Dementia and depression are two diagnoses that rob older adults of health and happiness. Despite their obvious differences, it is becoming ever more apparent that the two conditions are connected.
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Treating people with PTSD may help lower their risk of developing dementia.
Current treatments for multimorbidity involve taking multiple drugs to manage symptoms, which often has adverse health effects.
As we clear the path towards a COVID-normal, mental illness prevention must be prioritised. Including it as a focus of the National Preventive Health Strategy could be a start.
September is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and therefore a good time to talk about dementia. Alzheimer’s is the most common dementia, but there are others to be aware of, a gerontologist explains.
Teaching deaf babies sign language improves the success of cochlear implants – and also safeguards their long-term physical and mental health.
Our research suggests the health benefits of lifting weights rival, or even exceed, those of aerobic exercise. So why do so few of us do it?
Parents of young children are reporting alarming increases in anxiety and depression during COVID-19. This is not only a risk to parents’ mental health, but also to children’s long-term well-being.
Whether you had COVID-19 or just stressed out about getting it, your brain’s hippocampus may have shrunk in the last few months.
Young people may be at particular risk.
For millions, the ACA is making a big difference during the coronavirus crisis.
For Black youth, death by suicide has become a leading cause of death. And they face social problems that give rise to depression and isolation that their white counterparts do not.
The pandemic’s mental health toll is not distributed equally. Its impact is disproportionately felt by racialized groups, Indigenous Peoples, people with disabilities and those experiencing poverty.
Stress, depression, and high blood pressure were just some of the risk factors the study’s researchers identified.
Medical treatments involving neurostimulation are resurfacing and appear to be more effective than drugs in treating depression.
The issues facing Black Americans are not confined to only racial discrimination. Gender plays a part too.
Many people are already struggling amid the stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. For Melbourne residents, a second lockdown is likely to place an even bigger strain on their mental health.
Minocycline, a type of antibiotic, has had promising results in treating depression in both animals and humans.
If you suspect someone you live with is depressed, follow these guidelines.
Our study found many ambulance staff felt ill-equipped to respond to these calls.
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Head of the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Director School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in Psychiatry, UCL
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Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry, UCL
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University