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Depressing fog

Anti-inflammatory drugs could help treat symptoms of depression, study suggests

18 Oct 2016

Anti-inflammatory drugs similar to those used to treat conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis could in future be used to treat some...

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Opinion: Women are far more anxious than men – here’s the science

10 Jun 2016

Olivia Remes (Cambridge Institute of Public Health) discusses why women are almost twice as likely to experience anxiety as men.

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Zoe and Friend

Support from family and friends important to help prevent depression in teenagers

20 May 2016

The importance of friendships and family support in helping prevent depression among teenagers has been highlighted in research from the University...

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Kendrick Lamar

Exploring mental health through Kendrick Lamar’s lyrics

01 May 2015

Kendrick Lamar’s major-label debut album good kid m.A.A.d. city , released in October 2012, provides rich narratives relating to important mental...

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of postnatal depression

20 Aug 2014

A new study of over 10,000 mothers has shown that women who breastfed their babies were at significantly lower risk of postnatal depression than...

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Depression

Mind and body: Scientists identify immune system link to mental illness

13 Aug 2014

Children with high everyday levels of a protein released into the blood in response to infection are at greater risk of developing depression and...

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Sad

Biomarker for depression could improve diagnosis and treatment

17 Feb 2014

Teenage boys with symptoms of depression and raised levels of the stress hormone cortisol are up to 14 times more likely to develop major depression...

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Overview of average regional sex differences in grey matter volume. Areas of larger volumes in women are in red and areas of larger volume in men are in blue.

Males and females differ in specific brain structures

11 Feb 2014

New study examines thousands of brains from two decades of research to reveal differences between male and female brain structure.

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Where Angels Cry

Scientists identify depression and anxiety biomarker in youths

28 Nov 2012

Test could be used as an inexpensive screening tool to facilitate early intervention.

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Numb.

The next decade of mental health drugs

15 Mar 2012

Academics advocate for changes to how we development better treatments for mental health.

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Cloudy day, HDR

Study could help predict suicide in older adults

11 Mar 2010

Focussing too much on the present and not using past experience to make decisions could be linked to suicide in elderly depressed adults, researchers...

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