Psychiatry

For around 2%-to-7% of the population, vomiting provokes anxiety so severe they’ll do anything to avoid it.

In psychiatry, patients are commonly diagnosed with major depression and told it is due to an imbalance in their brain serotonin. But explanations like this that are 'more false than true' according to Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler, are the wrong route.

In Canada, about 15% of the population experience the winter blues, while 2%-to-6% experience seasonal affective disorder.

Taken to improve sleep quality, the drugs actually lead to a decline in certain important parameters, particularly for memory and cognitive health, in seniors.

Hypertension, high blood sugar, inactivity, or sleep disorders: A study shows that certain modifiable factors increase the risk of developing one of these three neurological conditions.

Systematic review provides details on which treatments have greatest impact on weight, heart rate, blood pressure and other factors.

Instead, the task force says clinicians should make asking about a patient’s mental health and well-being a part of their usual care and use their own clinical judgement to detect signs of depression and decide of further steps.

A national study published today suggests the numbers are ‘clinically relevant.’