Coupled with the already heightened stresses of Valentine’s Day, caused by unmet expectations and unrequited love, this time of year makes people more susceptible.
People with head injuries were 21% more likely to attempt suicide than those without, even after adjusting for age, sex, deprivation, and mental health history.
The quality of a night of sleep — rather than the length of the night of sleep — predicted how quickly older adults processed information the...
Trillions of microbes in our digestive system talk to the brain through chemical and neural pathways, affecting our mood, stress levels and even cognition.
Depression was 44 percent more common among women with a gynaecological disorder even before diagnosis. In the year leading up to and the year following diagnosis,...
The commitment to simple living, or ‘voluntary simplicity’ as it is formally known, leads to wellbeing through providing more opportunities for personal interaction and social connection...
Expressing love may lead to increased feelings of being loved, which can have downstream effects on people’s senses of fulfillment and wellbeing. Zita Oravecz and colleagues...
Those who said they had higher wellbeing were more likely to subsequently have better scores on memory tests.
The findings raise the possibility that depression late in life may not just be a risk factor, but it could also be an early warning sign...
Most relaxation techniques seemed to lower both systolic and diastolic blood pressure for people with high blood pressure after 3 or fewer months. The most commonly...
