What does the “love hormone” do? It’s complicated
A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendlinessCredit: ...
Tag: Mental Health
The relationship between looking/listening and human emotions
Revealing the relationship between attentional states and emotions from human pupillary reactionsCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS ...
MRI test for football players that could detect CTE, developed by Ben-Gurion U. researcher
Credit: Ben-Gurion University BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 19, 2020 - Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head injuries ...
UC Davis study details use of extreme risk protection orders in Calif. over first four years
Males and whites make up the majority of individuals subjected to gun violence restraining ordersCredit: UC Davis Violence Prevention Program ...
How chandelier cells light up the brain
Credit: CSHL Within the intricate network of cells that make up the brain, chandelier cells stand out for their elaborate, ...
Researchers study COVID-19, health disparities on caregivers of people with ADRD
Credit: Northern Arizona University Sixteen million family members in the US are caregivers for the more than 6 million people ...
Young people with early psychosis may not require antipsychotic medications to recover
Credit: Photo: Orygen Researchers at Orygen have found that some young people with early stage first episode psychosis (FEP) can ...
A $26.9-million project to create better psychiatric medications without side effects
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - June 16, 2020 - Rapidly acting drugs to treat depression, anxiety, ...
All of Us Research Program launches COVID-19 research initiatives
NIH effort expands data collection to shed light on pandemic's spread and impactCredit: National Institutes of Health The All of ...
Brain research sheds light on the molecular mechanisms of depression
Credit: Lauri Nummenmaa A new study conducted in Turku, Finland, reveals how symptoms indicating depression and anxiety are linked to ...
Your brain shows if you are lonely or not
New insight into how the brain maps our interpersonal tiesCredit: Figure provided by Andrea L. Courtney and Meghan L. Meyer ...
School may be the key to improvement for children in social care
Credit: Linköping University Children in social care have poorer mental health and perform worse in school than other children. But ...
Adult stem cell study shows fish oil may help with depression
UIC researchers use stem cells from adults with depression to test treatmentsCredit: UIC A study published in Molecular Psychiatry shows ...
Late-life depression may be linked to gender expression
Credit: Photo by Ragnhild Larsson Over time, depression has decreased among older women. But it is still nearly twice as ...
Gaps in data on marijuana use limit public health response
UMass Amherst research examines availability of cannabis data as more states consider legalizationCredit: UMass Amherst Better data on marijuana use ...
Healthcare professional revenue falls nearly 50% across nation during COVID-19 pandemic
Oral surgery and gastroenterology decline the most of specialties studied, per fair health's third COVID-19 report, 'Healthcare professionals and the ...
Artificial brains may need sleep too
States that resemble sleep-like cycles quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brainsCredit: Los Alamos ...
Wearable brain scanner technology expanded for whole head imaging
Credit: University of Nottingham Scientists from the University of Nottingham developed an initial prototype of a new generation of brain ...
Chapman University national study highlights wide-ranging effects of COVID-19 pandemic
The survey examined the experiences of 4,149 adults living in the United States and how the crisis is impacting their ...
Cognitive behavior therapy tops other psychotherapies in reducing inflammation
An analysis of more than 50 studies shows CBT is an effective non-drug treatment for boosting the immune systemCredit: UCLA ...
