Study suggests using neurostimulation therapies on a specific brain circuit could treat PTSD

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study led by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital evaluated 193 participants in the Vietnam Head Injury Study with penetrating traumatic brain injury. The team…

Older people more swayed by impulsive actions of others when making financial decisions, new study shows

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Older people are more likely to be influenced by the impulsive financial preferences of others than their younger counterparts, according to a new study. Research led…

Study shows psilocybin gives comparable long-term antidepressant effects to standard antidepressants

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A direct comparison between the experimental psychedelic drug psilocybin and a standard SSRI antidepressant shows similar improvement of depressive symptoms, but that psilocybin offers additional longer-term…

UK study examines stigmas against LGBTQ and people with mental health problems

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study of stigma against LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) people in British Society has shown that there is less stigma against these groups…

Food fussiness a largely genetic trait from toddlerhood to adolescence, study suggests

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fussy eating is mainly influenced by genes and is a stable trait lasting from toddlerhood to early adolescence, finds a new study led by researchers from…

Emergency department screening identifies suicide risk in nearly 80% of transgender and gender diverse youth

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are more than five times more likely to screen positive for suicide risk compared to cisgender females, who tend to…

New insights into genetic and environmental interplay

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the complex landscape of mental health research, a new viewpoint offers a critical examination of how genes and environment conspire to influence schizophrenia risk. Published…

Falling for financial scams? It may signal early Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels Older adults who are more vulnerable to financial scams may have brain changes linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a…

Cognitive behavioral therapy enhances brain circuits to relieve depression

Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues have found that choosing treatments based on the type of a patient’s depression increases the odds of success. Credit: Emily Moskal/Stanford Medicine Cognitive behavioral…

Music study links dulled emotional reactions in anhedonia with prolonged activity of the brain’s attentional networks

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anhedonia-related emotional blunting is linked with abnormally sustained activity in brain areas responsible for attention. Researchers at the Department of Neuroimaging at the IoPPN used music…