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Each additional 1,000 steps per day linked to 9% decrease in depression.

Each additional 1,000 steps per day linked to 9% decrease in depression risk, meta-analysis finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A NEW STUDY by psychologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem highlights the link between inflammation and depression.

An immune system imbalance can be a trigger for depression

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

A couple on beach stroll.

Better together: marriage linked to lower depression risk in new study

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A baby being cleaned up and assessed by the paediatrician after he was born.

Surprising link found between concussions and postnatal maternal depression

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People walking in the rain on Jaffa street in Jerusalem, on May 6, 2024

Winter is coming: Five signs your body is preparing for the cold

By WALLA! HEALTH

SLIHOT PRAYERS are recited ahead of Rosh Hashanah last year. ‘Among my patients, their families, and their teachers, the deluge of questions can be overwhelming at this time of year,’ says the writer.

Fear of heaven or pathological anxiety?

By JACOB L. FREEDMAN

Depressed woman (Illustrative).

Surge in postpartum depression among Jewish women in war-torn Israel

By Bella Savitsky , Rachel Shvartsur

THE WRITER addresses a conference in Milan. The trauma of October 7 spurred an unprecedented wave of solidarity and mutual support among Israelis, she notes.

How Israel ranks among the happiest nations despite constant turmoil

By Dr. Liraz Margalit

Watch: Why are there rich people who are depressed?

By David Berger

Two police officers overlook Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing) at the Western Wall on April 25.

Amid wartime despair, Israelis need to stop being ungrateful and be happy

By DVORA WAYSMAN

A cybersecurity employee from the Paris 2024 flying squad manages a simulated cyber attack and pretends to resolve it from a computer on the Olympic site which will host the hockey events at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France, May 3, 2024.

HU team finds that depression can be treated effectively by online cognitive behavioral therapy

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Depression (illustrative)

Social worker appreciation day: Workers want funding, not ‘thank you’s

psychedelic mushrooms (illustrative)

Medical benefits of psychedelic mushrooms identified by Israeli researchers

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Depression in children

Depression, anxiety rates among Israeli children spike since Oct. 7 - expert

By DR. ITAY GAL

A man's nose

Scents from childhood could help relieve depression- study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

HOSTAGES’ FAMILIES protest outside Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea, Jan. 20.

Netanyahu's inept government has driven Israel to depression

By PAMELA PELED

Children's toys and personal items lie on the bloodstained floor of a child's bedroom, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel October 17, 2023.

Coping with postpartum depression after Oct. 7

By Keren Hadad Taub

THE FUNERAL of Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Eliraz Gabai, killed in Gaza, takes place in Tiberias, last week. Busy with fighting a war, attending funerals, and visiting the bereaved, we are suppressing a great deal of grief, the writer notes.

Responding to Israel's mental health crisis

By RENEE GARFINKEL