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The findings highlight how common parental loss is and the importance of providing affected children and families with appropriate support ...
Mayo Clinic researchers report encouraging early results from an experimental therapy targeting the genetic cause of a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
This week, Mad in America explores three new studies around mental health crisis calls involving police. The first study finds that patients and service Studies highlight patient and community ...
A recent study using the end of post-war UK food rationing suggests that restricting sugar from conception to age two is linked to a significantly lower risk of developing anxiety and depression in adulthood.
Psychiatric symptoms alone do not explain why some people with mental illness enter the criminal justice system. A new study reveals that standard criminal risk factors, like antisocial attitudes and social environments…
Can an elevated heart rate trick you into feeling attraction? New research indicates that men, but not women, tend to carry over physical excitement from a thrilling virtual reality game into their online dating…
Losing deep belly fat rather than just overall body weight is linked to slower brain aging and better memory years later. New research suggests targeting visceral fat might protect cognitive function by improving…
Every extra walk to school, kickabout in the park or trip to the shops could be doing more for teenage mental health than first thought, according to new research tracking thousands of adolescents in ...
Researchers said 'every step counts' when it comes to not only physical but mental health, with active youngsters displaying changes in their brains linked to movement and mood.
People who followed the MIND diet more closely showed slower brain shrinkage and less grey matter loss over time, with the strongest differences equivalent to about 2.5 years of delayed brain aging. Berries and poultry…
New research suggests that some women weaponize kindness, using acts of generosity as a subtle strategy to outmaneuver social rivals. This "competitive altruism" is strongly linked to manipulative personality traits and…
When a person is in the middle of a serious mental health crisis and can’t make medical decisions for themselves, families say Oklahoma’s system can leave legal ...
Waking up out of sync with your internal clock can cause social anxiety. A new psychological study finds this temporal misalignment makes people prefer being evaluated by artificial intelligence over human beings.
A recent study indicates that Americans with lower cognitive ability scores tend to be more likely to embrace Christian nationalism. The findings suggest the ideology’s appeal is linked to underlying cognitive resources…
A clinical trial is set to test whether diet could help reduce depressive symptoms in people with bipolar disorder, comparing a high fat, low carbohydrate diet with standard NHS healthy eating advice.
A mental health charity founded by former Arsenal and England captain Tony Adams is joining forces with Loughborough University to launch a new research hub aimed at improving the mental health and ...
A single 20-minute session of alpha-frequency brain stimulation modestly reduced anxiety after a stressful task in healthy middle-aged and older adults.
Teens whose sleep length swings from night to night report more anxiety and sadness, a Fitbit-based study of 1,371 adolescents finds. The link was stronger in girls, and irregular sleepers reported suppressing their…
People who were more resilient before an ayahuasca retreat reported somewhat more intense challenging experiences, a study of retreat guests in Costa Rica and Peru finds. For them, those challenges were also more closely…
Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you’re there? Or struggled to recall where you left your keys? These memory lapses aren’t unusual, especially as we age, but a new paper published
As Mental Health Awareness Week approaches, Professor Sarah Hetrick talks about her career in youth mental health, and why she keeps arriving at the same conclusion: connection matters. When Sarah ...
Borenstein] Welcome to "Healthy Minds." I'm Dr. Jeff Borenstein. Everyone is touched by psychiatric conditions, either themselves or a loved one. Do not suffer in silence. With help, there is hope.
People with depression who dramatically cut ultra-processed foods experienced notable improvements in their symptoms in a small preliminary study. Researchers suspect healthier eating may benefit the ...
A new review of research from across sub-Saharan Africa found that inadequate access to food is linked to depression, suicide attempts, HIV vulnerabilities and poorer sexual and reproductive health ...
Today, women are more likely than men to begin an academic career in psychology. Nevertheless, they leave research substantially more often, particularly during the first years after entering the ...
Looking after your mental health often requires a 360-degree approach, with everything from nutrition, exercise and sleep to therapy and medication, where appropriate. When it comes to exercise, ...
The bigger hurdle appears not to be entering academia but staying in it: An international study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development shows that, despite high entry rates, ...
Spread the love“`html It feels like we’re standing on the precipice of something truly monumental in mental healthcare. For decades, the very mention of ‘psychedelics’ conjured images of ...
Depression may change which emotional faces children notice most, but the pattern appears to depend on family history. Children at higher familial risk became increasingly focused on sad faces, while lower-risk children…
A massive MRI study found that Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorders, and addiction are associated with distinct patterns of accelerated brain aging. The strongest effects appeared in…
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