February 5, 2016 Emotional distress tied to weapon use for teens Even though a wide range of social and economic factors may influence whether teens get involved with weapons, two things appear to increase the odds for white, black and Hispanic youth alike - emotional distress and substance abuse - a recent U.S. study suggests.
February 4, 2016 Parents' depression may affect kids' school performance Children perform worse in school when their parents are diagnosed with depression, suggests a study from Sweden.
February 3, 2016 Brain scans to catch depression before it starts Researchers at MIT's McGovern Institute are using the latest advances in brain imaging to identify children at high risk of depression before the debilitating and sometimes deadly disorder sets in.
February 2, 2016 Many depressed teens don't get needed treatment Many teens diagnosed with depression don't immediately receive needed follow-up care even when therapy is recommended or medication is prescribed, a U.S. study suggests.
February 2, 2016 Basketball star Jay Williams on fighting back after life's accidents Jay Williams was considered the best college basketball player to come out of Duke University. But his dreams of NBA success all came to an end when he suffered a near-fatal motorcycle accident. Williams sits down with Dr. Manny to talk about his inspirational life story chronicled in his book, “Life Is Not An Accident, a Memoir of Reinvention”
January 28, 2016 Girls may be like mom when it comes to mood disorders A woman with depression might have her mother's brain circuitry at least partly to blame, suggests a new study out of the University of California San Francisco.
January 28, 2016 For African women with HIV, not breastfeeding is not easy Healthcare providers need to understand that for HIV-positive African women, following advice not to breastfeed in order to protect their babies from the virus takes a high emotional toll, a U.K. study suggests.
January 28, 2016 Adding behavioral therapy to meds reduces depression long-term When depression does not respond to antidepressant medication, replacing it with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or adding CBT to treatment may be effective and last for several years, according to a trial in the U.K. Three to five years after having up to 18 CBT sessions, trial participants were less depressed than those who didn't get the added behavioral therapy, suggesting a long-term benefit that makes CBT cost-effective, the authors conclude.
January 27, 2016 Trans youth may have improved access to puberty blockers Puberty can be one of the worst times in a transgender or gender-nonconforming child's life, but for these children, access to drugs that prevent puberty may be getting easier, researchers say in a new paper.
January 27, 2016 Taking older drivers off the road tied to increased depression risk When older drivers stop getting behind the wheel, they may be more likely to feel depressed and to develop other health problems than their peers who remain on the road, a research review suggests.