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Opioid crisis strains foster care system; programs aim to keep kids with mom

After Raven Mosser gave birth six years ago, she woke up to a social worker in her hospital room. Her newborn son had been born exposed to opioids — drugs she had been abusing for years. If she didn't get clean, she was at risk of losing him.

18 Aug 2017

Greater use of firearms linked to higher suicide rates in rural areas

Suicide rates in rural areas of Maryland are 35-percent higher than in the state's urban settings, a disparity that can be attributed to the significantly greater use of firearms in rural settings, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

18 Aug 2017

New study finds way to improve health, lower costs among Medicaid, uninsured patients

As politicians struggle to solve the nation's healthcare problems, a new study finds a way to improve health and lower costs among Medicaid and uninsured patients.

17 Aug 2017

New ultra lightweight device for neural recording in mice could transform brain disorder research

Research published this week in Scientific Reports describes a new ultra lightweight system for recording neural activity in the brains of mice.

17 Aug 2017

Gun sellers join forces to curb suicide-by-firearm, rampant in rural areas

John Yule, 53, manages Wildlife Sport Outfitters, a hunting and fishing supplies store on the edge of Manchester, N.H., and is "deeply involved in the Second Amendment community."

17 Aug 2017

Teenagers’ impulsive and risk taking behavior not related to brain deficit symptoms

A popular theory in recent neuroscience proposes that slow development of the prefrontal cortex - and its weak connectivity with brain reward regions - explains teenagers' seemingly impulsive and risky behavior.

17 Aug 2017

Cyberbullying linked to suicidal behavior and self-harm among young victims

Children and young people under-25 who become victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely to enact self-harm and attempt suicide than non-victims.

17 Aug 2017

Depression casts long shadow over people’s past memories, research shows

Depressed people have a peculiar view of the past – rather than glorifying the ‘good old days’, they project their generally bleak outlook on to past events, according to new research.

17 Aug 2017

Often missing in the health care debate: Women’s voices

Women, in particular, have a lot at stake in the fight over the future of health care. Not only do many depend on insurance coverage for maternity care and contraception, they are struck more often by such diseases as autoimmune conditions, osteoporosis, breast cancer and depression.

17 Aug 2017

Scientists use magnetic nanoparticles to trigger activity deep inside the brain

Scientists have used magnetism to activate tiny groups of cells in the brain, inducing bodily movements that include running, rotating and losing control of the extremities -- an achievement that could lead to advances in studying and treating neurological disease.

17 Aug 2017

Chapman University research explores substance abuse among transgender adolescents in California

Chapman University has published research on substance abuse among transgender students in California. The research looked at students in middle and high schools in nearly every school district in California.

17 Aug 2017

UC Irvine pharmacology researchers unearth potential roots of schizophrenia

An abundance of an amino acid called methionine, which is common in meat, cheese and beans, may provide new clues to the fetal brain development that can manifest in schizophrenia, University of California, Irvine pharmacology researchers report in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

16 Aug 2017

Simple odor identification tests may help track progression of Alzheimer's disease

By the time you start losing your memory, it`s almost too late. That`s because the damage to your brain associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) may already have been going on for as long as twenty years.

16 Aug 2017

Mobile health app helps improve concussion symptoms in teenagers

Generally, after suffering a concussion, patients are encouraged to avoid reading, watching TV and using mobile devices to help their brains heal.

16 Aug 2017

Older people treated with electroconvulsive therapy for depression may not get relief from insomnia

Older people receiving electroconvulsive therapy for their depression likely will need an additional treatment if insomnia is one of their symptoms, researchers report.

16 Aug 2017

Poor sleep in children linked to development of diabetes later in life

A latest UK study has found that deficiency of adequate sleep in children could be linked to their risk of developing diabetes later in life. The study notes that every extra hour of sleep a child gets per night is associated with a lower body weight and increased lean muscle mass and less blood sugar. The study is published this week in the journal Pediatrics.

15 Aug 2017

Dementia and low brain serotonin may be linked: Study finds

Johns Hopkins researchers looked into the brain scans of persons with mild loss of thought and memory and have found that they have significantly low levels of serotonin in their brains. Serotonin is a natural brain chemical that is responsible for several functions including mood, sleep and appetite and also is important for several mental health conditions.

14 Aug 2017

Climbing cost of decades-old drugs threatens to break Medicaid bank

Skyrocketing price tags for new drugs to treat rare diseases have stoked outrage nationwide. But hundreds of old, commonly used drugs cost the Medicaid program billions of extra dollars in 2016 vs. 2015, a Kaiser Health News data analysis shows.

14 Aug 2017

Brain scans reveal lower serotonin transporters in people with mild cognitive impairment

In a study looking at brain scans of people with mild loss of thought and memory ability, Johns Hopkins researchers report evidence of lower levels of the serotonin transporter -- a natural brain chemical that regulates mood, sleep and appetite.

14 Aug 2017

Feinstein researcher awarded NIH grant to better understand genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Assistant Professor Yun Freudenberg-Hua, MD, has been awarded a five-year, $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging to identify genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.

11 Aug 2017

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Opioid crisis strains foster care system; programs aim to keep kids with mom

Greater use of firearms linked to higher suicide rates in rural areas

New study finds way to improve health, lower costs among Medicaid, uninsured patients

New ultra lightweight device for neural recording in mice could transform brain disorder research

Gun sellers join forces to curb suicide-by-firearm, rampant in rural areas

Teenagers’ impulsive and risk taking behavior not related to brain deficit symptoms

Cyberbullying linked to suicidal behavior and self-harm among young victims

Depression casts long shadow over people’s past memories, research shows

Often missing in the health care debate: Women’s voices

Scientists use magnetic nanoparticles to trigger activity deep inside the brain

Chapman University research explores substance abuse among transgender adolescents in California

UC Irvine pharmacology researchers unearth potential roots of schizophrenia

Simple odor identification tests may help track progression of Alzheimer's disease

Mobile health app helps improve concussion symptoms in teenagers

Older people treated with electroconvulsive therapy for depression may not get relief from insomnia

Poor sleep in children linked to development of diabetes later in life

Dementia and low brain serotonin may be linked: Study finds

Climbing cost of decades-old drugs threatens to break Medicaid bank

Brain scans reveal lower serotonin transporters in people with mild cognitive impairment

Feinstein researcher awarded NIH grant to better understand genetic causes of Alzheimer's disease

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