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Having hypermobile joints can increase the risk for depression and anxiety in adolescents

MQ Mental Health

A link has been found between joint hypermobility and the emergence of depression and anxiety in adolescence, according to a new study by Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the United Kingdom (BSMS) published in the BMJ Open. They then used statistical tests to assess the link between joint hypermobility and depression and anxiety.

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New Treatments for Bipolar Depression—Options for Treatment Resistance

Nnatasha Tracy

Recently, Psychiatric Times did a comprehensive piece on new or unusual bipolar depression treatments, treatments that may be an option for treatment-resistant bipolar depression. They are thinking outside the standard bipolar depression treatments.

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Investigating the transdiagnostic nature of rumination across depressive, anxiety and eating disorders: A meta-analysis.

Society of Clinical Psychology

As depression, anxiety and eating disorders are highly comorbid illnesses that share a multitude of risk factors (McGrath et al., As depression, anxiety and eating disorders are highly comorbid illnesses that share a multitude of risk factors (McGrath et al., Target Article. Rickerby, N., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., Davenport, R.,

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Depression and suicide risk: An interview with new MQ Fellow Dr Alexandre Lussier

MQ Mental Health

Alexandre is studying extent to which the timing of child and adolescent depression interacts with genetic susceptibility to influence suicide risk in early adulthood. Following my PhD, I trained in computational biology and statistical genetics at Cornell University, working on X chromosome variation and psychiatric disease.

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depression's causes

Clinical Philosophy

What causes depression? But it occurs to me - on reading the newly minted BPS document " Understanding Depression: Why Adults Experience Depression and What Can Help " - that it really isn't. And the thing is, just asking 'what causes depression?' And so too, I suggest, is asking 'what causes depression?'

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How the Winter Months Impact Our Mental Health

My Brains Not Broken

I assumed that since I had depression year-round, there’s no reason that it would be worse, right? Not that it needs to be said on this blog, but seasonal depression is real. And it was surprising to learn that during this time of year, some symptoms of depression were triggered more often than usual.

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A Look at Mental Health in the LGBTQIA+ Community During Pride Month 2022

My Brains Not Broken

From the American Psychiatric Association : LGBTQ individuals are more than twice as likely as heterosexual men and women to have a mental health disorder in their lifetime. times more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and substance misuse compared with heterosexual individuals. population. LGBTQ individuals are 2.5