Scientists are beginning to unwrap the biology behind why some people are more prone to major depression and other psychiatric disorders than others when experiencing…

Peter Silverstone knows that, of all his professional accomplishments, none are more important than the work he’s doing right now.

“I said to my wife that…

Emotional dysregulation should be considered a core aspect of ADHD because it is commonly seen in patients, including those without comorbidities, and responds to treatment, new research shows.

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Psychedelic drugs should be legally reclassified so that researchers can more easily test their therapeutic potential in clinical psychiatry and other areas of medicine, experts say.

Legal restrictions placed…

There has been a substantial increase in the number of children and adolescents accessing mental health services during the past 2 decades, but the majority of severely impaired…

Spouses of patients receiving hospice for three or more days more frequently reported reduced depression symptoms, compared to surviving spouses of patients who did not receive hospice,…

Strapped into a motion-enabled simulator and wearing 3D glasses, 36 adolescent volunteers recently experienced what it was like to “travel” through a field of virtual stars.…

Moderate to severe depression is associated with a 5-fold increased risk of all cause mortality in patients with heart failure, according to research presented today at…

People with depression may be more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, according to a large study by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, published on 20 May,…

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution during pregnancy through the first two years of a child’s life may be associated with an increased risk of the…

If a young man is a chronic gambler, the chances are extremely high that he also suffers from depression. This is one of the findings from a study…

Animals’ presence may ease social anxiety in kids with autism NIH-funded study could have implications for treatment

When animals are present, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)…

The overall suicide rate among children ages 5 to 11 was stable during the 20 years from 1993 to 2012 but that obscures racial differences that show…

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have shed new light on the relationship between autistic tendencies and psychosis proneness in neurotypical adults.

If a similar pattern were found…

In the largest study to date that examines Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a risk factor for cancer, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), have shown…

Mass shootings at the hands of unhinged loners - such as those in Aurora, Colorado; Santa Barbara, California, and Newtown, Connecticut - perpetuate a commonly held belief that mental illness triggers…

Researchers at UC Davis have developed a new intervention that identifies potentially depressed mothers and encourages them to seek treatment. The Motivating our Mothers (MOM) program takes…

In recent years, public health concerns about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have risen significantly, driven in part by affected military veterans returning from conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere.…

Toddlers who take a long time to fall asleep or wake up many times during the night have put many a desperate mom and dad to the test. Tired parents…

A team of researchers from Sweden and the United States have examined the potential role of the family environment and neighborhood factors on mental health outcomes…

The brain function of people addicted to cocaine is different from that of people who are not addicted and often linked to highly impulsive behavior,…

Because depression in brain cancer patients is a common but often overlooked condition, oncologists should regularly screen tumor patients for depression, according to an article in the current issue…

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, are significantly more likely to have an eating disorder - a loss of control eating syndrome (LOC-ES) - akin…

Rapidly swinging from extremes of joy and energy to sadness, fatigue, and confusion, bipolar disorder (BD) patients feel desperate and largely alone in the world. And according to the National Institutes of Health,…

Post-traumatic stress disorder is often thought of as a symptom of warfare, major catastrophes and assault. It’s rarely considered in patients who survive a critical illness and stay in the intensive care…