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Study: The brain processes emotion differently in patients with OCD than their unaffected siblings

A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) feel more distress when viewing images to provoke OCD-related emotions than their unaffected siblings.

9 May 2018

Akili Interactive closes $55 million financing to advance digital medicine platform for treatment of cognitive dysfunction

Akili Interactive, a leading prescription digital medicine company developing novel treatments for cognitive dysfunction, today announced that it has successfully closed a $55 million Series C financing led by Temasek.

9 May 2018

Experts discuss how medicinal cannabis can impact opioid crisis

A multidisciplinary panel of experts discussed how medicinal cannabis can impact the opioid crisis, though clinical research to quantify this is difficult given strict federal laws

9 May 2018

Study finds new molecular mechanism for neurodegeneration in frontotemporal dementia

A new study in Biological Psychiatry reports that dementia-related and psychiatric-related proteins cluster together to form aggregates in the brain, leading to abnormal cell function and behavior.

8 May 2018

Use of psychiatric drugs soars in California jails

The number of jail inmates in California taking psychotropic drugs has jumped about 25 percent in five years, and they now account for about a fifth of the county jail population across the state, according to a new analysis of state data.

8 May 2018

Night shifts may have negative impact on long-term health

A team of researchers from the McGill University affiliated Douglas Mental Health University Institute (DMHUI) has discovered that genes regulating important biological processes are incapable of adapting to new sleeping and eating patterns and that most of them stay tuned to their daytime biological clock rhythms.

8 May 2018

Study examines link between antipsychotic treatment during pregnancy and gestational diabetes risk

An increasing number of women are treated with antipsychotic drugs during pregnancy even though safety questions remain unanswered.

7 May 2018

Parenting concerns affect emotional well-being of mothers with late-stage cancer

Parenting concerns contributed significantly to the psychological distress of mothers with late-stage cancer, according to a study by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers.

7 May 2018

New computerized test could lead to earlier and efficient ADHD diagnoses

The prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnoses in children and young people has increased, but diagnostic practice among clinicians remains variable, with significant diagnostic delays and reliance on subjective assessments.

4 May 2018

New online assessment tool can guide doctors to find the best pain treatment plan

People in chronic pain are some of the most difficult patients to treat. They have complex circumstances that medicine can't always remedy. Pain can be amplified, by depression and anxiety, genetics and quality of life. Genetics can also play a role in how people experience pain.

4 May 2018

Research shows prevalence, health-care utilization, and costs of alcohol-related cirrhosis

More than one-third of cirrhosis cases are related to alcohol, a seven-year national study of more than 100 million privately insured people has found.

4 May 2018

Scientists successfully test anti-alcoholism drug in animal models

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully tested in animals a drug that, they say, may one day help block the withdrawal symptoms and cravings that incessantly coax people with alcoholism to drink.

4 May 2018

Cognitive remediation services can feasibly be implemented in large systems of care

Cognitive remediation, an evidence-based, recovery-oriented behavioral intervention for patients with mental illness, can feasibly be implemented in large systems of care, according to researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

4 May 2018

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Study: The brain processes emotion differently in patients with OCD than their unaffected siblings

Akili Interactive closes $55 million financing to advance digital medicine platform for treatment of cognitive dysfunction

Experts discuss how medicinal cannabis can impact opioid crisis

Study finds new molecular mechanism for neurodegeneration in frontotemporal dementia

Use of psychiatric drugs soars in California jails

Night shifts may have negative impact on long-term health

Study examines link between antipsychotic treatment during pregnancy and gestational diabetes risk

Parenting concerns affect emotional well-being of mothers with late-stage cancer

New computerized test could lead to earlier and efficient ADHD diagnoses

New online assessment tool can guide doctors to find the best pain treatment plan

Research shows prevalence, health-care utilization, and costs of alcohol-related cirrhosis

Scientists successfully test anti-alcoholism drug in animal models

Cognitive remediation services can feasibly be implemented in large systems of care

Early-life maternal deprivation alters brain function in adulthood

Greater parent-child communication protects against harmful health behaviors

Brain stimulation may offer new way to prevent suicide in people with hard-to-treat depression

Study provides first ever recording of changing serotonin levels in human brains

Artificial intelligence may be useful in predicting school violence, study shows

Wearable fitness trackers may be useful in evaluating and treating cancer patients, study shows

Study examines effectiveness of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in service personnel with PTSD

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