Early life stress (ELS) can have long-lasting effects on mental health, increasing the risk of developing anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Importantly, women are disproportionately affected by ...
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In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is the key finding of my recent study, published in the journal JAMA ...
Jan 13, 2025
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Normandie University researchers have identified critical links between the brain's inhibitory memory control mechanisms and resilience to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They examined how the hippocampus and prefrontal ...
Once sidelined in the 1970s, psychedelic substances—ranging from esketamine (a ketamine derivative) and psilocybin (the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms) to MDMA—are being reintroduced as potential therapies ...
Dec 28, 2024
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Subtle activation of a small subset of neurons in one region of the brain can make male mice resilient to, and even reverse, the detrimental effects of chronic stress. The same is true for female mice, but in a totally different ...
Dec 16, 2024
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A specific brain mechanism modulates how animals respond empathetically to others' emotions. This is the latest finding from the research unit Genetics of Cognition, led by Francesco Papaleo, Principal Investigator at the ...
Dec 12, 2024
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Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published a study in the journal Communications Medicine that sheds light on the profound health effects of environmental and chemical exposures experienced ...
Dec 12, 2024
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Bionomics Limited is reporting that their experimental drug BNC210, a novel α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulator, significantly reduced symptom severity in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Mothers and pregnant women suffer from high levels of mental health problems in South Africa
Dec 8, 2024
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Mental health interventions provided through digital media to 445 displaced youths living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, showed promise at broadening care to this high-risk, difficult-to-reach population, a new study found.
Dec 5, 2024
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