An international consortium of scientists dissects the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempts, psychiatric disorders, and non-psychiatric risk factors. In the largest genetic study of…
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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…
One in five U.S. adults will experience a mental illness in their lifetime, according to the National Alliance of Mental Health. But standard treatments can…
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…
Irritable bowel syndrome. Credit: Scientific Animations An international study of more than 50,000 people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has revealed that IBS symptoms may…
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…
Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions. As we interact with the world, we are constantly…
AI can detect signals that are informative about mental health from questionnaires and brain scans. A study published today by an interdisciplinary collaboration, directed by…
Multiple measures of sleep patterns and sleep efficiency are associated with lifetime diagnoses of mental illness, according to a new study that used wrist accelerometer…
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…
The climate crisis is taking an increasing toll on the mental health of children and young people; leaders must act now to create a path…
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…
For many individuals, restrictions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered daily routines and limited time spent outdoors. Credit: Dr. Korman For many individuals, restrictions…
The findings of a study published with Frontiers suggests that those who engage in regular exercise may lower their risk of developing anxiety by almost…
The new study looked at withdrawal symptoms people experienced from the drug ‘Spice,’ which contains synthetic drugs originally designed to mimic the effects of cannabis.…
Autistic adults, adults with intellectual disability, and adults with mental health diagnoses have multiple risk factors for infection with COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan,…
A computer game that induces mice to experience hallucination-like events could be a key to understanding the neurobiological roots of psychosis, according to a study…
New research has discovered that the strength of the connection between our brain and internal organs is linked to how we feel about our appearance.…