Depression

Research ties GLP-1 injections to fewer setbacks in anxiety and depression

The study also reported a 42% lower risk of psychiatric hospitalizations and work absences during periods when patients were taking semaglutide compared with periods when they were not.

A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly's weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk.
The surprising reason for the rise in loneliness in the world

Researchers reveal the surprising reason for the rise in loneliness in the world

Beer, Depression, Alcoholism.

Pharmaceutical companies are shaking: Israeli pharma company with breakthrough development

The cost is disconnection and emotional constriction

When tension with Iran feels like a weather forecast, depression isn’t surprising


Brains of teenagers have physically aged due to stress caused by pandemic - study

The results were that the developmental process had sped up in those involved while they were experiencing the pandemic.

Mental health [illustrative]

Training on treadmill with VR can help MS patients - study

About 100 MS patients aged 18 to 65 participated in the study.

 Israeli study finds that that training on a treadmill plus virtual reality helps improve walking, cognition and depression in relapsing-remitting MS patients, November 24, 2022.

Introducing the strategy that could lower stress, anxiety in children

Transcendental meditation may sound like something difficult to practice. This is how it works.

 Depression in children and teens is on the rise, how can we help them?

How does regret affect your ability to cope with stress? - study

The brain’s sensitivity to different types of regret may impact mood disorders like depression.

Depression (illustrative)

Loneliness associated with double the risk of developing type 2 diabetes

A growing body of evidence links an individual's risk of developing T2D with psychological stress.

NEW STUDIES are starting to show that the combination of economic hardship and loneliness is pushing people in Israel and internationally over the edge.

Water crisis in Michigan linked to psychiatric disorders - study

During the nearly three years that Flint's drinking water contained lead, tens of thousands of children and adults developed high blood-lead levels.

Magrase is once again open to the public

Nearly one in 10 in the US reports having depression - study

In 2020, 9% of Americans surveyed had experienced a major depressive episode within the past year. Depression rates were highest in adults aged 18-25 (17%).

 Illustrative image of a person dealing with depression.

Are Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg to blame for students' depression?

An Israeli-led academic study revealed new evidence of the social media platform Facebook’s negative impact on the mental health of college students.

People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014.

Jumping gene found to be strongly linked to depression, fear and anxiety - study

The experiment's results demonstrated that the TOP gene plays an important role in coping with stress.

 Illustrative image of a person dealing with depression.

How can monkeypox affect your brain? New study explains

In addition to a blistering rash and flu-like symptoms, the monkeypox virus could wreak havoc on your brain, new research reveals.

Head of the Institute of Microbiology of the German Armed Forces Roman Woelfel works in his laboraty in Munich, May 20, 2022, after Germany has detected its first case of monkeypox.