How to calm your child after a nightmare
Most parents have experienced it: Your young child wakes up distraught, sure that the nightmare they've just suffered through is real.
Feb 27, 2024
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Most parents have experienced it: Your young child wakes up distraught, sure that the nightmare they've just suffered through is real.
Feb 27, 2024
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The mechanisms by which antidepressants and other emotion-focused medications work could be reconsidered due to an advance in the understanding of how the gut communicates with the brain.
Feb 26, 2024
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Surveys and statistics suggest that mental illnesses are becoming increasingly widespread, as the number of people worldwide accessing mental health services has increased in recent years. Understanding the factors that can ...
A new study published in Nature Communications provides direct evidence that antidepressant use during pregnancy can impact a child's brain development and contribute to the risk of mental health disorders later in life.
Feb 16, 2024
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Correct development of testes in a male fetus—and fertility later in life—depend on a crucial hormone being at just the right level.
Feb 13, 2024
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Most stroke survivors were able to safely take two types of common antidepressants, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2024. The meeting will ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Coming off antidepressants is known to trigger physical symptoms, such as restlessness, fatigue, and excessive sweating, but new research suggests people can also experience emotional and social difficulties and changes in ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Mental health conditions including anxiety and depression are among the most common disorders affecting women during pregnancy and after birth.
Dec 18, 2023
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There is nothing magic about the recent increase in interest around the study of psychedelic drugs as potential treatments for patients suffering from a myriad of mental health conditions.
Dec 15, 2023
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Comparing PET scans of more than 90 adults with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say relatively lower levels of the so-called "happiness" chemical, serotonin, in parts of the ...
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"Serotonin" redirects here. For the professional wrestling stable, see Serotonin.
Serotonin (pronounced /ˌsɛrəˈtoʊnən/) is a monoamine neurotransmitter. It is found extensively in the gastrointestinal tract of animals, and about 80 to 90 percent of the human body's total serotonin is located in the enterochromaffin cells in the gut, where it is used to regulate intestinal movements. The remainder is synthesized in serotonergic neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) where it has various functions, including control of appetite, mood and anger.
Serotonin is found not only in animals, but also in fungi and plants, including fruits and vegetables.
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