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Two new studies published in the April 4 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggest that a person’s memory declines at a…

Depressed individuals with a tendency to ruminate on negative thoughts, i.e. to repeatedly think about particular negative thoughts or memories, show different patterns of brain network activation compared…

The 15 percent of U.S. high school seniors who abuse alcohol and drugs first began using them at age 14 or 15, according to a study…

A new study sup­ports past re­search ty­ing fast food con­sump­tion to a great­er risk of de­pres­sion.

Pub­lished in the re­search jour­nal Pub­lic Health Nu­tri­tion, the re­sults in­di­cate that fre­quent con­sumers of…

A new survey of U.S. teenagers finds that most have used alcohol and drugs by the time they reach adulthood, and researchers say that could be setting up…

A new study suggests that social and communication skills in some kids with autism may improve over time with therapy, but other kids will continue having problems functioning as…

People said they would pay more to avoid some serious medical conditions than they would to avoid severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and depression, according to the results of a national…

Why do some persons succumb to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA study may shed light on the answer.

UCLA scientists…

According to a recent study headed by scientists from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Granada, eating commercial baked goods (fairy…

What experts and the public have already long suspected is now supported by representative data collected by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and University of Basel: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is over-diagnosed. The…

Over the last two decades, researchers have examined the risks faced by young drivers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and tried to find ways to help them to learn to drive…

A common psychedelic may help alcoholics stay on the wagon, according to a meta-analysis of studies from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

Those given a single dose of lysergic…

In a large autism monitoring network, an estimated one out of every 88 8-year-olds had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 2008, the most recent year with data available, CDC researchers reported.

That’s…

About one in 88 children in the United States has autism or a related disorder, the highest estimate to date and one that is sure to revive a national argument…

With the click of a mouse or touch of a mobile phone screen - in pyjamas or jeans - gambling is now at our fingertips 24/7 with Internet play. With this…

In a new study, researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have identified epigenetic changes – known as DNA methylation – in the blood of patients with…

Older patients with dementia face a time-limited increased risk of heart attack if they are placed on antipsychotic medications, researchers reported.

In a retrospective cohort study, community-dwelling seniors placed…

Cocaine abuse is now the fastest-growing drug problem among the middle classes. A Police Foundation report last month tells us that there are 120,000 regular users and 360,000 occasional users of…

Patients with heart disease who took cholesterol-lowering statins were significantly less likely to develop depression than those who did not, in a study by Mary Whooley, MD,…

An important step towards developing a rapid, inexpensive diagnostic method for autism has been take by Uppsala University, among other universities. Through advanced mass spectrometry the researchers managed to capture promising biomarkers from…

Insulin resistance in the brain precedes and contributes to cognitive decline above and beyond other known causes of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study by researchers…

Criteria for a broadened syndrome of acute onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have been proposed by a National Institutes of Health scientist and her colleagues. The syndrome, Pediatric…

The U.S. Army has started a system-wide review to ensure its mental healthcare facilities are not engaging in the “unacceptable” practice of considering treatment costs in making a diagnosis, Army Secretary…

March 21, 2012: Anxiety, depression, stress and social support can predict early alcohol and illicit drug use in youth, according to a study from Carolyn McCarty, PhD,…

If you need an excuse to cut the overtime hours at work, a new study has found that working a 55-hour week can lead to a major depressive episode (MDE).…