Depression
Healing overloaded minds: How Israel's prolonged war is affecting memory, concentration
“I’m functioning,” said Dana. “But I’m not myself. I can’t make simple decisions. I forget things. My brain feels stuck.” She wasn’t depressed. She wasn’t anxious. She was profoundly overloaded.
In 'Cuz You're Ugly,' Israeli director Sharon Angelhart tells the story she never saw on screen
Mental health crisis spinning out of control
Iran’s digital divide: Iranians without internet suffering from isolation, depression - study
Trump’s mental health order pushes psychedelic research into the mainstream - opinion
Trump’s order is not perfect. and requires oversight, transparency, responsibility, and caution, but it does one thing right: it moves the system forward.
Study finds – women experience depression at twice the rate of men
Depression in women may appear in different intensities and forms, but behind the symptoms lies a complex combination of hormonal, psychological, and social factors.
Research ties GLP-1 injections to fewer setbacks in anxiety and depression
The study also reported a 42% lower risk of psychiatric hospitalizations and work absences during periods when patients were taking semaglutide compared with periods when they were not.
Researchers reveal the surprising reason for the rise in loneliness in the world
In the shadow of the war and the prolonged stay at home, experts warn that chronic loneliness has become a global health crisis.
Pharmaceutical companies are shaking: Israeli pharma company with breakthrough development
PsyRx develops a treatment to speed antidepressant effects using controlled ibogaine. Prof. Grutto: "We need solutions that grasp the medical urgency."
When tension with Iran feels like a weather forecast, depression isn’t surprising
From an evolutionary perspective, the human brain was not designed to live under extreme stress for long periods of time – and when it does, it pays a price.
Sexual minority Israelis report higher depression, anxiety, suicide ideation, study finds
The study, conducted by researchers affiliated with the University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, drew on a cross-sectional online survey of 465 adults in Israel.
Israel must confront the growing economic toll of depression - opinion
Depression is costing Israel is costing the country between an estimated NIS 12 billion and NIS 16 billion per year.
Sleepless nation: Dreams reveal Israelis' ongoing struggle with October 7 trauma - study
Using a qualitative, phenomenological approach, the researchers analyzed 203 dream narratives collected in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack and the Israel–Hamas war that followed.
You wouldn’t suspect it: Surprising signs that you may be depressed
Depression does not show up the same way for everyone. But if you thought it manifests as sadness and isolation, you might be surprised to learn that it has some rather unexpected signs.
