
For the first time, researchers have obtained evidence establishing a potentially predictive connection between disturbances in sleep and the occurrence of depression and self-harming behaviors in…
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Being exposed to trauma during childhood has been associated with significantly increased risk for developing depression and anxiety later in life. Precisely how trauma translates into greater risk…
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Researchers have used functional brain imaging data to discover biomarkers that have the potential to predict early-onset depression in pre-adolescent youths with a family history of depression.
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Relation Between Daily Mood and Sleep in Preschool Children Highlights Importance of End-of-Day Mood

Common sense suggests there is a direct relationship between mood and how we sleep. When we are disturbed emotionally, for example, we may expect this to impact our sleep: how long we sleep during…
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Past research indicates that the brain’s interoceptive network—the circuitry that supports our conscious and subconscious awareness of internal bodily sensations—may be factors in depression and…
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