by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Beating the blues with food? A new study adds evidence that meal timing may affect mental health, including levels of depression- and anxiety-related mood. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, designed a study that simulated...
ByAlejandra O’Connell-Domenech Parkinson’s disease patient, Arthritis hand and knee pain or mental health care concept with geriatric doctor consulting examining elderly senior aged adult in medical exam clinic or hospital Story at a glance Researchers at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering were able to create a “novel inference engine” that can monitor brain activity via...
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges were the leading cause of poor life outcomes in young people. As many as 1 in 5 US children aged 3 to 17 have a mental, emotional, developmental, or behavioral disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, that crisis has grown. Symptoms of...
by University of British Columbia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The latest study to examine how tiny amounts of psychedelics can impact mental health provides further evidence of the therapeutic potential of microdosing. Published in Scientific Reports this week, the study followed 953 people taking regular small amounts of psilocybin and a second group of 180...
by McLean Hospital Following trauma, feeling detached from one’s surroundings may suggest a higher risk of later developing serious mental health conditions. Credit: McLean Hospital Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that for individuals who experience trauma, the presence of dissociation—a profound feeling of detachment from one’s sense of self or...
by Flinders University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fewer than 3% of people with mental health conditions living in Australian residential aged care facilities accessed government-subsidized mental health services, a new analysis from Flinders University and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) has found, with calls for organizational and policy changes to improve...
by Adrianna Mendrek, The Conversation Activating the somatosensory cortex may help us connect to our bodies, develop our sensitivity, sensuality and capacity to feel pleasure. Credit: Shutterstock Like a thick velvety headband, the somatosensory cortex arcs across the top of brain from just above one ear to the other. I fell in love with the brain as...
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER VIDEO: A NEW STUDY BY THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER FINDS THE STANDARD QUESTIONS TO IDENTIFY THOSE AT RISK FOR SUICIDE OFTEN FALL SHORT, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WITH ACCESS TO FIREARMS. CREDIT: OHIO STATE WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the stigma around mental health problems...
by Mike Stobbe A student walks down a hallway between classes at a high school in Kansas City, Kan., on the first day of in-person learning Wednesday, March 30, 2021. According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday, March 31, 2022, nearly half of U.S. high school students...
[email protected] 3/2/2022 Since Sept. 11, 2001, more than 30,000 active duty members and veterans have taken their own lives – four times as many as those killed in post-911 military operations. Current methods to detect early signs of behavioral and mental health risk factors rely on self-reporting and screening questionnaires, which can’t reliably predict suicidality....
