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Childhood maltreatment has moderating influence on efficacy of psychotherapy

In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Klein and colleagues report the effect of childhood maltreatment on the outcome of psychotherapy.

7 Mar 2018

Mental health funding tied to Florida’s controversial gun legislation

A piece of legislation under consideration in Florida this week has received huge attention because of a controversial provision that would allow some teachers to have guns in schools. But the proposed law would also designate an influx of cash for mental health services.

7 Mar 2018

Early life stress or trauma could rewire the brain for later neuropathological disorders

Federal researchers have discovered that severe stress or trauma early in life could actually change how the brain responds to stress hormones, essentially "re-wiring" the brain for later neuropathological disorders, according to a study, "A role for corticotrophin releasing factor signaling in the lateral habenula and its modulation by early life stress," published in Science Signaling, March 6.

7 Mar 2018

Graduate students more likely to experience depression and anxiety, survey finds

Graduate students are more than six times as likely to experience depression and anxiety as compared to the general population, according to a comprehensive survey of 2,279 individuals conducted via social media and direct email.

7 Mar 2018

Feeling anxious about your waistline?

A new study has found that middle-aged women face a high risk of developing anxiety, one of the most prevalent mental health disorders, due to their BMI.

7 Mar 2018

People with MDD feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences

People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than people without the disorder, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. The study reports that people with MDD were able to control the negative emotions about as well as people unaffected by MDD, but used somewhat different brain circuits to do so.

6 Mar 2018

Neurocognitive deficits worsen outcomes for joint replacement surgery, finds study

Patients with undiagnosed neurocognitive deficits are more likely to undergo joint replacement surgeries and suffer worse outcomes, finds study.

6 Mar 2018

Levels of inflammatory biomarkers could predict effectiveness of ECT for people with depression

People with major depression that has not been well controlled by medications and who have a biomarker in their blood indicating a higher level of inflammation may benefit more than people with less inflammation from electroconvulsive therapy to ease symptoms of their depression, according to a new UCLA study.

6 Mar 2018

School-based interventions to help students overcome trauma

Exposure to trauma is increasingly common among school-aged American students, yet many affected children are not receiving the mental health care that could enable them to heal and thrive.

6 Mar 2018

Supportive relationships in midlife can mitigate mortality risks linked to childhood abuse

Research has linked childhood abuse to many adverse health outcomes in adulthood, including premature mortality, but according to new Northwestern University research, supportive relationships in midlife can partly compensate for the mortality risks linked to childhood abuse.

5 Mar 2018

While talk about opioids continues in DC, addiction treatment is in peril in states

Opioids were on the White House agenda Thursday — President Trump convened a summit with members of his administration about the crisis. And Congress authorized funds for the opioid crisis in its recent budget deal — but those dollars aren’t flowing yet, and states say they are struggling to meet the need for treatment.

5 Mar 2018

Research investigates how the brain makes predictions

Goethe University Frankfurt can boast another EU-funded research project: With the appointment of Yee Lee Shing as Chair of Developmental Psychology her PIVOTAL research project has accompanied her to Frankfurt. Professor Shing's research work investigates how the brain makes predictions.

5 Mar 2018

Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have lower survival rates

Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have lower one-year survival rates, according to research presented today at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2018, a European Society of Cardiology Congress.

5 Mar 2018

IQuity launches pioneering RNA-based blood test to diagnose fibromyalgia

Nashville-based data science company IQuity has announced the release of IsolateFibromyalgia™, a pioneering blood test that uses RNA analysis to help health care providers accurately and quickly detect fibromyalgia syndrome.

5 Mar 2018

Study: Early psychosis intervention programs can substantially reduce patient mortality

In a new study, researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences have found that specialized programs for early psychosis can substantially reduce patient mortality.

2 Mar 2018

Study estimates incidence of first-episode psychosis in six countries

Young males, ethnic minorities and people living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience first-episode psychosis, defined as the first manifestation of one or more severe mental disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and depression with psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions and cognitive disorganization.

2 Mar 2018

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Latest Mental Health News and Research

Childhood maltreatment has moderating influence on efficacy of psychotherapy

Mental health funding tied to Florida’s controversial gun legislation

Early life stress or trauma could rewire the brain for later neuropathological disorders

Graduate students more likely to experience depression and anxiety, survey finds

Feeling anxious about your waistline?

People with MDD feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences

Neurocognitive deficits worsen outcomes for joint replacement surgery, finds study

Levels of inflammatory biomarkers could predict effectiveness of ECT for people with depression

School-based interventions to help students overcome trauma

Supportive relationships in midlife can mitigate mortality risks linked to childhood abuse

While talk about opioids continues in DC, addiction treatment is in peril in states

Research investigates how the brain makes predictions

Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have lower survival rates

IQuity launches pioneering RNA-based blood test to diagnose fibromyalgia

Study: Early psychosis intervention programs can substantially reduce patient mortality

Study estimates incidence of first-episode psychosis in six countries

Peer-to-peer depression awareness program increases schoolmates' understanding and help-seeking

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TSRI scientists discover new target for treating major depressive disorder

Traumatic brain injuries may increase risk of Alzheimer’s disease earlier in life

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