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New interactive apps decrease severity of depressive and anxiety symptoms, study reports

Soon you can seek mental health advice on your smartphone as quickly as finding a good restaurant.

5 Jan 2017

Mandatory ignition interlock laws linked to decrease in fatal drunk driving crashes

State laws requiring ignition interlocks for all drunk driving offenders appear to reduce the number of fatal drunk driving crashes, a new study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Colorado School of Public Health researchers suggests.

5 Jan 2017

'Oldest old' more likely to suffer social exclusion than younger counterparts, research shows

People over the age of 85 are significantly more likely to suffer social exclusion than those in the 65 to 84-year-old bracket, according to new research.

4 Jan 2017

People with musical anhedonia show reduced functional connectivity between cortical regions

Have you ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which affects three-to-five per cent of the population.

4 Jan 2017

Witnessing fear in others may change how information flows in the brain, study finds

Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have discovered that observing fear in others may change how information flows in the brain.

4 Jan 2017

Stuttering linked to reductions in blood flow in the brain area that controls speech production

A study led by researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles demonstrates what lead investigator Bradley Peterson, MD, calls "a critical mass of evidence" of a common underlying lifelong vulnerability in both children and adults who stutter.

4 Jan 2017

UIC receives federal grant to continue research on sexual-minority women's drinking and health

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a $3.25 million federal grant to continue its research to identify risk and protective factors related to drinking and drinking-related problems among sexual-minority -- lesbian or bisexual -- women.

4 Jan 2017

Researchers find promising results for treating depression with video game interface

Researchers have found promising results for treating depression with a video game interface that targets underlying cognitive issues associated with depression rather than just managing the symptoms.

4 Jan 2017

Depressive patients with co-occurring panic disorder report more antidepressant side effects

Patients who take medication for depression report more side effects if they also suffer from panic disorder, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

4 Jan 2017

Future Oncology: Special issue focuses on field of psycho-oncology in cancer care

The Future Science Group published journal, Future Oncology, has released a special issue that examines the field of psycho-oncology, which aims to bring together the biomedical and psychosocial aspects of cancer care.

4 Jan 2017

Childhood poverty can cause psychological damage in adulthood

A large and growing body of research shows that poor kids grow up to have a host of physical problems as adults.

4 Jan 2017

Study confirms presence of ticks carrying Lyme disease in eastern national parks

Lyme disease has been spreading across the United States over the past several decades, and a new study has confirmed that ticks carrying the disease are present in eastern national parks.

4 Jan 2017

Study shows new role of zinc in optic nerve injury

For more than two decades, researchers have tried to regenerate the injured optic nerve using different growth factors and/or agents that overcome natural growth inhibition.

3 Jan 2017

UOW researchers testing therapeutic values of Ashtanga yoga for breast cancer survivors

Canada’s University of Windsor researchers are testing therapeutic values of Ashtanga yoga for survivors of breast cancer.

3 Jan 2017

Early exposure to maternal depression impacts children's neural empathic response to others' distress

Exposure to early and chronic maternal depression markedly increases a child's susceptibility to psychopathology and social-emotional problems, including social withdrawal, poor emotion regulation, and reduced empathy to others.

3 Jan 2017

NIH researchers identify molecular mechanisms that may underlie woman's susceptibility to PMDD

National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that may underlie a woman's susceptibility to disabling irritability, sadness, and anxiety in the days leading up to her menstrual period.

3 Jan 2017

Genes influencing social communication skills linked to genes underlying psychiatric disorders

The researchers studied the genetic overlap between the risk of having these psychiatric disorders and measures of social communicative competence - the ability to socially engage with other people successfully - during middle childhood to adolescence.

3 Jan 2017

Biological Psychiatry special issue highlights role of dopamine signaling in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry presents a special issue, "The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia", dedicated to recent advances in understanding the role of dopamine signaling in schizophrenia.

2 Jan 2017

Researchers warn about taking psilocybin-containing ‘magic mushrooms’

In a survey of almost 2,000 people who said they had had a past negative experience when taking psilocybin-containing "magic mushrooms," Johns Hopkins researchers say that more than 10 percent believed their worst "bad trip" had put themselves or others in harm's way, and a substantial majority called their most distressing episode one of the top 10 biggest challenges of their lives.

30 Dec 2016

Psychiatric and behavioral conditions are important risk factors for long-term opioid use

A wide range of pre-existing psychiatric and behavioral conditions and the use of psychoactive drugs could be important risk factors leading to long-term use of opioid pain medications, reports a study in PAIN, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP).

30 Dec 2016

Mental Health News and Research

Latest Mental Health News and Research

New interactive apps decrease severity of depressive and anxiety symptoms, study reports

Mandatory ignition interlock laws linked to decrease in fatal drunk driving crashes

'Oldest old' more likely to suffer social exclusion than younger counterparts, research shows

People with musical anhedonia show reduced functional connectivity between cortical regions

Witnessing fear in others may change how information flows in the brain, study finds

Stuttering linked to reductions in blood flow in the brain area that controls speech production

UIC receives federal grant to continue research on sexual-minority women's drinking and health

Researchers find promising results for treating depression with video game interface

Depressive patients with co-occurring panic disorder report more antidepressant side effects

Future Oncology: Special issue focuses on field of psycho-oncology in cancer care

Childhood poverty can cause psychological damage in adulthood

Study confirms presence of ticks carrying Lyme disease in eastern national parks

Study shows new role of zinc in optic nerve injury

UOW researchers testing therapeutic values of Ashtanga yoga for breast cancer survivors

Early exposure to maternal depression impacts children's neural empathic response to others' distress

NIH researchers identify molecular mechanisms that may underlie woman's susceptibility to PMDD

Genes influencing social communication skills linked to genes underlying psychiatric disorders

Biological Psychiatry special issue highlights role of dopamine signaling in schizophrenia

Researchers warn about taking psilocybin-containing ‘magic mushrooms’

Psychiatric and behavioral conditions are important risk factors for long-term opioid use

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