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Studies find growing evidence linking weight, physical activity, neuroplasticity and depression

October 18, 2021 by SharpBrains

Being over­weight can cause depres­sion — and exer­cise is an anti­dote, dual stud­ies con­firm (Run­ner’s World):

A large-scale study from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Exeter has found ‘robust evi­dence’ that being over­weight hikes up your risk of devel­op­ing depres­sion – but as fresh evi­dence con­firms, log­ging your morn­ing miles is one of the most effec­tive ways to fight back. Exer­cise jolts your brain into action, and not just because of the endor­phin high … ‘Obe­si­ty and depres­sion are both major glob­al health chal­lenges, and our study pro­vides the most robust evi­dence to date that high­er BMI caus­es depres­sion,’ said lead author Jess O’Lough­lin. ‘Under­stand­ing whether phys­i­cal or social fac­tors are respon­si­ble for this rela­tion­ship can help inform effec­tive strate­gies to improve men­tal health and well­be­ing.’ [Read more…] about Stud­ies find grow­ing evi­dence link­ing weight, phys­i­cal activ­i­ty, neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty and depression

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: body mass index, Brain-Plasticity, depression, depressive disorders, generalized anxiety disorder, mental health, metabolic health, neuroplasticity, obesity, Physical-activity, Physical-Exercise, Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation

Neuroengineering meets neuroethics to address treatment-resistant depression

November 8, 2019 by SharpBrains

Dr. Maryam Shanechi. Cred­it: USC Viterbi

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Is This the Future of Men­tal Health? (USC Viter­bi School of Engineering):

“Brain–machine inter­faces (BMIs) pro­vide a direct path­way to the brain to trans­late brain sig­nals into actions … Below, Shanechi (Note: Maryam Shanechi, PhD, assis­tant pro­fes­sor of elec­tri­cal and com­put­er engi­neer­ing) answers some ques­tions about her work and what the future might hold for our under­stand­ing and treat­ment of men­tal disorders.

What poten­tial does this hold for the future not just of men­tal health, but of under­stand­ing our brains as a whole?

Neu­ropsy­chi­atric dis­or­ders are a major cause of dis­abil­i­ty world­wide with depres­sive dis­or­ders being the most dis­abling among them. About 30% of major depres­sion patients are treat­ment-resis­tant – that’s about 5 mil­lion peo­ple in the US alone. [Read more…] about Neu­ro­engi­neer­ing meets neu­roethics to address treat­ment-resis­tant depression

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain health, brain signals, brain-machine interfaces, depressive disorders, emotion regulation, engineering, future, Maryam Shanechi, mental health, neural, Neuroethics, neuropsychiatric disorders, treatment-resistant depression, USC Viterbi

Study finds psychiatric diagnoses to be ‘scientifically meaningless’

August 15, 2019 by SharpBrains

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Psy­chi­atric diag­no­sis ‘sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly mean­ing­less’ (Sci­ence Daily):

“A new study, pub­lished in Psy­chi­a­try Research, has con­clud­ed that psy­chi­atric diag­noses are sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly worth­less as tools to iden­ti­fy dis­crete men­tal health disorders.

The study, led by researchers from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Liv­er­pool, involved a detailed analy­sis of five key chap­ters of the lat­est edi­tion of the wide­ly used Diag­nos­tic and Sta­tis­ti­cal Man­u­al (DSM), on ‘schiz­o­phre­nia’, ‘bipo­lar dis­or­der’, ‘depres­sive dis­or­ders’, ‘anx­i­ety dis­or­ders’ and ‘trau­ma-relat­ed dis­or­ders’ [Read more…] about Study finds psy­chi­atric diag­noses to be ‘sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly meaningless’

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: anxiety-disorders, bipolar-disorder, depressive disorders, diagnostic labelling, digital biomarkers, disorders, DSM, DSM-5, mental health, mental health disorders, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatry research, schizophrenia, trauma-related disorders

Study: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps treat depression–especially among women–but benefits are declining steadily

July 22, 2015 by SharpBrains

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Researchers have found that CBT is rough­ly half as effec­tive in treat­ing depres­sion as it used to be (The Guardian):

“Every­body loves cog­ni­tive behav­iour­al ther­a­py. It’s the no-non­sense, quick and rel­a­tive­ly cheap approach to men­tal suffering…So it was unset­tling to learn, from a paper in the jour­nal Psy­cho­log­i­cal Bul­letin, that it seems to be get­ting less effec­tive over time. [Read more…] about Study: Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py helps treat depression–especially among women–but ben­e­fits are declin­ing steadily

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: cognitive-behavioral-therapy, depression, depression-treatment, depressive disorders, Placebo-Effect, Psychotherapy

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