depression

  1. December 14, 2023

    Genetic depression ‘protection’ no match for pandemic stress

    Living through a historic pandemic while handling the stress of the first year of college sent one-third of students in a new U-M study into clinical depression.

  2. October 3, 2023

    Online screenings available for National Depression Screening Day

    Oct. 5 is National Depression Screening Day, which raises awareness about the widespread impact of clinical depression, and the importance of mental and emotional health, including resources available through the university.

  3. October 2, 2023

    Campus briefs

    Short news items from around the University of Michigan.

  4. March 10, 2023

    Student anxiety, depression — and care efforts — higher than ever

    While rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts are at all-time highs, more college students than ever report receiving therapy or counseling, according to a new report.

  5. December 12, 2022

    U-M researchers leading partnership studying mental fatigue

    U-M researchers are leading a multiuniversity partnership, funded with a $6.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, that aims to understand and predict cognitive fatigue in individuals.

  6. September 11, 2022

    Study examines depression in adults whose partners have dementia

    Depressive symptoms and caregiving hours among older adults caring for partners with dementia can emerge up to 10 years before a routine screening detects the first signs of their partner’s cognitive impairment, according to a U-M study.

  7. March 3, 2021

    Parents depressed by pandemic had negative impact on kids

    Parent depression and stress early in the pandemic negatively contributed to young children’s home education and anxiety, a U-M study suggests.

  8. February 25, 2021

    Students saw record levels of anxiety, depression last fall

    College students last fall reported their highest levels of depression and anxiety of any prior semester, according to U-M’s Healthy Minds Study, an annual web-based survey looking at mental health.

  9. January 9, 2020

    Researchers get $6.7M to study poverty’s effect on brain systems

    U-M researchers have won a $6.7 million grant to study how poverty-related adversity increases risk for anxiety and depression, especially for low-income and African-American people.

  10. January 8, 2020

    U-M school mental health program expands to Detroit

    Detroit public school students will soon have access to new services to help them effectively manage symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress through U-M’s TRAILS program.