Physical Health

Experiencing moderate to severe pain, or having at least moderate life interference from pain, doubles risk for anxiety or depression.

A sea change is needed in the evaluation of children with perceived psychological disturbances. Parents are told that their child has a fictitious biochemical imbalance in the brain while real medical disorders are overlooked. In our family's case, it was Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep (PANDAS).

Everyday exercise, regardless of intensity, can prevent the development of depressive symptoms.

A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and fish has repeatedly been found to improve mental health.

The bidirectional relationship between diet and nutrition and social, emotional, and educational factors among European youth.

A new study offers radical solutions for improving the cardiovascular health of people with mental health diagnoses: reducing antipsychotic prescriptions..

Researchers recommend a ‘politically-informed focus', including activism, when assessing children and designing interventions in areas of chronic political violence.

Treating insomnia using online cognitive-behavioral therapy appears to improve a variety of mental health concerns.

Dr. Madhukar Trivedi and colleagues find that the SSRI sertraline does not reduce depressive symptoms any more than placebo in people with Chronic Kidney Disease.

Derek Summerfield, consultant psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust, challenges the assumption that Western depression is a universal condition.

New study confirms previous evidence that antidepressant use is linked to developing type 2 diabetes.

Systematic review suggests social prescribing benefits individuals with mental and physical health issues, but more program evaluations are needed.

A study examines the variables correlated with low levels of physical activity in persons diagnosed with psychosis in low and middle-income countries

Higher levels of sedentary behavior are associated with poorer cognitive functioning in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia.

New study finds children who have been exposed to discrimination show higher likelihood of anxiety, depression, and ADHD.

Global analysis of 149 countries finds food insecurity is associated with poorer mental health.

The researchers theorized that this increased effectiveness was due not to “antidepressant” properties, but rather to the drug’s side effects, which include insomnia, drowsiness, and nausea.

Randomized controlled trial finds yoga intervention reduces depression severity.

An article published in Pediatrics is the first to examine the relationship between physical activity and depression in middle childhood (years 6 to 10) longitudinally.

The “Mediterranean diet” has been associated with reduced risk of depressive symptoms, and a new study demonstrates that dietary changes may be an effective treatment intervention.

Behind the U.S. task force recommendation to screen all children and adults for depression.

Three phase III clinical trials assessing the efficacy of Lundbeck’s investigational drug idalopirdine for Alzheimer’s disease have failed

Study finds antidepressant use is linked to increase in hip fractures in community-dwelling older adults with and without Alzheimer’s disease.

New research suggests that treatable metabolic abnormalities underlie some treatment-resistant cases of depression—and treating the metabolic condition has the possibility of dramatically reducing depressive symptoms

Researchers at Harvard Medical School highlight the need for mental health clinicians to explore the meaning of physical symptoms and pain