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Mental Health and Alzheimer's Disease | These nine factors are not good for developing Alzheimer's

Do Benzodiazepines increase PTSD, especially for those who have experienced major trauma?

 

In a study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, researchers found that the omega-3 fatty acid EPA (eicosapentataenoic acid) appears to boost mood in a subgroup of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) who have high inflammation levels. Here is what they found:

Mental Health Help | Understanding Postpartum Depression.

This we must give credit to the NIH for putting together this very real video for those suffering.  

Middle-aged or older individuals who eat as much as 3.5 ounces of chocolate a day may receive cardiovascular benefits, according to a report published online June in Heart.

Over 47.5 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease or some other type of dementia, according to the World Health Organization. Despite decades of research, the only medications currently available treat the symptoms alone.

As studies become more and more available on specific topics like Suicide, the clinical factors identified are key elements to help those people get the help they need before attempting suicide.

A major multi-national study of suicides has identified the behaviour patterns which precede many suicide attempts.

This may lead to changes in clinical practice in the care of patients affected with depression, as it shows the clinical factors which confer major risk of suicide attempts. This was first published in eurekalert.org, here is what they found:

The statistics for suicide are frightening. According to the WHO, more than 800,000 people commit suicide every year, with perhaps 20 times that number attempting suicide.

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the young (in the UK for example, it is the leading cause of death in men under 35) see notes, below. Effective measures of suicide prevention are urgently needed.

The BRIDGE-II-MIX study is a major international study looking at depression and suicide.

Mental Health Update | Being bullied in adolescence may make kids more vulnerable to depression…

...in early adulthood and explain almost a third of depression burden at that age, according to a new study in the U.K.

Here, we report a case of a patient who reported using high dose caffeine and was observed with multiple episodes of caffeine-induced mania with psychotic features and met criteria for caffeine use disorder.