Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers develop blood test for depression, bipolar disorder
Worldwide, 1 in 4 people will suffer from a depressive episode in their lifetime.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anxiety and PTSD linked to increased myelin in brain's gray matter
A recent study links anxiety behavior in rats, as well as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military veterans, to increased myelin—a substance that expedites communication between neurons—in areas of the brain ...
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PTSD an ongoing fight for generation of Iraq War vets
Justin Carlisle was in the center vehicle of a five-Humvee convoy when the bomb went off.
Mar 19, 2018
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Cold water swimming might ease depression
For the first time it has been shown open water swimming could be an effective treatment for depression.
Sep 14, 2018
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Genetics
Gene in the brain can put brakes on anxiety, discover scientists
A gene in the brain driving anxiety symptoms has been identified by an international team of scientists. Critically, modification of the gene is shown to reduce anxiety levels, offering an exciting novel drug target for anxiety ...
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Neuroscience
Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination
Medical University of South Carolina researchers report in Current Biology that the brain uses similar visual areas for mental imagery and vision, but it uses low-level visual areas less precisely with mental imagery than ...
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologists explore potential benefits of hallucinogens for mental health disorders
Many people think of psychedelics as relics from the hippie generation or something taken by ravers and music festival-goers, but they may one day be used to treat disorders ranging from social anxiety to depression, according ...
Aug 9, 2018
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Study reveals a biological link between stress and obesity
Metabolic and anxiety-related disorders both pose a significant healthcare burden, and are in the spotlight of contemporary research and therapeutic efforts. Although intuitively we assume that these two phenomena overlap, ...
Sep 21, 2016
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Neuroscience
Range of diseases may result when brain self-regulation goes awry, researchers say
After making many thousands of measurements in experiments spanning more than 10 years, scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered that two molecular partners interact at synapses to maintain stable neuronal function. ...
Sep 28, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Ecstasy may relieve the agony of PTSD: study
Better known to nightclubbers as ecstasy, the euphoria-inducing drug MDMA appears to alleviate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in war veterans, firefighters, and police officers, researchers said Wednesday.
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