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Women with postpartum mood disorders may be suffering from irregular immune system responses

Women with prolonged mental health problems up to three years after childbirth may be suffering from irregular immune system responses, according to new research by Cedars-Sinai investigators.

2 Dec 2022

Playing a musical instrument has positive impact on the brain's ability to process sights and sounds

A new study published by researchers at the University of Bath demonstrates the positive impact learning to play a musical instrument has on the brain's ability to process sights and sounds, and shows how it can also help to lift a blue mood.

2 Dec 2022

New report shows increase in mental disorder rates among 17 to 19 year olds in 2022

One in four 17 to 19 year olds in England had a probable mental disorder in 2022 – an increase from one in six in 2021.

2 Dec 2022

Study reveals the widespread impact of pandemic on long COVID patients and people with other illnesses

Long COVID patients can experience many of the same lingering negative effects on their physical, mental, and social well-being as those experienced by people who become ill with other, non-COVID illnesses, new research suggests.

1 Dec 2022

NYU Langone’s Center for Amputation Reconstruction now adds osseointegration treatment to its other surgical techniques

NYU Langone Health has completed its first set of surgeries using the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved implantable prosthetic for people with limb loss available in the greater New York City area.

1 Dec 2022

Research shows promising results using neurotechnological approaches to treat youth depression

New research shows promising results using neurotechnological approaches to treat depression in youth. The research, led by Simon Fraser University (SFU) professor Faranak Farzan, is published in the Journal of Affective Disorders Reports.

1 Dec 2022

Study implicates a specific type of brain cell as key player underlying the impact of stressors

More than 70% of adults will experience at least one traumatic experience, such as a life-threatening illness or accident, violent assault or natural disaster, in their lifetimes and nearly a third will experience four or more, according to global data.

1 Dec 2022

Firearm-injured kids have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses

Children and teens who survive a firearm injury have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses in the year afterward, even compared with kids who suffered injuries in a motor vehicle crash, a new study shows.

1 Dec 2022

Pandemic-related stressors have physically altered teens’ brains, study shows

A new study from Stanford University suggests that pandemic-related stressors have physically altered adolescents' brains, making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before the pandemic.

1 Dec 2022

Study finds five key factors associated with physical activity in a diverse older population

Physical activity is important for healthy aging. It helps prevent functional decline, frailty, falls, and chronic conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

1 Dec 2022

Her apartment might have put her son’s health at risk. But ‘I have nowhere else to go.’

When Louana Joseph's son had a seizure because of an upper respiratory infection in July, she abandoned the apartment her family had called home for nearly three years.

1 Dec 2022

Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

Andrea Storjohann is glad to see that she's becoming less of a rarity in rural America.

1 Dec 2022

Prenatal intervention benefits mothers' mental health up to eight years later

A low-cost, prenatal intervention benefits mothers' mental health up to eight years later, a new UC San Francisco study finds.

30 Nov 2022

Research finds higher rate of rare tandem repeats in the genomes of individuals with schizophrenia

In our cells, the language of DNA is written, making each of us unique. A tandem repeat occurs in DNA when a pattern of one or more nucleotides – the basic structural unit of DNA coded in the base of chemicals cytosine (C), adenine (A), guanine (G) and thymine (T) – is repeated multiple times in tandem. An example might be: CAG CAG CAG, in which the pattern CAG is repeated three times.

30 Nov 2022

New EU-funded project aims to find better strategies to protect vulnerable people from mental illness

To improve understanding of mental health, today's symptom-based diagnoses need to be complemented with biological criteria accounting for differences between individuals and the sexes.

30 Nov 2022

Unique scaffolding material shows significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury

Unique new material developed at University of Limerick in Ireland has shown significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury.

29 Nov 2022

COVID-19 lockdown did not cause a mass surge in dispensing of opioids, study finds

While some feared that New Yorkers would re-fill prescriptions to stockpile opioid medications in the early weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown much in the way people hoarded toilet paper, in fact, New York State opioid prescriptions declined in the period around the March 20, 2020 "PAUSE" order, according to new research.

28 Nov 2022

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Women with postpartum mood disorders may be suffering from irregular immune system responses

Playing a musical instrument has positive impact on the brain's ability to process sights and sounds

New report shows increase in mental disorder rates among 17 to 19 year olds in 2022

Study reveals the widespread impact of pandemic on long COVID patients and people with other illnesses

NYU Langone’s Center for Amputation Reconstruction now adds osseointegration treatment to its other surgical techniques

Research shows promising results using neurotechnological approaches to treat youth depression

Study implicates a specific type of brain cell as key player underlying the impact of stressors

Firearm-injured kids have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses

Pandemic-related stressors have physically altered teens’ brains, study shows

Study finds five key factors associated with physical activity in a diverse older population

Her apartment might have put her son’s health at risk. But ‘I have nowhere else to go.’

Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

Prenatal intervention benefits mothers' mental health up to eight years later

Research finds higher rate of rare tandem repeats in the genomes of individuals with schizophrenia

New EU-funded project aims to find better strategies to protect vulnerable people from mental illness

Unique scaffolding material shows significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury

COVID-19 lockdown did not cause a mass surge in dispensing of opioids, study finds

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Establishment of quantitative scale for long COVID stigma estimation among UK residents

Government introduces a Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackle public health challenges in the UK

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