Landmark Studies Break The Code of Stress and Depression
A study in the British Journal of Psychiatry shows more than a fifth of the population has a genetic predisposition to depression in response to a series of stressful life events.
According to the landmark research from Brain Sciences (University of New South Wales), people with genetic predisposition who are exposed to three or more negative life events in a year, have an 80 percent chance of becoming depressed.
In another study funded by NIMH and reported in Nature Neuroscience, provides insight into how chronic stress triggers actual scaring on a molecular level in the brain. These changes are deeper and much more long lasting than the effects of existing antidepressants, which only alleviate the symptoms. "To really cure depression, we probably need to find new treatments," concluded the lead researcher.
These two studies crack the code of depression, and let us see why depression is so widespread and intractable, as well as giving hints about new treatments.
Read more on these landmark studies of stress and depression.
According to the landmark research from Brain Sciences (University of New South Wales), people with genetic predisposition who are exposed to three or more negative life events in a year, have an 80 percent chance of becoming depressed.
In another study funded by NIMH and reported in Nature Neuroscience, provides insight into how chronic stress triggers actual scaring on a molecular level in the brain. These changes are deeper and much more long lasting than the effects of existing antidepressants, which only alleviate the symptoms. "To really cure depression, we probably need to find new treatments," concluded the lead researcher.
These two studies crack the code of depression, and let us see why depression is so widespread and intractable, as well as giving hints about new treatments.
Read more on these landmark studies of stress and depression.
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