Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), researchers have shown that depressed patients had an abnormal activation of the medial prefrontal cortex.

Everyday stress can have physical and psychological consequences on people.

Science has long documented the effect of extreme stress, such as war, injury or traumatic grief on humans.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has caused grave psychological responses - overriding ones being anger, depression and helplessness.

The widespread

The mental health of abused mothers may actually worsen before improving even after the end of a violent relationship, reports a new study.

Researchers

While many teenagers may grab a cigarette on and off to ‘relieve stress’ or to simply drive away the blues, they are in fact, driving themselves towards depression, says a new study.

Children who had experienced maltreatment, domestic abuse or peer violence on top of exposure to disaster had more anxiety, depression, and aggression

Major surgeries pose a greater risk of patients developing Alzheimer’s disease, concludes a new study at Imperial College, London.

Experiments conducted

Two high-fat diets, the ketogenic and the Atkins, can successfully treat epilepsy seizures in children, a recent research study has shown.

Researchers

A new study has pointed out the reason why people suffering from emotional stress portray a tendency of hurting themselves.

Individuals with borderline

Just as psychotic disorders, their symptoms,course, and treatment response vary between individuals, they differ across places and demographic groups too.