Browsing by Subject "Depression"
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Adolescent environmental challenges affect adult function in male and female Long Evans rats
(2014-05-01)Stress in adolescence is a putative risk factor for developing mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and mood disorders. Symptoms for these illnesses first emerge in late adolescence and early adulthood, with both incidence ... -
Assessing Depression Severity From Speech: The Role of Clinical Intuition and Artificial Intelligence
(2023-07-20)Automated speech analysis methods are used to estimate depression severity. However, it is unclear how these compare to the intuition of expert clinicians using the same information from speech. We distributed 1-minute ... -
Depressive Symptoms and Sexual Health in University Students: The Role of Subscales in a Depression Screening Tool
(2016-05-04)Depressive symptoms have been shown to be associated with sexual risk-taking among young adults; however, whether this association is underpinned by specific types of depressive symptoms has not been examined. Using ... -
An Examination of the Association Between Prostate Cancer, Lifestyle Factors and Mental Health Outcomes in a Matched Sample of Men from Atlantic Canada
(2021-07-06)This cross-sectional study aims to examine the association between the presence or absence of a lifetime history of prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis and current mental health outcomes (anxiety and depression) among men in ... -
HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOURS OF ADULTS FROM SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES LIVING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS
(2019-08-19)Increasing research has highlighted certain health disparities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other gender/sexual minorities (LGBTQ+) peoples, particularly in relation to poorer mental health ... -
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Occupational Engagement of Young Adults Self-Identified with Anxiety and Depression Symptoms
(2023-07-06)The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shift in occupational engagement, impacting young adults’ overall health and well-being. With this, the study aimed to explore the occupational engagement of young adult students with ... -
NEURAL MARKERS OF FAMILIAL RISK FOR DEPRESSION
(2022-08-29)Depression is associated with structural and functional abnormalities of the brain. It is not known whether these brain abnormalities are precursors or consequences of depression. Study of offspring of parents with depression ... -
Non-Consensual Sex and Risk of Depression in Female Undergraduates at Universities in Maritime Canada
(2014-08-28)Sexual victimization and depression are common among female undergraduate students. There is little research on the prevalence of and relationship between victimization and depression in the context of Canadian undergraduate ... -
PHYSICAL AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING WALKING IN THE COMMUNITY: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF CHRONIC STROKE SURVIVORS
(2019-08-30)The transition from walking in clinical to community settings is problematic for many stroke survivors and few report walking in the community without difficulty. Improved walking ability is one of the most often stated ... -
SEX, STRESS AND HORMONES: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF THE EARLY ENVIRONMENT IN SHAPING BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGES LINKED TO NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
(2016-04-05)Vulnerability to anxiety and depression are linked with both sex differences and early life stress. Though human studies suggest that childhood symptoms and neurophysiological markers may predict some adult neuropsychiatric ...