Psychology & Psychiatry
How to help someone dealing with depression
There is little that is harder than watching a loved one struggle with depression. So what can you do?
Mar 3, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When does clinical depression become an emergency? Four questions answered
The news that Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb. 15, 2023, to be treated for clinical depression sparked a national discussion around the ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Genetics
Genetic risk scores tied to psychiatric diagnostic trajectories
Genetic risk factors for major depression (MD), bipolar disorder (BD), other nonaffective psychosis (ONAP), and schizophrenia are systematically associated with their diagnostic trajectories, according to a study published ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lipid profiles altered in people with severe mental illness
Lipid profiles are reproducibly altered in patients with severe mental disorders, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Feb 22, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds neurosteroid deficits lead to depressed behavior
The latest generation of antidepressants relieves symptoms by mimicking steroids produced by the brain to ensure neurons are effectively talking to each other. How these neurosteroids are linked to depression and why they ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Neuroscience
Cocaine use disorder alters gene networks of neuroinflammation and neurotransmission in humans
Individuals with cocaine use disorder exhibit gene expression changes in two brain regions: the nucleus accumbens, a region associated with reward, and the caudate nucleus, a region mediating habit formation, according to ...
Feb 10, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Risk for major depression found to increase with more affected family members
The risk for major depression (MD) is elevated in association with an increased number of affected family members, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Feb 10, 2023
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Health
Study shows how sleep deprivation affects cognitive performance
Anyone who has ever had a night of poor sleep or no sleep at all knows how much the lack of sleep can affect concentration the next day. Researchers at the Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors ...
Feb 7, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
App-based monitoring of thinking difficulties aids depression treatment
New research with over 500 participants diagnosed with depression has shown that smartphone assessments of their thinking difficulties is linked to the severity of their symptoms and the impact of the condition on daily life.
Jan 25, 2023
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Neuroscience
New open-source app for precise brain mapping
The hippocampus is a small, complex, folded brain structure that holds clues to several brain disorders. It is also one of the most difficult-to-map regions of the brain. After developing a successful technique to digitally ...
Jan 13, 2023
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