Historically, poor sleep has been seen as a side effect of mental ill health, but this study found that the link between sleep and mental illness is more complex. The study, published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, analysed data from people with an average age of 65 and found short sleep was associated with the onset of depressive symptoms. Lead author Odessa S. Hamilton (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) said: “We have this chicken or egg scenario between suboptimal sleep duration and depression, they frequently co-occur ...
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A growing body of research has demonstrated links between sleep problems and symptoms of depression and anxiety in community and clinical samples of adolescents and young adults. Scant longitudinal...
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Adolescents whose fathers have depressive symptoms are more likely to experience symptoms of depression themselves, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
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Approximately 100 million people in the world suffer with treatment-resistant depression, which means they have not responded to at least two antidepressant treatments for their major depressive disorder. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, investigated the change in the severity of depression in participants with treatment-resistant depression over the course of 12 weeks following a single dose of psilocybin alongside psychological support. Researchers found that participants reported a greater reduction in levels of d ...
Depression symptoms can include sadness, fatigue, and poor self-esteem, but signs of depression can be more complicated because the various sub-types can present differently for each person.