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


HU team finds that depression can be treated effectively by online cognitive behavioral therapy

The study, whose findings deepen our understanding of how depression can be treated through internet-based interventions, found significant improvements in depression and insomnia symptoms over time.

 A cybersecurity employee from the Paris 2024 flying squad manages a simulated cyber attack and pretends to resolve it from a computer on the Olympic site which will host the hockey events at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France, May 3, 2024.

Social worker appreciation day: Workers want funding, not ‘thank you’s

"There is a reason that social work positions are unfilled. The social workers need to know when they will get the money," she said, referencing hundreds of unfilled positions for social workers.

Depression (illustrative)

Medical benefits of psychedelic mushrooms identified by Israeli researchers

The results indicate that psilocybin-containing mushroom extract can exert a more potent and prolonged effect on synaptic plasticity when compared to chemically synthesized psilocybin.

 psychedelic mushrooms (illustrative)

Depression, anxiety rates among Israeli children spike since Oct. 7 - expert

A recent study reports a recent rise in depression rates in children. An Israeli expert notes a similar increase in Israel after the October 7 massacre.

 Depression in children

Scents from childhood could help relieve depression- study

The study showed that memorable smells from a person’s past could even be used in the clinical setting to help depressed individuals.

 A man's nose

Netanyahu's inept government has driven Israel to depression - opinion

With a security minister handing out guns indiscriminately and a finance minister who doesn't know economics, it’s no wonder anti-anxiety/depression drugs are flying off shelves.

 HOSTAGES’ FAMILIES protest outside Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea, Jan. 20.

Coping with postpartum depression after Oct. 7

New mothers, like most parents in Israel, felt all through October that evil had been unleashed, and no sight was void of it. 

 Children's toys and personal items lie on the bloodstained floor of a child's bedroom, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel October 17, 2023.

Responding to Israel's mental health crisis

As we navigate the ongoing war, a monumental wave of psychopathology is expected when it eventually subsides.

 THE FUNERAL of Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Eliraz Gabai, killed in Gaza, takes place in Tiberias, last week. Busy with fighting a war, attending funerals, and visiting the bereaved, we are suppressing a great deal of grief, the writer notes.

Israel tries to return to old routines when everything has changed - opinion

Returning to old roles when nothing is the same

 OUR SENSE of routine, safety, and comfort has been shattered for now

Spouses of reserve soldiers suffer from depression

A large number of Israelis at home while their spouses are on reserve duty in the Gaza war are suffering from anxiety, guilt, depression, and traumatic symptoms.

 People gather and light candles to remember the Israeli victims of the October 7 massacre at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 12, 2023.