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New book series advances the development of pharmaceutical agents for treating neurological, CNS disorders

Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - CNS and Neurological Disorders is a book series that brings updated reviews to readers interested in advances in the development of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) and other nerve disorders.

21 Aug 2020

Study shows how increased resilience can reduce anxiety, depression during COVID-19 pandemic

When it comes to worrying about the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study demonstrates that people are more concerned about whether their family members could contract the virus or if they are unknowingly spreading the virus themselves than they are with contracting it.

20 Aug 2020

FDA provides update on adverse events associated with breast implants

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on adverse events reported to the Agency related to breast implants, including breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), and systemic signs and symptoms referred to by patients as breast implant illness (BII), which some patients report after receiving breast implants.

20 Aug 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Democrats in array (for now)

Democrats have shown a remarkably united front, including on health care, in their socially distant, made-for-TV convention this week.

20 Aug 2020

Telemedicine may well outlast COVID-19 pandemic, but serious barriers still need to be addressed

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about rapid innovation in mental health care, and the move to telemedicine is likely here to stay to at least some degree, but new research led by UCL and King's College London cautions that serious barriers still need to be overcome.

20 Aug 2020

Researcher investigates community-based social capital interventions that promote mental health

Community-based social capital interventions appear to be an interesting tool for mental health promotion. This is what Dr Annahita Ehsan, researcher at the LIVES Centre, wanted to investigate in her doctoral thesis, defended on June 29, 2020.

20 Aug 2020

Lifetime risk of death from firearms, drug overdoses is substantial in the United States

A new study appearing in The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States.

19 Aug 2020

Older adults with pre-existing depression exhibit resilience to stress during COVID-19

A study involving older adults with pre-existing major depressive disorder living in Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, and St Louis found no increase in depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 Aug 2020

New treatment increases the speed of nerve regeneration for trauma patients

A University of Alberta researcher has found a treatment that increases the speed of nerve regeneration by three to five times, leading to much better outcomes for trauma surgery patients.

19 Aug 2020

Childhood maltreatment associated with higher chance of multimorbidity in adult life

People who suffer one or more forms of maltreatment in childhood have a higher chance of multimorbidity in later life.

19 Aug 2020

Antidepressants are not designed for dementia, shows study

Nearly three-quarters of older adults with dementia have filled prescriptions for medicines that act on their brain and nervous system, but aren't designed for dementia, a new study shows.

19 Aug 2020

Older adults with pre-existing depressive disorder exhibited resilience during COVID-19 pandemic

19 Aug 2020

COVID-19 has caused severe disruptions to psycho-social care of cancer patients

Psychosocial needs of people affected by cancer are not being adequately met due to the disruption in services caused by Covid-19, a new report in the journal Psycho-Oncology reports.

18 Aug 2020

Persistence of ADHD into adulthood linked to increased risk for car crashes

A new study reports that the risk of being involved in car crashes increases for those diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

18 Aug 2020

New insights into the relationship between stress and pain following TBI

Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Post-injury distress is common, with many individuals experiencing chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms as well as chronic pain.

18 Aug 2020

Pigs appear to be immune to SARS-CoV-2

Now, a team of researchers at Kansas State University aimed to determine if pigs are potential carriers of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

18 Aug 2020

Drexel study: Social network analysis of autistic young adults

As many have recently discovered, social connections are vital to a person's wellbeing. While social isolation is a core challenge associated with autism, researchers from Drexel University's A.J. Drexel Autism Institute have laid the groundwork to show how interpersonal relationships, and the resources they provide, could impact autistic youth's adult outcomes.

17 Aug 2020

Link not found between child sexual abuse and telomere length

Researchers and medical experts have long known that child sexual abuse has profoundly negative effects on the health of survivors; however, an international team of researchers was not able to find a link between the abuse and telomere length, considered an indicator of cellular aging and health.

17 Aug 2020

Individual frequency can be used to control brain activity

Individual frequency can be used to specifically influence certain areas of the brain and thus the abilities processed in them - solely by electrical stimulation on the scalp, without any surgical intervention.

17 Aug 2020

New insights into how the brain's internal states influence decision-making

Biomedical Engineering's Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (School of Computer Science '18), have studied the neural basis through which internal states in the brain affect decision-making over an extended period of time.

17 Aug 2020

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

New book series advances the development of pharmaceutical agents for treating neurological, CNS disorders

Study shows how increased resilience can reduce anxiety, depression during COVID-19 pandemic

FDA provides update on adverse events associated with breast implants

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Democrats in array (for now)

Telemedicine may well outlast COVID-19 pandemic, but serious barriers still need to be addressed

Researcher investigates community-based social capital interventions that promote mental health

Lifetime risk of death from firearms, drug overdoses is substantial in the United States

Older adults with pre-existing depression exhibit resilience to stress during COVID-19

New treatment increases the speed of nerve regeneration for trauma patients

Childhood maltreatment associated with higher chance of multimorbidity in adult life

Antidepressants are not designed for dementia, shows study

Older adults with pre-existing depressive disorder exhibited resilience during COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 has caused severe disruptions to psycho-social care of cancer patients

Persistence of ADHD into adulthood linked to increased risk for car crashes

New insights into the relationship between stress and pain following TBI

Pigs appear to be immune to SARS-CoV-2

Drexel study: Social network analysis of autistic young adults

Link not found between child sexual abuse and telomere length

Individual frequency can be used to control brain activity

New insights into how the brain's internal states influence decision-making

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