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A team of Université Laval scientists may have discovered why severe depression affects women and men differently, according to a study published on January 10,…
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in partnership with COMPASS Pathways, has established that psilocybin can…
New research findings help clarify mixed results from previous studies. Results from the largest clinical trial of its kind do not support the use of…
Ketamine therapy has a swift short-term effect on reducing symptoms of depression and suicidal thoughts, according to a review of all the available evidence. A…
The COVID pandemic has led to a significant increase in mental health problems. Now, in some good news, a pilot study has shown that depressed…
Promising alternative to address increasing mental health needs due to pandemic, study says. Computer- and smartphone-based treatments appear to be effective in reducing symptoms of…
Upping drug use linked to heightened risk; sense of belonging linked to lower risk. Around a third of first year university students have or develop…
Depression and Anxiety Worsened During COVID Pandemic, Putting Patients at Higher Heart Disease Risk
The COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).…
Kaiser Permanente 2020 study shows that people who were the most active and spent time outdoors during the pandemic reported less anxiety and depression. Kaiser…
The study found people who continued to spend a higher amount of time sitting between April and June 2020 were likely to have higher symptoms…
A University of Minnesota Medical School study indicates this method could be a new approach to treating a variety of severe mental illnesses. In a…
Mayo Clinic researchers report that nurses in the U.S. experience suicidal ideation in greater numbers than other general workers and those who do are less…
A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a…
A microdose used in the study by Szigeti et al. Credit: Self-blinding microdose study team The largest placebo-controlled trial of psychedelics to date suggests that…
People with lower incomes and who experienced multiple COVID-related stressors were more likely to feel the toll of the pandemic, as the socioeconomic inequities in…
People who had higher pre-pandemic levels of depression or anxiety have been more severely affected by disruption to jobs and healthcare during the pandemic, according…
Building on recent research confirming how ketamine induces rapid antidepressant action, Professor of Pharmacology Lisa Monteggia and her collaborators show how the molecular mechanism of the gene MeCP2 and…
Novel approach finds targets for future clinical trials in depression and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers have made significant advancements in correlating aberrations in specific brain circuits…
Protein key for learning, memory behaves differently in males than females. When it comes to developing drugs for mental illnesses, three confounding challenges exist: Men…