A major new study has found that mental health and behavioural changes such as depression, anxiety, and emotional instability are common in people who survive encephalitis — inflammation of the brain ...

A new study investigating neuroinflammation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain, a small, midbrain dopaminergic region, has found that acute and chronic depression are associated with ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not others, according to research published in Science. The findings challenge the ...

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Short bursts of exercise can help reduce the symptoms of chronic depression, a study has found. The study, published on Monday in JAMA Network Open, found when people over 50 who suffer from ...

Psychiatrist Marian Rojas Estapé warns that chronic anxiety can be a sliding door to depression. Here is why your stress alarm matters.

Karin de Punder, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, has conducted research on how chronic stress accelerates the aging of the immune system and its ...

Depression symptoms in chronic disease patients can include the typical low mood and lack of pleasure or interest in activities. Source: Kilarov Zaneit/Unsplash As we age, many of us develop risk ...