by Cactus Communications Effect of psilocybin on percentage of freezing time in an auditory cued FC and fear extinction paradigm. (A) The auditory cued FC and fear extinction paradigm and the experimental plan. (B) FC significantly prolonged the percentage of freezing time of mice in context A (fear conditioning context). (C) On the day of...
by University at Albany Graphical abstract. Credit: Environment International (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107411 Exposure to sunny, hot and humid weather can trigger severe symptoms of mental disorders, requiring emergency care. So reports a recent study, led by researchers at the University at Albany, which used data on New York State weather and hospital emergency visits to assess how...
by Jared Wadley, University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public Domain Preventing mental disorders in young people might reduce or delay the burden of dementia in older people, according to a new study. Investing in good mental health care for young people—including evidence-based interventions for mental health problems—could help reduce the burden of neurodegenerative disease, say researchers from the...
by Eric W. Dolan January 30, 2022 in Mental Health New research published in Human Brain Mapping provides evidence of a shared neural mechanism that underlies sleep disturbance and mental disorders in preadolescents. The findings indicate that sleep disturbance and mental health problems are both related to the connectivity between and within two important brain networks. “I...
by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children with mental health problems were at increased risk of developing a mental disorder as an adult, a new systematic review has found. The research led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, found prevention and early intervention should...
PUBLISHED WED, APR 7 20218:32 AM EDT One in three Covid-19 survivors has suffered a neurological or psychiatric disorder within six months of infection with the virus, a study has found. The results were based on an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records. The study was published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal...
by McGill University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from McGill University have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social interaction. The findings, which could help unlock potential therapeutic applications in treating certain psychiatric diseases, including anxiety and alcohol use disorders, are...
by King’s College London Researchers at King’s College London, Imperial College London and University of Leicester have found first UK evidence that adults exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution are more likely to experience mental disorders. The study is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Center (BRC) and...
DENTISTS ARE BUSIER THAN EVER DURING THE PANDEMIC. HERE’S WHY.BY VICTOR TANGERMANN Americans are having a rough time during the pandemic, with anxiety and other mental disorders at an all time high. And all the stress is leading to far more teeth grinding, resulting in a huge uptick in jaw pain, tooth sensitivity, and migraines and cracked...
This mental disorder gives us a unique insight into the digital age. Nautilus|Robert Sapolsky Illustration by Dadu Shin We start with the case of a woman who experienced unbearable tragedy. In 1899, this Parisian bride, Madame M., had her first child. Shockingly, the child was abducted and substituted with a different infant, who soon died. She...
