Psychiatry Today

Tips to prevent stress reactions; Study of ketamine for depression still not conclusive; Post-partum depression in mothers of preemies; Low levels of certain hormone in 2nd trimester linked to post-partum depression.

Stigma, ignorance about mental health; Mental illness doesn't effect bariatric surgery; Autism in girls linked to maternal grandmother's smoking in pregnancy; Medication for smoking cessation not used enough; Anxiety increases alcohol cravings; Drinking not always helpful in cardiovascular diseases

Your brain on your favorite song; Health benefits of gratitude; Spiritual Retreats bring about brain changes; Childhood bullying leads to adulthood diseases; Stopping ruminative thoughts to treat depression; Deep sleep lacking but needed in elderly.

Reassuring news about antidepressant use in pregnancy; Guidelines published for Ketamine use in Depression; LSD studied as possible treatment for depression, anxiety; Mindfulness group therapy as good as individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

US dropping in world happiness rankings; Climate change toll on mental health; Brain scans choose medication or therapy for depression; Method predicts bipolar patients' response to Lithium; Substance abuse increases suicide risk in veterans, especially women.

Marijuana harms cardiovascular health; Women more harmed by life stressors; Eating vegetables lowers stress; Violent video games don't lower empathy; Tea drinking may protect elderly from dementia.

Herpes infections raise Autism risk; MRI's in infants predict Autism; Yoga helps relieve depression; Creativity linked to brain connections; Poverty, homicides raise depression in elderly; Postpartum anxiety, depression different than other disorders.

Political news adding to our stress; Brain differences in ADHD; Genetic risk in ADHD; Married people have lower levels of stress hormone; Bracelet for treatment of Trichotillomania.

Show love to depressed partner; Headline stress effects couples; Mediterranean diet may help ADHD; Exercise prevents depression in kids; Caregivers at risk of anxiety, depression; Post-partum depression risk from Gestational Diabetes; Maternal depression reduces kids' empathy.

Interpersonal effects on weight loss; Apps for depression, anxiety; Meditation, music, help reverse memory loss; Genetics of emotional responses to sounds; Misophonia results from abnormal brain connections; Depression, anxiety increase mortality in lung cancer.

Federal panel's report on pot's health effects; Stress, psychosis risk in immigrants; Brain protein linked to trauma's effects; Sleep helps process trauma; Seeing others' trauma effects brain; Work stress in men linked to cancer.

Why no new antidepressants for 10 years; Brain link between stress and heart disease, stroke; College student mental health; Biomarker for depression in pregnancy; Alcohol abuse in older adults; Schizophrenia increases diabetes risk.

Atlanta site of new VA crisis call center; Pot-schizophrenia link confirmed; Hopkins researcher promotes psilocybin use; Links between violence, mental illness; Mediterranean diet slows brain shrinkage

Brain circuits active if political beliefs challenged; 1 in 6 US adults have had Psych. meds.; Pot won't help anxiety or depression; More pregnant women smoking pot; Brain changes during pregnancy; Lutein helps brain health and intelligence in older adults.

Fake events remembered as real; Brain protects us from trauma memories; Aerobic exercise increases brain volume; Magic mushrooms for cancer patients' anxiety, depression; Genes related to personality traits.

Religious experiences activate reward brain circuits; Genetic cause of Autism; Yogic breathing helps Major Depression; Tai Chi helps vets with PTSD; Music training improves brain connections; Reconditioning brain to overcome fear.

Diving in GA Aquarium helps vets with PTSD; New individual cognitive therapy for PTSD; Social media envy, low self-esteem, bad financial choices; Physical illnesses from depression, anxiety; Maternal depression adversely affects children's brain development.

Stress affects purchases; Distraction helps aging brain; Alzheimer's pathology despite superior memory; Teenage binge drinking and future offspring; Gut bacteria show effects of maternal stress on children; Brain area for placebo pain relief found.

Exercise prevents illnesses from work stress; Miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies cause PTSD; Arthritis drug boosts effects of antidepressants; Probiotics improve cognition in Alzheimer's patients.

Sunshine important to mental health; Small lies lead to bigger ones, with greater ease; Increased drugged driving deaths, economic and legal consequences of marijuana legalization; Brain training games don't improve memory generally.

Meditation works even if not "mindful;" Heading the soccer ball and youth football causes brain changes; New brain theory of PTSD; Depression and lung cancer survival; Mental health issues effect future of US healthcare.

Myths about ADHD exploded; ADHD symptoms in adulthood; Higher vitamin D in pregnancy may prevent ADHD in kids; MDs' diagnostic skills far better then web or apps; Knowingly taking placebos for pain still works.

Those stressed out by election should tune out, try yoga; US ranks in top 10 for empathy; Early marijuana use impairs brain, lowers IQ; Ramifications of peer victimization for children, adolescents.

Alcohol produces brain changes similar to Ketamine in depressed patients; Having a happy spouse improves your health; Detecting emotions with wireless signals; Loneliness is at least partially a heritable, genetic trait.

Adverse environment negates antidepressant response; Job status and depression treatment response; Helping depressed smokers quit; Financial traders good at following "gut feelings;" Exercise relieves depression, anxiety in COPD patients.

Why multi-tasking, texting and driving don't work; Stroke and risk factors for depression; Persistent pain and prematurity increase risk of Post Partum Depression; Angry drivers have more collisions; MRI technique induces and changes feelings.

Sex later in life increases risks of cardiovascular events in men, not women; Heredity of alcoholism and binge eating in ADHD patients; Effect of learning languages on brain; Negative experiences on Facebook lead to depression; Memory activation can prevent fearful reactions.

