UC Riverside researcher awarded NIH grants to study mental health and opioid use
Andrew Subica will focus his research on marginalized US populationsCredit: UCR School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Grants from the ...
Tag: Mental Health
WVU-led study aims to identify, relieve anxiety and depression caused by COVID-19
Credit: West Virginia University With anxiety and depression on the rise amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a West ...
How effective does a COVID-19 vaccine need to be to stop the pandemic?
This question as well as coronavirus-related discrimination, population vulnerability, anxiety, and depression are explored in recent articles in the American ...
Yoga, Tai Chi, and meditation bring specific benefits for veterans
Medical Care supplement presents progress report on efforts to implement complementary and integrative health therapies at the VACredit: Medical Care ...
Beam me up: Researchers use ‘behavioral teleporting’ to study social interactions
NYU Tandon professor Maurizio Porfiri 'teleports' behavior of live zebrafish from one tank to another in real time, allowing researchers ...
Social media information can predict a wide range of personality traits and attributes
Findings could bring new technologies to mental health diagnostics and personalized nudgesCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) ...
Elevated “hunger” hormone leaves trauma-exposed teens at higher risk for PTSD
Credit: JoCol Burgess Chronic stress increases a blood-based hormone called acyl-ghrelin for years after the initial traumatic stressor exposure in ...
Older adults with existing depression show resilience during the pandemic
A multi-site study finds that seniors are more concerned with being infected with COVID-19 than the effects of social isolationCredit: ...
Combating ‘chemobrain’ with music
University of Cincinnati colleges collaborate to develop app that studies whether music therapy can improve the brain from effects of ...
Developing a replicable model to provide palliative care in nursing homes
$3.5 million NIA grant will support intervention to care for patients with Alzheimer'sCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Research scientists from ...
How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Biomedical Engineering's Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben ...
Pregnant mother’s immunity tied to behavioral, emotional challenges for kids with autism
UC Davis Health study finds that male offspring are at higher risk to maternal immunity activationCredit: UC Regent Children with ...
When you’re smiling, the whole world really does smile with you
New insights for mental healthCredit: Unsplash From Sinatra to Katy Perry, celebrities have long sung about the power of a ...
Public health consequences of policing homelessness
Credit: UNSPLASH: Photo credits go to Matt Collamer Two weeks ago, Colorado State Patrol troopers began clearing out nearly 200 ...
Emerging infectious disease and challenges of social distancing in human and non-human animals
A review ranging from frogs and wolves to lobsters, bats, and humansCredit: Kaeli Swift Humans are not the only social ...
Early neural activity associated with autism
EEG measurements in infants predicted ASD symptoms in toddlersCredit: Society of Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier Philadelphia, August 11, 2020 - Autism ...
Placebos prove powerful even when people know they’re taking one
Credit: Pexels: Pixabay CC0 EAST LANSING, Mich. - How much of a treatment is mind over matter? It is well ...
OU Health Sciences Center receives $38 million grant for suicide prevention
Credit: University of Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five-year, ...
COVID-19 a perfect storm for conspiracy theories
As the global count of COVID-19 infections heads towards the 20M mark, the pandemic has created what the World Health ...
UCLA launches major mental health study to discover insights about depression
Researchers from the Depression Grand Challenge collaborate with AppleCredit: Courtesy of Apple While the capability to diagnose cancer and heart ...