Psychology & Psychiatry
Addicted to video games? This treatment might help
(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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Suicide attempts spike soon after dementia diagnosis
A new study shows just how devastating a diagnosis of mental decline can be: Researchers found that rates of suicide rise sharply in the months after such news is delivered.
Mar 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
National trial: EEG brain tests help patients overcome depression
Imagine millions of depressed Americans getting their brain activity measured and undergoing blood tests to determine which antidepressant would work best. Imagine some of them receiving "brain training" or magnetic stimulation ...
May 15, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Abnormal heart-brain connection identified in generalized anxiety disorder
Researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have identified an abnormal link between the autonomic and central nervous systems, specifically via communication between the heart and ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists reveal how the effects of psychosis spread throughout the brain
Psychoses like schizophrenia cost billions of dollars annually and derail the lives of people struggling with the disease. Now Monash University researchers have modeled how the effects of psychosis spread through the brain, ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Genetics
Autism spectrum disorder linked to mutations in some mitochondrial DNA
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have greater numbers of harmful mutations in their mitochondrial DNA than family members, report Zhenglong Gu of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and colleagues, ...
Oct 28, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Perfectionism in young children may indicate OCD risk
Studying young children, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that kids who possess tendencies toward perfectionism and excessive self-control are twice as likely as other children to ...
Jul 19, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Group therapy most effective treatment for anxiety in young people
Group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could be the best choice of psychotherapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents, according to a new network meta-analysis study from Oxford University, Department of Psychiatry.
Nov 2, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Drug combo shows promise in treatment of depression and addiction
The combination of naltrexone and ketamine can help treat both symptoms of addiction and depression, a preliminary study by Yale University researchers suggests.
Jan 10, 2019
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Health
Just how harmful is TV for your health?
(HealthDay)—Cautions about TV viewing are as old as television itself, but how bad is it really?
Jun 24, 2019
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