Memory plays a crucial role in people's social and working lives. Now, new research shows that verbal (i.e. linguistic) memory also determines whether psychiatric patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder or depression are ...
May 4, 2023
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Mental health problems affect one in five people every year. The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that by the age of 40, about half of people will either have had a mental illness or will currently be dealing ...
May 3, 2023
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People with anxiety or major depressive disorders experience more alcohol-related symptoms and problems than people without those disorders, even at the same levels of drinking, according to a large study. This finding might ...
Apr 28, 2023
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An international team of medical researchers has found a link between major depressive disorder (MDD) and an interplay between the gut microbiome and the blood metabolome. For their study, reported in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, ...
In people with advanced cancer, psychedelic drugs like psilocybin, LSD and MDMA may significantly reduce the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms.
Apr 21, 2023
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When administered correctly and under the supervision of a professional, ketamine can be a life-changing treatment for major depression. But following regulatory changes put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic that made ...
Apr 12, 2023
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A team of scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has identified a stress-regulated gene that plays a role in the link between long-term stress and a common type of depressive behavior in mice. Specifically, ...
Apr 7, 2023
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A team of neurobiologists at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, working with a pair of colleagues from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, both in Japan, has found that mice with lower levels of Fos (short and ...
Researchers from Emory University are continuing to gain a deeper understanding of factors that help predict how well three first-line treatments work for adults diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD).
Apr 6, 2023
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Can an individual's social status have an impact on their level of stress? Researchers at Tulane University put that question to the test and believe that social rank, particularly in females, does indeed affect the stress ...
Mar 31, 2023
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