by The Mount Sinai Hospital Level of association of more than 7.5 million common genetic variants with suicide attempt, before and after adjusting for psychiatric disorders. Genetic variants above the gray line pass the statistical significance level. Credit: Niamh Mullins, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai In the largest genetic...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at Zhejiang University in China has found evidence suggesting that the brain blocks retention of some memories even when a person actively attempts to remember them. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes multiple experiments they conducted...
by Hiroshima University Researchers found a link between the consistency of long memory signals communicated by our neurons’ electrical chatter and our subjective sense of identity. Credit: Takashi Nakao/Hiroshima University Wrestling with the question of “Who am I?” during an inner dialog but couldn’t seem to reach an answer? Your brain’s background noise may be disrupting...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Both rare and commonly observed differences in the DNA letters strung along a person’s chromosomes can explain about a third of the risk for being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a new study led by scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai....
by National Institutes of Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a new study, researchers examined the association between distressing and persistent psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) in youth and important risk factors for psychopathology. The researchers found that youth who indicate they have persistent, distressing PLEs show impairment in a variety of areas such as cognition and reported...
by University of Toronto Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new nationally representative study published online in the Journal of Affective Disorders found that one in four adults aged 20-39 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Those with ADHD were four times more likely to have GAD at some point in their life, when...
by McMaster University Former McMaster post-doctoral researcher Ryan Shaler, left, and professor Brian Coombes work together in the lab. Credit: McMaster University A possible link between psychological stress and Crohn’s disease flare-ups has been identified by a McMaster University-led study. Researchers using mouse models found that stress hormones suppressed the innate immune system that normally protects the gut...
by Bond University Dr Megan Lee of Bond University has researched the diets of vegans and vegetarians. Credit: Cavan Flynn Not all vegan and vegetarian diets are healthy—and one consequence of a low-quality plant-based diet could be poorer mental health. New research has found plant-eaters with a taste for processed foods are more susceptible to...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large-scale French study suggesting symptoms of so-called long COVID may be more due to psychological factors than to infection with the virus has sparked debate among patients and scientists. The report that appeared earlier this week in the Journal of the American Medical Associationfocused on nearly 27,000 participants across France who...
by University of Gothenburg Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Both moderate and strenuous exercise alleviate symptoms of anxiety, even when the disorder is chronic, a study led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows. The study, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, is based on 286 patients with anxiety syndrome, recruited from primary care services in Gothenburg...
