JAMA Psychiatry (formerly Archives of General Psychiatry) strives to publish original, state-of-the-art studies and commentaries of general interest to clinicians, scholars, and research scientists in psychiatry, mental health, behavioral science, and allied fields. The journal seeks to inform and to educate its readers as well as to stimulate debate and further exploration into the nature, causes, treatment, and public health importance of mental illness.
(HealthDay)—The largest study of its kind, involving more than 2 million people across five countries, finds that autism spectrum disorders are 80% reliant on inherited genes.
Jul 17, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Know someone who just can't put down the controller in the middle of online games like Fortnite or League of Legends?
Jul 10, 2019
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An 18-year study using the DNA of thousands of people in India has identified a new clue in the quest for causes of schizophrenia, and for potential treatments.
Jul 03, 2019
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Five- and six-year-old boys and girls who are inattentive in kindergarten are more likely to report lower incomes than other children when they reach 33 to 35 years of age, a new Université de Montréal study has found.
Jun 19, 2019
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When it comes to treating depression, how well a person responds to a fake medicine may determine how well they'll respond to a real one, new research finds.
Sep 30, 2015
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Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, a team of UCLA researchers has shown for the first time that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are overly sensitive to sensory stimuli have brains that react differently ...
Jun 10, 2015
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As disabling as its delusions and hallucinations, psychosis' devastating toll on memory arises from dysfunction of frontal and temporal lobe regions in the brain that rob sufferers of the ability to make associative connections, ...
Jul 22, 2015
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Children with even mild or passing bouts of depression, anxiety and/or behavioral issues were more inclined to have serious problems that complicated their ability to lead successful lives as adults, according to research ...
Jul 15, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Cautions about TV viewing are as old as television itself, but how bad is it really?
Jun 24, 2019
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Another study about "13 Reasons Why," which follows the story of a high school girl who takes her own life, has found that suicides among US youths rose significantly in the months following the popular Netflix show's release.
May 29, 2019
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