4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (808+ words) Researchers have identified six core parts of positive mental well-being, giving a field long divided by competing definitions a clearer focus. The research recasts mental health as something built through purpose, choice, connection, and self-regard – not simply the absence of…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (754+ words) Scientists in Montreal have tied depression to specific changes inside two types of brain cells. Their map points to excitatory neurons that shape mood and microglia that manage inflammation. Depression affects about 5 percent of adults. This new study suggests treatments…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (748+ words) A new study has found that a simple web tool helped patients stay on antidepressants longer than standard prescribing. The result gives doctors a practical way to reduce early drop-offs and help patients remain on treatment long enough to feel…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (881+ words) Childhood abuse can affect people long after childhood ends. Researchers have found that survivors are much more likely to face violence in adult relationships, but the reason was unclear. A new study explored this link using data from more than…...

3+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (788+ words) Scan the brain of a longtime heavy drinker and the damage looks familiar: weak connections, slow signaling, memory and movement that slip with age. That picture of alcohol brain networks held steady enough that researchers stopped questioning it. Then a…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1070+ words) A rare look inside the human hippocampus reveals changes in new neuron growth, memory circuits, stress responses, and inflammation linked to depression. Depression can affect how people feel, think, sleep, remember things, and deal with stress, so it does not…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (714+ words) A simple workout can do much more than tone muscles or burn calories. It can actually reshape brain chemistry and lift mood in ways that scientists can measure. A major scientific review from James Cook University confirms that movement has…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (967+ words) We ask a simple question all the time: what makes us sleep. A new set of mouse experiments points to something small and surprising – a bacterial cell wall material called peptidoglycan that shows up in the brain and rises and…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (785+ words) Scientists have identified an unusual energy signature in young adults with depression: cells in both the brain and blood appear highly active at rest but lose ground when demand rises. The finding recasts fatigue as a measurable feature of the…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (607+ words) What if your mind and body were never truly separate? For years, people have treated mental and physical health as if they exist in entirely different worlds. Doctors treated depression in one place and heart disease in another. But new…...