Scientists have discovered new evidence strengthening the link between a previously misunderstood gene and major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and autism.
Oct 4, 2016
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A new mechanism that affects how our immune cells perform - and hence their ability to prevent disease - has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by Cambridge scientists.
Aug 1, 2016
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The same genes that make us prone to depression could also make us prone to positivity, two psychology researchers have suggested.
Jul 19, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—Matthew Hill, of the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute has published a Perspective piece in the journal Nature voicing his concerns about other academics and journalists who suggest that ...
Vitamin D deficiency is not just harmful to physical health—it also might impact mental health, according to a team of researchers that has found a link between seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, and a lack of sunlight.
Dec 2, 2014
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Give therapists and psychiatrists information about the biology of a mental disorder, and they have less—not more—empathy for the patient, a new Yale study shows.
Dec 1, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—University of Queensland scientists have discovered that genes switch off as memories are being formed, allowing for new connections between nerve cells.
Nov 21, 2014
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Researchers from the Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Science Department at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) have identified a key region of the brain that gives us the sense ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Children born to women who took antidepressants during pregnancy are statistically likelier to develop the mental disorder called ADHD, researchers said on Tuesday.
Aug 26, 2014
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A group of researchers led by Johns Hopkins scientists say they have identified a genetic marker that may be associated with the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), whose causes and mechanisms are among the ...
May 13, 2014
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