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Sweden: Melatonin treatment in females with anxiety and depression is associated with a reduced risk of intentional self-harm, indicating that sleep interventions could be considered to reduce...

Medical sleep treatment may reduce self-harm in young people with anxiety and depression, an observational study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests. The risk of self-harm increased in the months preceding melatonin prescription and decreased thereafter, especially in girls. The study is p

Medical sleep treatment may reduce self-harm in young people with anxiety and depression, an observational study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests. The risk of self-harm increased in the months preceding melatonin prescription and decreased thereafter, especially in girls. The study is published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Melatonin reduces self-harm in young people with depression and anxiety. The effects were more pronounced in females with anxiety and depression.

Patients with treatment resistant depression have a 23 per cent higher risk of death than other depressed patients.

Depressed children, teenagers have higher risk of premature death and wide range of diseases Depressed children and teenagers have an increased risk of suffering from premature death and a wide range of illnesses later in life. That is according to a large observational study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings highlight the need to look for other potential diseases following childhood or adolescent depression. Other psychiatric conditions, such as anxiety and substa...