New research from the University of Georgia reveals that exposure to famine during specific moments in early life is associated with depression later in life.
Jul 10, 2018
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New research published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that serious disorders of mood such as bipolar disorder may be the price that human beings have had to pay for more adaptive traits such as intelligence, ...
Aug 20, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—In the past three decades, the power of placebos has gone through the roof in treating major depressive disorder. In clinical trials for treating depression over that period of time, researchers have reported ...
Sep 11, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Comedians show high levels of psychotic personality traits, according to new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Jan 17, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—A trio of British researchers has conducted a study that has revealed that tests given to jailed psychopaths to predict the likelihood of engaging in future violence, are less accurate than chance. In their ...
Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work. The findings of two studies being ...
Jan 23, 2012
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Every 52 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from an eating disorder. Some of those deaths will be from cardiovascular complications.
Feb 27, 2024
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New research from King's College London has found that in the UK people with severe mental illness were at increased risk of death from all causes following COVID-19 infection compared to those without severe mental illness.
Oct 25, 2023
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A highly critiqued paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry has been cited in U.S. legal cases to restrict access to abortion. Attempts to retract the paper by insiders at the journal have failed after the author suggested ...
Jul 20, 2023
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A low-cost version of ketamine to treat severe depression has performed strongly in a double-blind trial that compared it with placebo.
Jul 13, 2023
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