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Salk scientist wins NIH grant for new technique to precisely target specific cells using sound waves

Salk Associate Professor Sreekanth Chalasani has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health's Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative for developing a way to selectively activate brain, heart, muscle and other cells using ultrasonic waves, which could be a boon to neuroscience research as well as medicine.

14 Oct 2016

Researchers develop mouse model to investigate behavioral effects of eating disorder gene

Giving mice a gene mutation linked to eating disorders in people causes feeding and behavior abnormalities similar to symptoms often seen in patients with eating disorders. Only female mice are affected by the gene mutation, and some of the abnormalities in the female mice depend on whether they are housed alone or together with other mice.

13 Oct 2016

Study looks at how relationship to dementia patient can affect caregiver’s depression

Too often overlooked is the risk of depression in caregivers of patients with dementia, and a new study focuses on how depressive symptoms may differ depending on the familial relationship between caregiver and patient.

13 Oct 2016

Sleep loss increases dietary intake of preschoolers, study finds

The preschoolers, all regular afternoon nappers, were deprived of roughly three hours of sleep on one day - they had no afternoon nap and were kept up for about two hours past their normal bedtime - before being awakened at their regularly scheduled times the next morning.

13 Oct 2016

Study links repeated SSRIs during pregnancy to childhood language disorders

The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors at least twice during pregnancy may be associated with an increased risk of offspring developing a speech and/or language disorder, according to a study from Columbia University.

13 Oct 2016

URMC scientists receive award to explore new treatments for Huntington's disease

A new award from the CHDI Foundation will advance promising research that aims to slow the progression of Huntington's disease.

13 Oct 2016

Patients with hypothyroidism have nagging symptoms despite normal TSH tests, medication use

About 15 percent of the 10-12 million people in the U.S. with hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid, continue to feel sick despite following the standard of care recommended by the American Thyroid Association.

13 Oct 2016

Children who experience family, environmental stressors more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD

Children who experience family and environmental stressors, and traumatic experiences, such as poverty, mental illness and exposure to violence, are more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), according to new research by investigators at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, titled "Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and ADHD Diagnosis and Severity," published in Academic Pediatrics.

12 Oct 2016

Study finds strong link between childhood adversity and bipolar disorder diagnosis

A University of Manchester study which looked at more than thirty years of research into bipolar, found that people with the disorder are 2.63 times more likely to have suffered emotional, physical or sexual abuse as children than the general population.

12 Oct 2016

Clinicians, scientists call for bold new strategy to promote and improve health in the UK

As the NHS lurches from crisis to crisis, the UK’s approach to health needs radical rethinking to create a healthy and health-creating society.

12 Oct 2016

Symptoms linked to Alzheimer's disease manifest differently in Hispanics, study finds

Certain symptoms associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease, including agitation and depression, affect Hispanics more frequently and severely than other ethnicities.

12 Oct 2016

Experts receive federal grant to improve mental health services for sexually exploited youth

A team of child welfare experts from the School of Public Health at Georgia State University and the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy has won a five-year, $2 million federal grant to provide higher quality mental health services to child victims of commercial sex trafficking.

12 Oct 2016

Mental math exercises linked to better emotional health

Engaging a specific part of the brain during mental math exercises is connected with better emotional health, according to a new brain-scanning study published by Duke researchers in the journal Clinical Psychological Science.

12 Oct 2016

Behavioral activation as effective as CBT? An interview with Professor David Richards

BA and CBT are quite fundamentally different. BA is what we call an outside-in treatment, which means it focuses on helping people with depression change the way in which they behave.

10 Oct 2016

Study reveals mechanism that regulates fluid intake in the body to prevent fatal water intoxication

A multi-institute study led by Monash University has revealed for the first time the mechanism that regulates fluid intake in the human body and stops us from over-drinking, which can cause potentially fatal water intoxication.

7 Oct 2016

People with PTSD appear to suffer from disrupted context processing, say researchers

For decades, neuroscientists and physicians have tried to get to the bottom of the age-old mystery of post-traumatic stress disorder, to explain why only some people are vulnerable and why they experience so many symptoms and so much disability.

7 Oct 2016

Researchers underscore how oxidative stress and inflammation may contribute to risk of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a devastating mental illness consisting of delusions, hallucinations or disorganized thoughts, afflicting about 1% of the population with onset typically in late adolescence.

7 Oct 2016

New study of Phase II Alzheimer's drug pipeline reveals more ways to combat disease

A new analysis of the Phase II Alzheimer's drug pipeline, conducted by ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's, revealed 57 new Alzheimer's drugs. According to the analysis, nearly twice as many mechanisms of action are being tested in Phase II than in Phase III clinical trials.

7 Oct 2016

Historical research shows how solitary confinement threatens physical, mental health of prisoners

Researchers in the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick are investigating the impact of solitary confinement in prisons on mental health over the last 150 years, drawing on archival evidence, including the Howard League Archives held at Warwick University's Modern Records Centre, and the memoirs of real prisoners.

7 Oct 2016

New program at Seattle Children's Hospital helps kids find freedom from OCD

Since Eva Tomassini was 4 years old, she remembers her life being controlled by rules. Not from her parents, or school, but rules she created in her head, like having to arrange things in a certain way or run away in order to prevent terrible things from happening.

7 Oct 2016

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Salk scientist wins NIH grant for new technique to precisely target specific cells using sound waves

Researchers develop mouse model to investigate behavioral effects of eating disorder gene

Study looks at how relationship to dementia patient can affect caregiver’s depression

Sleep loss increases dietary intake of preschoolers, study finds

Study links repeated SSRIs during pregnancy to childhood language disorders

URMC scientists receive award to explore new treatments for Huntington's disease

Patients with hypothyroidism have nagging symptoms despite normal TSH tests, medication use

Children who experience family, environmental stressors more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD

Study finds strong link between childhood adversity and bipolar disorder diagnosis

Clinicians, scientists call for bold new strategy to promote and improve health in the UK

Symptoms linked to Alzheimer's disease manifest differently in Hispanics, study finds

Experts receive federal grant to improve mental health services for sexually exploited youth

Mental math exercises linked to better emotional health

Behavioral activation as effective as CBT? An interview with Professor David Richards

Study reveals mechanism that regulates fluid intake in the body to prevent fatal water intoxication

People with PTSD appear to suffer from disrupted context processing, say researchers

Researchers underscore how oxidative stress and inflammation may contribute to risk of schizophrenia

New study of Phase II Alzheimer's drug pipeline reveals more ways to combat disease

Historical research shows how solitary confinement threatens physical, mental health of prisoners

New program at Seattle Children's Hospital helps kids find freedom from OCD

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