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Support from others in stressful times can ease impact of genetic depression risk
Michigan Health Lab Blog
Study in first-year doctors and recently widowed older adults shows greatest impact of social support in those with highest polygenic risk scores for...
U-M researcher leads DoD-funded project to understand mental fatigue
Michigan News
Researchers at the University of Michigan are leading a multi-university partnership that aims to understand and predict cognitive fatigue in...
Introducing the Research Incubator Program's Inaugural Cohort
To address the increasing need for advancement in our understanding of depressive illnesses, the Eisenberg Family Depression Center has launched a new...
In stressful jobs, depression risk rises with hours worked, study in new doctors finds
Michigan Health Lab Blog
In “emulated” clinical trial, longer work weeks were strongly linked to larger rise in depression symptoms, pushing some first-year resident...
Food as a Risk Factor and Treatment for Depression with Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D.
For more than a decade, Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D., has been investigating how certain foods can trigger an addictive process. Through her research...
Psych Tank: Bold Research Ideas Receive Rapid Funding
To address the growing need for effective, long-term treatment and prevention of depressive illness, the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family...
Answering the alarm sounded about Black youth suicide, a new study will take place in two New York City hospitals
Newly funded NIMH R01; Dr. Cheryl King is one of three study principal investigators Link to the press release on NYU's Silver School of Social Work...
Genetic risk for depression linked to other medical conditions
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is not only a leading cause of disability on its own. The psychiatric condition often occurs in conjunction with, and...
As science searches for answers on depression, what should patients do today?
The brain’s a complicated place. But medications, talk therapy, lifestyle changes and advanced treatments do work, as research continues into why...
U-M study: Depression incidence and factors among residents are similar in China and US
Though a world apart, first-year residents in the United States and China have more in common than they might imagine, including bouts of depression...
U-M researchers partner with UP community to improve firearm safety, reduce injuries
EFDC member Cynthia Ewell Foster, a clinical psychologist at the University of Michigan, has been working with groups from across Marquette County to...
Increased organized activities could help reduce firearm violence among youth
EFDC member Patrick Carter, MD, and colleagues discuss new study showing that organized and group activities may play a key role in preventing firearm...
New Studies Show Special Mental Health Risks for Certain Groups of New Doctors
Surgeons-in-training, and first-year residents who identify as LGBTQ, experience more new signs of depression than peers, adding to already elevated...
Reconsidering Treatment-Resistant Depression
Estimates suggest that only half of the individuals suffering with mental illness receive treatment that results in long-term relief. Antidepressant...
Mental health is an issue for people with spinal cord injury. Chronic pain makes it worse.
Originally published by Michigan Medicine's Health Blog Adults living with spinal cord injuries have a near-80% increased risk of developing...