BACKGROUND Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a noninvasive measure of parasympathetic tone that has been related to emotion regulatory capacity. While some previous work indicates that clinically depressed persons exhibit lower levels of RSA than do normal controls, there is nevertheless considerable between-subject variation in RSA among depressed persons. The current study evaluated the s...

Although depression symptoms are often treated as interchangeable, some may relate to adolescent life satisfaction more strongly than others. To assess this premise, we first conducted a network analysis on the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) in large (N = 1,059), cross-sectional sample of community adolescents (age M 14.72 ± 1.79). The most central depression, indexed by strength, were s...

Depression is a common mental disorder in which patients often experience feelings of sadness, fatigue, loss interest, and pleasure. Exercise widely used intervention for managing depression, but the specific molecular mechanisms underlying its antidepressant effect are unclear. In this narrative review, we aim to synthesize current knowledge on molecular, neural, physiological through exercise...

Introduction A pandemic can have significant effects on people’s emotional wellbeing. Infection control measures such as social distancing lead people to feel isolated and increased feelings of fear, anxiety, anger, sadness. Recent research showed a worrying increase in depression anxiety disorders, general distress, sleep disorders. People who already suffer from mental illness may be more vul...

Depression is a most common, debilitating and life threatening illness and most serious mental health problem that people face nowadays. It is characterized by change in mood, lack of interest in surroundings, feeling of sadness, gloominess or melancholy. According to WHO report, depression is the fourth leading causes of disability worldwide with a prevalence of approximately 5% in general pop...

BACKGROUND depression is a major disabling condition among older adults, where it may be under-diagnosed for a number of reasons, including a different presentation for younger people with depression. The Minimum Data Set 2.0 (MDS 2.0) assessment system provides a measurement scale for depression, the Depression Rating Scale (DRS), in addition to other items that may represent depressive phenom...

There is a need to better understand the interrelationships between positive and negative symptoms of recent-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) co-occurring depressive symptoms. Aims were determine: (1) whether are best conceptualised as distinct from, or intrinsic to, symptoms; (2) bridging Network analysis was applied data from 198 individuals with psychotic in SSD Psychosis Recent ...

PURPOSE Depression is highly prevalent in palliative care patients. In clinical practice, there is concern about both insufficient and excessive diagnosis and treatment of depression. In the Netherlands, family physicians have a central role in delivering palliative care. We explored variation in family physicians' opinions regarding the recognition, diagnosis, and management of depression in p...

Objective In traditional medicine, Echium spp., including E. vulgare L., are utilized as exhilarant and mood stimulant. On the other hand, depression is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living. Therefore, finding effective and safe treatments is a hotly conteste...