Psychologists have found a link between depression and an acceleration of the rate at which the brain ages. This is the first study that provides comprehensive evidence for the effect of depression on decline in overall cognitive function in a general population.
Date Posted: May 26, 2018
Categories: Depression
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) caused by traumatic military experiences is associated with feelings of anxiety, anger, sadness and guilt. Now, new research is evaluating how PTSD symptoms increase risks for academic difficulties as well.
May 23
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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Noninvasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can dampen brain activity in response to drug cues in chronic alcohol users and chronic cocaine users.
May 23
Categories: Addictions, Drug Addiction
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Early-life obesity and depression may be driven by shared abnormalities in the brain regions that process rewards, according to researchers.
May 23
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Depression
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Graduate students are more than six times as likely to experience depression and anxiety as compared to the general population.
May 22
Categories: Anxiety, Depression
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Reducing severity of PTSD symptoms long-term holds significant public-health and economic implications. Both civilians and military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reap long-term benefits from psychotherapies used for short-term ...
May 22
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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A new study reveals surprising new insights into brain networks in people with autism, after applying a new personalized approach to brain mapping. The new approach provides a way to examine the location of individual brain networks with more ...
May 22
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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A new study has found an abnormality in visual regions of the brain that is associated with a person's general risk for mental illness, and these findings indicate a signature abnormality shared between common forms of mental illness.
May 18
Categories: Addictions, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / ...
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Participating in yoga and mindfulness activities at school helps third-graders exhibiting anxiety improve their well-being and emotional health, according to a new study.
May 16
Categories: Anxiety, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Stress Management
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For millions of Americans who are obese and living with diabetes or prediabetes, feelings of sadness, anger and anxiety are often part of daily life. A new study suggests those negative feelings may stem from problems regulating blood sugar levels ...
May 16
Categories: Depression
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In recent studies, scientists have shone new light on how the human brain uses past experiences and generalizes them to future events, helping us safely navigate the world around us. This is a useful adaptive technique, but could be potentially ...
May 16
Categories: Anxiety
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Research has discovered how two brain regions work together to maintain attention, and how discordance between the regions could lead to attention deficit disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression.
May 14
Categories: Adult ADHD, Schizophrenia
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Recent research has found that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help children with autism manage not just anxiety but other emotional challenges, such as sadness and anger.
May 14
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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A specific kind of brain stimulation has been found to be effective in reducing suicidal thinking in a significant portion of people with hard-to-treat depression.
May 14
Categories: Depression, Suicide Prevention
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A study has identified factors that may increase the risk of drug overdose in adolescents and young adults, some of which include the use of alcohol, cocaine or amphetamines and histories of depression, anxiety or eating disorders.
May 12
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues
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Recent research suggests that mindfulness meditation programs can aid in treatments for anxiety. People can begin to derive psychological and physiological benefits from the practice after a single introductory session.
May 12
Categories: Anxiety
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