By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders increased by more than a quarter worldwide in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the first global...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Vietnamese Ministry of Health reported 8,681 COVID-19 cases Monday, including 5,171 cases in Ho Chi Minh City. The average number of new infections in the country...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A new study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry links Lyme Disease to elevated risk of psychiatric illness. It has long been suspected that Lyme disease...

The restrictions put in place  and the resulting  social isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on children’s mental and behavioral health. Joining me today to take a look at Children’s...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The assistant director of the Department of Health in Region 9 (DOH-9) in Zamboanga City warns that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing a mental health crisis in the Philippines. Dr....

About 40% of the affected patients with Huntington’s disease -a neurodegenerative pathology- show depression symptoms, even in early stages before the apparition of the typical motor symptoms of...

Yemenis face serious mental health risks, but the issue is being neglected, says a new study released today by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the Sana’a Center for...

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Here are two studies that discuss popular social media sites and depression, substance abuse: Depressed Pinterest Users Suffer From Lack of Positive Messages Despite the large number of posts on visual...

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On July 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Rexulti (brexpiprazole) tablets to treat adults with schizophrenia and as an add-on treatment to an antidepressant medication to treat adults...