by University of Manchester Credit: CC0 Public Domain The first ever trial of a revolutionary group approach to anxiety and depression has shown it is no less effective than the one-on-one sessions thousands of people receive on the NHS every day. The trial compared the Take Control Course for up to 20 people—devised by researchers...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia and depression, affect nearly one in five adults in the United States and nearly half of patients diagnosed with a psychiatric illness also meet the criteria for a second. With so much overlap, researchers have begun to suspect that there may be one...
by CORDIS Correlation coefficients of predicted brain age and FreeSurfer features across control and schizophrenia (SZ) groups. Bivariate correlations are shown to provide an indication of the relative contribution of features in brain age prediction. The figure shows Pearson correlations between predicted brain age and cortical thickness features (top row), cortical surface areas (middle row)...
By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Jan 3 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study in PNAS, researchers tested sex and age differences using the English Eyes test version among adolescent and adult individuals across 57 nations. Study: Sex and age differences in “theory of mind” across 57 countries using the English version of the “Reading...
by Wolters Kluwer Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Objective measurement of psychiatric disorders has long proved challenging. Yet, there is ample evidence that analysis of speech patterns can accurately diagnose depression and psychosis, measure their severity, and predict their onset, according to a literature review featured in the January/February issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry....
Have you ever been cut off while driving and found yourself swearing and laying on the horn? Or come home from a long day at work and lashed out at whoever left the dishes unwashed? From petty anger to the devastating violence we see in the news, acts of aggression can be difficult to comprehend....
by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Dr. Qin Wang and research scientist Hasib Rehman. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find new purpose as a treatment to mitigate the often life-altering effects of increasingly prevalent PTSD, scientists say. Clonidine is commonly used as a high...
TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP People with perfectionist traits are more susceptible to burnout, according to new research, and it is not just work-related stress that is the cause. Christmas is coming. We have all endured a global pandemic. There are coughs and colds everywhere. Bills are mounting. It is safe to say we are all exhausted...
by University of Helsinki Graphical abstract. Credit: Brain Communications (2022). DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac337 Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience aphasia, a difficulty with comprehending or producing spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the language impairment still persists one year post-stroke. Aphasia has wide-ranging effects on the ability to function and...
by Medical University of South Carolina The device can easily be hidden under long sleeves, and results have shown significant improvements in in vivo exposure therapy treatments for patients with PTSD. Credit: Zeriscope Sights, smells and sounds of everyday life can supply the triggers that take someone with PTSD right back to the scarring scene...