Maternal BPA levles linked to sons' anxiety, depression; Benefits of Meditation vs. Vacation; Parents' mental illness and to kids' suicide, violence; Effects of childhood bullying linger to college age; Health risks of PTSD; Trauma victims' genetic changes passed on to children; Female childhood abuse linked to death in middle age.

Zika causes multiple brain birth defects; Depressed patients not getting help they need; Younger women suffer stress-related heart disease; Fit children have better brain development; Early job dissatisfaction hurts health later in life; Facial cues cause social exclusion.

Brain influences adrenals in stress response; Gene linked to several mental illnesses; ICU patients at risk of depression; Chronic pain in partners of depressed patients; Stigma effects illness severity; Work productivity in recovery from depression; Cinnamon may enhance learning.

Processing speed game lowers dementia risk; Marijuana's long-term effects on the brain; Risk of depression when parents, grandparents have it; Workplace burnout; Altered activity in certain brain areas during hypnosis.

23andMe data helps depression research; Obesity ages brain by 10 years; Effect of combat on female soldiers; Bad first impressions hard to overcome; How to rekindle faded sex life; Behavioral Activation, effective and less costly compared to CBT; Stress intolerance linked to opiate abuse.

Insights into delayed antidepressant action; Long lag between onset of symptoms and proper bipolar diagnosis; ADHD meds reduce risky behaviors; Changes in brain common to autism, ADHD, OCD; Fathers' key role in child development.

Meditation helps with attention, health, lowers stress; IBS and mental health; Infections, taking antibiotics may lead to manic episodes; Increased stress among middle, high schoolers; Women with ADHD at risk of anxiety, suicidal thinking.

Immune reactions control social interactions; Fruits and veggies make us happier; Epileptics have higher suicide rates; Gender based job stress; Controlling drones by thoughts; Brain region differs in men and women.

Young male vets suicides 4 time civilian rate; Cause for obesity in depression, bipolar patients; Claim that acetaminophen in pregnancy can cause autism; THC helps remove plaque found in brain cells in Alzheimer's Disease; Teens' Social stressors helped with lessons about personality change.

Unusual brain wave pattern when texting; Genetic clues in Bipolar Disorder; Biomarkers to diagnose Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Why parents less happy than the childless; Parks promotes physical, mental health; Depression genes can be overcome; Supplement curbs high-calorie food cravings.

Prescription painkiller abuse in US twice as much in 10 years; Early Alzheimer's symptoms reversed in small, preliminary trial; When we eat may be more important than what we eat.

Experts spot trends but can't prevent those who hate from acting on it; High Army suicide rates persistent; Review of suicide prevention; Stigma blocks access to mental health care; Brain differences behind why females better at cooperation; ADHD meds. don't increase substance abuse.

Media connects violence, mental illness; Laws to prevent mentally ill from access to guns; No reliable method to predict suicide; Blood test to personalize depression treatment; 2 in 5 formerly depressed adults happy; Long-term marijuana use changes brain's reward circuit.

Workaholism tied to mental disorders; Suicide risk factors in soldiers related to deployment; Mood changes in bipolar patients toxic to brain cells; Brain structure that reacts to impending negative events impaired in depression; How brain controls habitual behaviors.

How you argue with spouse predicts health outcomes; Extreme beliefs may drive violence but not indication of psychosis; Depression decreases women's fertility; Antidepressants are commonly prescribed for reasons other than depression.

App may help anxiety, depression, but alerts cause ADHD symptoms; Screening for Post-partum Depression; Adverse adult consequences for children of depressed parents; LSD, like Ketamine, causes ego dissolution; Forgetting traumatic memories; Blueberries to treat PTSD.

Stigma major reason service members don't get mental health care; Depression worsens COPD; Mechanism behind antidepressant effect of Ketamine found; Increasing depression later in life may be sign of dementia; Young men with ADHD at highest risk of video game addiction.

Fish oil, SAM-e, methylfolate, and Vitamin D help when added to antidepressants; Certain genes indicate benefit of exercise for depression; Mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy prevents depression relapse; What causes deja vu?; Genes for happiness found.

Suicides increase in almost all demographics; Heart attack patients more depressed but less treated for it; Hundreds of Zoloft birth defect lawsuits dismissed; More evidence of brain damage from cannabis use; One antidepressant helps control weight.

Gun rights and suicide prevention can coexist; Treating depression cuts risk of cardiovascular disease; Stress impairs cardiac blood flow, causes heart muscle damage; Brain differences in thrill-seekers; Pituitary disease in veterans with concussions; Choir singing boosts immunity in cancer patients.

Military suicides increased in 2015; Brain differences in helplessness vs. resilience; Why practice won't always make perfect; Brain differences in selfishness vs. altruism; Brain's emotional processing pathways; What you say about others reveals a lot about you.

More diagnosed with marijuana use disorder; Review busts myth of health benefits of moderate drinking; Links found between nightmares, suicidal behaviors; People with rage disorder more likely to have toxoplasmosis infection.

CDC issues pain killer guidelines in face of overdose epidemic; Variety of physical activities cut Alzheimer's risk in half; Blueberries could help fight Alzheimer's; More education and stair climbing keep the brain young; Overcoming devastating impact of self-criticism.

Depression effects entire organism, not just brain; Train your brain to improve motivation; New brain scans for early Alzheimer's detection; Gene increases risk of schizophrenia; Abrupt smoking cessation found to be better than gradual quitting.