And yoga, even separate from meditation, has recently been shown to improve symptoms of psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and even schizophrenia.
It can be caused by psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety disorders and schizophrenia.
Case studies and some reports indicate efficacy of this extremely controversial treatment for depression and other disorders.
FORBES: Autism Shock Therapy Practiced In US Is Torture, Says UN Official
Anxiety attacks, depression, sleep disorders, flashbacks, and difficulty trusting people are common symptoms of PTSD and of finding out a spouse is gay.
FORBES: Not Everyone's Cheering J.Crew Boss Jenna Lyons Lesbian Rumor
Another finding of the report is that depression and other disorders which affect the brain have a major impact on a person's physical health.
CBT, which is the current gold standard in psychotherapy has been used to treat everything from anxiety and depression to eating disorders, sleep disorders, and phobias.
FORBES: Postpartum Psychology: Depression, Anxiety, OCD, and Psychosis
It turns out that the more family members you have who have been found to have major depression, anxiety disorders, or drug or alcohol dependence, the greater the chances that you will too, according to Terrie E.
CNN: Are you at risk for depression? A quick family history could tell
Lublin hopes the Crisis Text Line, due to launch in August, will serve as a New York-based umbrella, shuttling texts for help to partner organizations around the country, such as The Trevor Project for gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning youth or other groups already providing hotlines on dating and sexual abuse to bullying, depression and eating disorders.
Too-high stress hormone levels are directly linked to gastrointestinal problems, lowered immune response, anxiety disorders and depression.
FORBES: More Die of Heartbreak, More Often Than You Might Think
This is especially the case for girls where there is a high risk of mood disorders and depression.
BBC: Brain scan study to understand workings of teenage mind
He hopes this will help identify what goes awry to cause disorders like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and autism.
The impending FDA action has reawakened the debate surrounding this controversial treatment for depression and other mental disorders.
Scientists aren't certain as to why poor sleep in childhood increases the risk of anxiety disorders and depression.
WSJ: How Much Sleep Do Children and Teenagers Need? Grown-Up Problems Start at Bedtime
He also has been on medications for sleep disorders and depression that started after his first deployment four years ago.
By laying bare the basic mechanisms of thought, the institute's work could eventually yield clues to conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and autism and mental disorders like depression.
Disrupted clocks have been associated with sleep disorders and depression.
Mood disorders like depression -- which Miller and her colleagues purposely sought to isolate from their findings -- can also contribute to the problem, as they reportedly did in Todd's case.
For many years before his paper on reparative therapy, Spitzer had conducted studies that evaluated the efficacy of self-reporting as a tool to assess a variety of personality disorders and depression.
FORBES: The Top 10 Brain Science and Psychology Stories of 2012
In a first-of-its kind study conducted at the University of Toronto and the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, researchers implanted electrodes in a specific part of the brain already known to be involved in depression and other mood disorders.
FORBES: Startling Treatment Breakthrough For Anorexia Leads To New Understanding Of Brain Disorders
Anxiety disorders and depression are the most common mental illnesses: 28.8% of the general population will have an anxiety disorder in their lifetime and 20.8% will have a mood disorder, according to a 2005 study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
WSJ: How Much Sleep Do Children and Teenagers Need? Grown-Up Problems Start at Bedtime
Many compulsive shoppers also suffer from depression, anxiety or eating disorders, and about half of them are also hoarders.
When that fragile circuitry goes awry, it can play a role in disorders ranging from depression to epilepsy to Parkinson's disease.
Social norms can mitigate against men expressing their emotions or appearing vulnerable, it adds, meaning common psychological disorders, including depression and anxiety, are under diagnosed in men.
Dr. Doraiswamy says he recommends meditation for people with depression, panic or anxiety disorders, ongoing stress, or for general health maintenance of brain alertness and cardiovascular health.
To find out, they sifted through more than 100 studies on the effects of yoga on a variety of major psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and ADHD.
More and more, people are off for mental or behavioural disorders such as depression: numbers in those categories rose between 1995 and 2003 from 445, 000 to 846, 000.
ECONOMIST: Why so many people are off sick while the economy is healthy
In particular, there's a strong genetic component to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well as to several mood and anxiety disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
People with mental health disorders, such as depression, are twice as likely to smoke and tend to be more addicted.
In contrast, girls appear to be overrepresented in disorders that begin after puberty such as depression and anxiety.
应用推荐