the concept that exercise improves mood in individuals having mild to moderate depression. By looking at the outcomes from 51 different studies, it was shown that a small but significant boost in self esteem ...Continue Reading...

Improved bipolar depression treatment options are very much needed, and researchers may have discovered a bipolar treatment in a drug known as ketamine. Scientists earlier found that only a single dose of ketamine had fast antidepressant effects in bipolar disorder sufferers having depression. The outcomes have been ...Continue Reading...

The teenage depression quiz can help to assess if an individual has depression symptoms. It is just a preliminary quiz and isn't a diagnostic tool for depression. If the quiz results show that an individual might have depression then a health care professional needs to be consulted. Read the full-length article: ...Continue Reading...

These are mental health statistics provided by the National Institute of Mental Health Disorders: Mental health disorders make up 4 of the leading 10 reasons for disability worldwide within established market economies, and include: bipolar disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, as well as obsessive compulsive disorder. Approximately ...Continue Reading...

Research has shown that a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors increases risk of miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal health issues, and also the chance of long lasting neurobehavioral problems, and should only be prescribed with extreme caution and also with full counseling for women ...Continue Reading...