Study shows precision medicine provides better treatment options for mentally...
A multidisciplinary team led by a geneticist and psychiatrist from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's (CSHL) Stanley Institute for Cognitive Genomics today publish a paper providing a glimpse of both the...
View ArticlePublication provides update on the origins and causes of anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders are not uncommon and are often 'comorbid' with other forms of mental disorders. This publication provides an update on the origins and the causes of anxiety disorders and their...
View ArticleNHMRC awards over $6M for Griffith University research projects
Griffith University research projects have been awarded just over $6m in research funding by the prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council.
View ArticleObsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome are highly heritable
An international research consortium led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Chicago has answered several questions about the genetic background of...
View ArticleStudy: Hospitals vary in management of children with traumatic brain injury
Hospitals vary in management of children with traumatic brain injury—particularly in monitoring and preventing the harmful effects of increased intracranial pressure (ICP), according to a study in the...
View ArticleStudy reports new links between brain cell activity and choices where two...
Life presents us with choices all the time: salad or pizza for lunch? Tea or coffee afterward? How we make these everyday decisions has been a topic of great interest to economists, who have devised...
View ArticleStudy identifies specific DCPR syndromes that could affect obesity
A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has applied diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic syndromes to a sample of patients with morbid obesity.
View ArticleNeuroscientists use new technique to enhance a form of self-control through...
If you have ever said or done the wrong thing at the wrong time, you should read this. Neuroscientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the University of California, San...
View ArticleStudy finds discrepancies in prevalence estimates of mental disorders in...
Common methods of assessing mental or physical disorders may consistently underestimate the prevalence of mental disorders among middle-aged and older adults, a new study from the Johns Hopkins...
View ArticleAmerican Humane and TGen uncover genetic basis of obsessive-compulsive...
Every year, one out of every 88 children in the United States is diagnosed with some form of autism, with these numbers steadily rising over the last decade. Alarmingly, it is believed that now one of...
View ArticleNew research finds similarity in organization of regions of brain in humans...
New research suggests a surprising degree of similarity in the organization of regions of the brain that control language and complex thought processes in humans and monkeys.
View ArticlePregnant women with bipolar disorder more frequently have mental health
Pregnant and postpartum women with bipolar disorder more frequently have significant mental health and early mothering challenges than other perinatal women undergoing psychiatric treatment, according...
View ArticleNARSAD grants to fund research into psychiatric illness by 40 mid-career...
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced its 2014 NARSAD Independent Investigator Grants, which will award $4 million in funding to 40 mid-career scientists from 33 institutions in...
View ArticleChildren with Tourette syndrome may unconsciously train brain to effectively...
Children with Tourette Syndrome (TS) may unconsciously train their brain to more effectively control their tics.
View ArticleStudies shed light on propensity for habit formation in obsessive-compulsive...
Two new studies published this week in Biological Psychiatry shed light on the propensity for habit formation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These studies suggest that a tendency to develop...
View ArticleStudy: Domestic abuse closely linked to postpartum mental health problems in...
A new study shows that domestic abuse is closely linked to postpartum mental health problems, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in mothers. The research also found that...
View ArticleIntimate partner abuse before or during pregnancy linked to higher postpartum...
Ashley Pritchard, a Simon Fraser University doctoral student, is among four authors of a new research paper calling for closer monitoring of new mothers for mental health problems in light of their...
View ArticleFamily-based CBT benefits young children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
A new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center has found that family-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is beneficial to young children between the ages of five and eight with...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins scientists identify genetic marker associated with development...
A group of researchers led by Johns Hopkins scientists say they have identified a genetic marker that may be associated with the development of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), whose causes and...
View ArticleQuestionnaire to assess risk factors for OCD may help determine risk of...
A shortened version of a questionnaire used by psychologists to assess risk factors for obsessive-compulsive disorder also may help determine the risk of depression and anxiety, according to a Baylor...
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