Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in magic mushrooms, is as effective at treating depression as conventional SSRI antidepressants. Researchers report, that although not significantly significant, early findings reveal those treated with psilo…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Doomscrolling: Why We Do It, and How We Can Stop
People are reporting an uptick in personal “doomscrolling” activities online. Marked by consuming excessive amounts of negative content during one sitting, doomscrolling may be linked to anxiety. Researchers provide suggestions about how people can hal…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Measure to Predict Stress Resilience
Increased sensitivity in the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in the brain drives the development of anxiety in depression. The findings shed new light on the neurobiological mechanisms behind stress resilience.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Genetic Predisposition to Schizophrenia May Increase Risk of Psychosis From Cannabis Use
While cannabis users reported more psychotic experiences than non-users generally, the effect was more pronounced in those with a genetic risk factor for schizophrenia.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Psychedelic Experience May Not Be Required For Psilocybin’s Antidepressant-Like Benefits
A mouse study refutes the common belief that psilocybin’s ability to produce an anti-depressant effect is attributed to the psychedelic experience it creates. Blocking the psychedelic effect did not affect psilocybin’s anti-depressant effects.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Spit Samples Uncover Genetic Risk Factors for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Children and young adults with a specific variant of the PTPRD gene are at greater risk of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: People Want to Improve Mental Health by Exercising, but Stress and Anxiety Get In the Way
Researchers say the COVID pandemic has created a paradox where mental health has both motivated and generated a barrier to people wanting to improve their physical health via exercise. The study found stress and anxiety are preventing many of those who…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Profound Loss of Pleasure Related to Early-Onset Dementia
Study links anhedonia, or the loss of pleasure, to the early onset of frontotemporal dementia. Neuroimaging revealed symptoms of anhedonia were marked by atrophy in the frontal and striatal brain areas of those with FTD.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stress Does Not Lead to Loss of Self-Control in Eating Disorders
Contrary to popular belief, people with eating disorders like bulimia nervosa do not lose control and binge eat in response to stressful events.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Stressors of Stress on Your Body and Behavior
Researchers explore some of the unexpected physical manifestations of stress, and how people can better manage stress on a daily basis.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Childhood Diet and Exercise Creates Healthier, Less Anxious Adults
Young mice exposed to a healthy diet and frequent exercise show lower levels of anxiety and increased brain mass as adults.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Blood Test For Depression and Bipolar Disorder
A new blood test can distinguish the severity of a person’s depression and their risk for developing severe depression at a later point. The test can also determine if a person is at risk for developing bipolar disorder. Researchers say the blood test …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Memory and Executive Function Symptoms More Accurate for Predicting CTE Than Mood and Behavior
Cognitive symptoms such as problems with memory and executive function, but not mood or motor disorders, were associated with CTE pathology. The findings advance the ability to diagnose CTE in living people. Until now, post mortem analysis was the only…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Accelerated Cellular Aging Associated With Mortality Seen in Depressed Individuals
DNA markers in cells of patients with major depressive disorder appear to be two years older than markers in cells of people without the mental health disorder.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Resurging Psychedelic Therapies for Depression
As interest in using psychedelics to treat a range of mental health disorders grows, researchers consider the impact and therapeutic benefits of using psychedelics to help alleviate symptoms of depression.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Anxiety Among Fathers Is Higher Than Recently Reported
A new study reports paternal anxiety is much higher than previously reported. Findings reveal anxiety in men during the perinatal period was 11%. Previous reports found anxiety in males during this period was under 4%.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Conspiracy Theories Are Dividing Us. How Do We Talk About Them?
Belief in conspiracy theories is causing problems within families and other close relationships. The growth of conspiratorial belief may be a result of social media outlets making it easier for those who believe in conspiracies to find other believers …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Disrupted Biochemical Pathway in the Brain Linked to Bipolar Disorder
Disruptions in the Atk protein can lead to brain changes that are characteristic of bipolar disorder.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Mice With Hallucination-Like Behaviors Reveal Insight Into Psychotic Illness
Mouse study reveals elevated dopamine levels preceded hallucination-like events, and artificially boosting dopamine levels induced more hallucination-like events. The behavioral effects could be blocked by administering haloperidol, an antipsychotic wh…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Depression Message on YouTube Videos Are Dangerous and Include Stigmatizing Stereotypes
Studying 327 YouTube videos related to depression, researchers found content providers unknowingly perpetuate stigmas and misconceptions about mental health.
