Suicide rates are rising significantly among African American teens
A large-scale study from The University of Toledo of young African Americans who have attempted or died by suicide suggests ...
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Survivors of childhood brain tumors experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burdens
Survivors of childhood brain tumors who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time of diagnosis may experience cognitive ...
Brains of pairs of animals synchronize during social interaction
Credit: Dean Ishida/UCLA FINDINGS UCLA researchers have published a Cell study showing that the brains of pairs of animals synchronize ...
Exposure to others’ suffering even worse than being shot at
Being exposed to life-threatening situations results in less PTSD than seeing others sufferCredit: Thorbjørn Kjosvold / Norwegian Armed Forces We ...
Do women regret embryo testing before IVF?
Women glad to know genetic results, even if news is disappointing, study reports More IVF cycles include embryo genetic testing, ...
3D technology might improve body appreciation for young women
New MU study identified an approach to help individuals appreciate their bodiesCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - 3D technology ...
Early-and-regular cannabis use by youth is associated with alteration in brain circuits that support cognitive control
A once understudied topic now shows a clear link between cannabis use and brain alterations, whereby chronic use may lead ...
People with multiple physical conditions have faster brain decline, higher suicide risk
Research findings made using a scoring system that measures the impact of living with multiple chronic illnesses, also known as ...
Family and community central to recovery among Sierra Leone’s former child soldiers
15-year study the first to follow male and female child soldiers into adulthoodCredit: Chris Soldt, Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. ...
Mobile crisis service reduces youth ER visits for behavioral health needs, says study
Children and youth with acute behavioral health needs who are seen through Connecticut's Mobile Crisis Intervention Service - a community-based ...
Overcoming PTSD: Study reveals memory disruption drug target
War veterans share molecular marker with stressed miceCredit: Courtesy Scripps Research JUPITER, FL -- June 19, 2019 -- Fight or ...
Owner training key to reducing risk of dog bite injuries
Dog attacks have been on the rise and it may the owners who need to go back to school. A ...
Many asylum seekers suffer from depression and anxiety symptoms
New information about the health of those seeking asylum in Finland Up to 40% of the adults who have sought ...
New honorary doctors at University of Gothenburg
Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg/University of Gothenburg Gunilla Backman, Carl Bennet, and Denis Mukwege have been appointed honorary doctors at ...
Brain anatomy links cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism
Credit: RIKEN Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link ...
Antidepressants can reduce the empathic empathy
Antidepressant treatment, not only depression per se, can lead to reductions in behavioral and neural responses to pain empathy Depression ...
Gut microbes associated with temperament traits in children
Scientists in the FinnBrain research project of the University of Turku, Finland, discovered that the gut microbes of a 2.5-month-old ...
Researcher gets $4 million to better predict mental health disorders
Psychology professor Vince Calhoun and his team plan to develop novel algorithms to study individuals with mood and psychosis disorders ...
Social media use contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research finds
Social media use is contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research presented in a paper by Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Gindo ...
Schizophrenia: Adolescence is the game-changer
Researchers at UNIGE have discovered that the development of the hippocampus, the area of the brain responsible for memory and ...