By Claudia Wallis on July 1, 2022 Credit: Fatinha Ramos Age is the single biggest risk factor for dementia, with the odds doubling about every five years after age 65. But many things influence those odds for a given individual. Genetic vulnerability is a contributor, as are so-called modifiable risk factors such as smoking, cardiovascular disease, social isolation,...
by Lisa Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than half of people diagnosed with one psychiatric disorder will be diagnosed with a second or third in their lifetime. About a third have four or more. This can make treatment challenging and leave patients feeling unlucky and discouraged. But a sweeping...
ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE Past research on mental illness has focused mostly on chronic and recurring mood, anxiety, and substance-use disorders that keep people from thriving and enjoying life. New research published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, however, reports that many people who have suffered from mental illness are able to thrive and lead a...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – IRVINE IMAGE: “EARLY LIFE ADVERSITY IS A ROBUST RISK FACTOR FOR LIFE-LONG ABERRANT RESPONSES TO STRESS, WHICH CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SEVERAL MAJOR MENTAL ILLNESSES, INCLUDING DEPRESSION, IN ADULTHOOD. OUR FINDINGS IDENTIFY AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR ELA-INDUCED ALTERATIONS OF MICROGLIAL ACTIONS DURING A SENSITIVE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT PERIOD, RESULTING IN AUGMENTED EXCITATORY SYNAPSES...
Pauline Anderson March 18, 2022 Misaligned eyes in children are associated with an increased prevalence of mental illness, results of a large study suggest. Investigators found children with strabismus or “crossed eyes” had up to a twofold increased risk of developing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia compared to their counterparts without the eye condition....
by Tonia Moxley, Virginia Tech Doctoral student Bohan Zhu works in the lab of Chang Lu on projects that could lead to new treatments for depression, anxiety, and substance use disorder. Credit: Tonia Moxley for Virginia Tech One in five U.S. adults will experience a mental illness in their lifetime, according to the National Alliance of...
TORONTO, October 12, 2021 – People who have been diagnosed with a mental illness are more likely to have poor sleep quality compared to the general population, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted. The CAMH-led study, “Accelerometer-derived sleep measures and lifetime psychiatric diagnoses,” has just been published in the journal PLOS Medicine. “The differences...
Exclusive: research finds small rise in exposure to air pollution leads to higher risk of needing treatment An orange sky over the City of London. Levels of air pollution in London have fallen in recent years. Photograph: Michael Heath/AlamyDamian Carrington Environment editor@dpcarringtonFri 27 Aug 2021 07.26 EDT Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased severity of mental...
LERO Ireland, June 17, 2021: Popular video games have the potential to provide low-cost, easy access, effective and stigma-free support for some mental health issues, researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, have found. The team at Lero, a world leader in connected health research, said video games could be used...
by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large brain imaging study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet demonstrates that same-sex sexual behavior-related differences in the brain exist. Patterns in the brain that differentiate between men and women were less pronounced in non-heterosexual individuals, and some of the brain differences could be linked to a genetic predisposition for non-heterosexuality....
