Exercise programs can improve depressive symptoms

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

6 months ago
IDEA, physical exercise, depression

Their application must be individualized and monitored by specialists in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, as well as in mental health

A study by the IDIBGI and UPF confirms the relationship between an amino acid present in diet and depression

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2 years ago
proline, depression

Researchers from the Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI) and UPF have identified the role of an amino acid in humans, mice and flies suffering depression. It is proline, an amino acid that i...

What research is being done in mental health?

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

3 years ago
mental health, research, mental disorders, Depression, anxiety, Bipolar, obsessive-compulsive, Eating Disorders, OCD

The Marató de TV3 i Catalunya Ràdio telethon will be held on Sunday 19th December to raise money for research into mental disorders. Three experts from Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS explain to us the mai...

Study reveals that a high percentage of children and adolescents with early onset psychosis suffer from clinical depression

by Fundació Sant Joan de Déu

3 years ago
depression, adolescents, children, psychotic episode

The results of this study show the need for appropriate tools to measure and determine more specifically the clinical symptoms of depression in children and adolescents with a first psychotic episode....

More than 6% of Europeans suffer from depression

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

3 years ago
depression

A study in 27 European countries led by researchers from King’s College London and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute puts the prevalence of depression at 6.4% of the population

The effects of treatment with antidepressant drugs evaluated through the analysis of patients’ tweets

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

4 years ago
Biomedical Informatics, tweets, Twitter, depression, antidepressant drugs, Social media

Scientists from the Integrative Biomedical Informatics research group have identified behavioural and linguistic changes in tweets in Spanish published by users suffering from depression and who are t...

MOOD COVID: Evaluating the Impact of the Pandemic on the Mental Health of Pregnant Women

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

4 years ago
depression, women, covid, Mental Health, pregnant, proyecto MOOD COVID

ISGlobal researcher Maria Foraster awarded one of ten AXA Research Fund grants

Behaviours to prevent anxiety and depression during the pandemic

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

4 years ago
psychological well-being, anxiety, pandemic, depression

The pandemic and lockdown caused by COVID-19 have increased symptoms of anxiety and depression in the population. However, according to a major survey carried out by the Psychiatry and Psychology Depa...

Chromosomal Variants Help Explain Why People With Obesity Often Develop Diseases Such as Asthma and Diabetes

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

4 years ago
Diabetes, chromosoma, obesity, DNA, hypertension, depression, andasthma

The link between obesity and other diseases may be found in chromosomal inversions

Parkinson’s Patients With Depression May Develop Behavioral Addictions

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

5 years ago
parkinson, depression, addictions, behavior

Researchers at Sant Pau have recently published in the Annals of Neurology a study that shows that the presence of depression in Parkinson’s patients is a risk factor in the appearance of behavioura...

Depression can shorten your telomeres

by Life Length

9 years ago
telomere lengths, depression

Researchers applied statistical tests to 38 extant studies of individuals with and without Major Depressive Disorder that had measured those individuals’ telomere lengths. The meta-analysis found th...

Juegos de ordenador para tratar la depresión en ancianos

by Agencia Sinc

10 years ago
depression

Un estudio publicado esta semana en la revista Nature Communications revela que los juegos de ordenador cognitivos pueden aliviar los síntomas de depresión en ancianos que no responden bien al trata...