Psychology & Psychiatry

Treating childhood anxiety with computers, not drugs

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, one in eight children suffers from an anxiety disorder. And because many anxious children turn into severely anxious adults, early intervention can have a major ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Healthy eating, exercise, and brain-training

A comprehensive programme providing older people at risk of dementia with healthy eating guidance, exercise, brain training, and management of metabolic and vascular risk factors appears to slow down cognitive decline, according ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

BRAVE step for Australian-developed online anxiety therapy

A ground-breaking approach to treating childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders, based on University of Queensland (UQ) research, will soon be available to families in the UK, US and Europe.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Chatbot may detect early dementia in time for intervention

If Alzheimer's dementia is identified early, at the stage of Mild Cognitive Impairment, for instance, the decline in neural functioning can be stabilized or even curtailed in some cases, research has found.

Psychology & Psychiatry

PTSD symptoms linked to higher carotid atherosclerosis in women

For midlife women, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with higher carotid atherosclerosis and with greater brain small vessel disease and poorer cognitive performance among APOE ε4 carriers, according ...

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