Mental illnesses are treatable, though many sufferers find they are ever-present or keep returning. Management specialist ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not others, according to research published in Science. The findings challenge the ...

Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Themes. She receives Royalties from Cambridge University Press for Brain ...

Researchers identify the hippocampus and microglia as the "tipping point" that determines if chronic pain leads to depression ...

A new study investigating neuroinflammation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain, a small, midbrain dopaminergic region, has found that acute and chronic depression are associated with ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders suggests that children and adolescents with chronic medical ...

Young people with chronic pain also have higher rates of depression and anxiety, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. In an analysis of 79 studies totaling almost 23,000 youth, the ...

Patients with chronic depression can be differentiated from those with episodic depression according to their levels of cognitive–behavioural and emotional avoidance, study findings suggest.

The investigators identified a total of 376 relevant studies from 50 countries, including 347,468 individuals (70% of whom were female) with chronic pain. The pooled prevalence rates for depression ...

Chronic tinnitus is independently associated with depression and anxiety symptoms, according to a study published online in ...

Chronic pain can be very destabilizing for anyone, but especially for people with bipolar disorder. The way bipolar ...