by University of Birmingham Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The brain structure of patients with recent onset psychosis and depression can offer important biological insights into these illnesses and how they might develop. In a new study published in Biological Psychiatry, researchers at the University of Birmingham show that by examining structural MRI scans of the brain,...
by British Medical Journal Image of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Credit: CDC A study published by The BMJ today finds that COVID-19 is associated with an increased risk of mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, substance use, and sleep disorders, up to one year after initial infection. The findings suggest that...
GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM DANVILLE, Pa. – Adults with specific genetic causes of mental health and other brain disorders had significantly higher rates of chronic disease and twice as many annual emergency room visits when compared to a control group without these genetic conditions, a Geisinger study found. Rare genetic changes, known as pathogenic copy number variants...
