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June 26, 2025

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Could Personality Tests Help Make Bipolar Disorder Treatment More Precise?

May 19, 2025 — A new study suggests that it might be possible to personalize care for people with bipolar disorder, using the results of detailed personality tests. It finds that such tests might help identify people who have certain combinations of personality ...

Too Much Sleep Can Hurt Cognitive Performance, Especially for Those With Depression

May 15, 2025 — Sleeping nine hours or more per night is associated with worse cognitive performance, and it is even more the case for those with ...

What Links Cannabis Use and Psychosis? Researchers Point to Brain's Dopamine System

Apr. 11, 2025 — A new study found that people with cannabis use disorder (CUD) had elevated dopamine levels in a brain region associated with ...

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Brain Switchboard Found

Mar. 10, 2025 — Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by controlling three fundamental behavioral states or strategies: perseverance, exploration and disengagement. The circuits revealed in ...

Genetic Risk of Schizophrenia Affects Men and Women Differently

Feb. 26, 2025 — A research study has analyzed the relation between the genetic risk of having schizophrenia and mild subclinical traits in people of the general population. According to the study, the way the genetic risk of having this disorder affects these ...

Mutation Increases Enzyme in Mouse Brains Linked to Schizophrenia Behaviors

Feb. 19, 2025 — A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic link to psychosis, report ...

What Drives Mood Swings in Bipolar Disorder? Study Points to a Second Brain Clock

Jan. 27, 2025 — A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body's natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between mania and depression, according to new research. A new study marks a ...

Mental Well-Being and Physical Activity Can Form a Positive Cycle

Jan. 24, 2025 — According to a recent study, the tendency to experience positive affectivity contributed to people being physically active or even increasing their activity during the COVID-19 restrictions. In contrast, depressive feelings were linked to lower ...

Paranoia May Be, in Part, a Visual Problem

Dec. 17, 2024 — People who see meaning where there is none, like imagining one dot chasing another, may be showing early signs of paranoia or psychosis. Yale scientists found that such visual misperceptions are tied to beliefs linked to schizophrenia, suggesting ...

New Hope for Schizophrenia: iTBS Over the Left DLPFC Improves Negative and Cognitive Symptoms

Dec. 3, 2024 — Theta burst stimulation (TBS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique known for modifying human behavior and treating neurological diseases. A group of scientists conducted a systematic review ...

New Imaging Study Finds Evidence That Emotion Regulation Is Not Always the Most Effective Strategy to Mitigate Suicidal Ideation

Nov. 26, 2024 — Depressed individuals who reflexively attempt to dampen their initial emotional responses to reminders of their negative memories have a low tolerance for distressing emotional stimuli in general and ...

Potential New Biomarker for Psychosis Diagnosis

Nov. 25, 2024 — The current standard of care for psychosis is a diagnostic interview, but what if it could be diagnosed before the first symptom emerged? Researchers are pointing toward a potential biomarker in the brain that could lead to more timely interventions ...

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Increased Risk of Psychopathology Found in Offspring of People With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder

May 22, 2025 — A new study confirms that children of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology compared to ...

Gender Gap in Teenage Depression Is Twice as Large in London Than in Tokyo, New Study Finds

Mar. 19, 2025 — Research has tracked depressive symptoms in 7100 young people from Tokyo and London and shown girls have more depressive symptoms than boys in both ...

Teens With a Reduced Response to Rewards Are More Susceptible to Depression

Dec. 17, 2024 — Novel research shows that a reduced neural response to receiving rewards in teens predicts the first onset of depression, but not anxiety or suicidality. This is independent of pre-existing ...

Researchers Use Fitness Tracker Data and Machine Learning to Detect Bipolar Disorder Mood Swings

Nov. 25, 2024 — Investigators evaluated whether data collected from a fitness tracker could be used to accurately detect mood episodes in people with bipolar ...

Cannabis Disrupts Brain Activity in Young Adults Prone to Psychosis

Nov. 20, 2024 — Young adults at risk of psychosis show reduced brain connectivity, a deficit that cannabis use appears to worsen, a new study has found. The breakthrough paves the way for psychosis treatments ...

Psychotic-Like Experiences in Adolescents Linked to Depression and Self-Destructive Behavior

Nov. 19, 2024 — Psychotic-like experiences, such as suspiciousness and unusual thoughts, are common among adolescents who are referred to adolescent psychiatric ...

Childhood Attention Issues and Genetic Factors May Predict Psychosis Risk

Oct. 28, 2024 — Researchers have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic ...

Depression: Dysfunction of Neurons in the Amygdala May Be Behind Negative Perceptions of the Environment

Oct. 25, 2024 — One of the characteristics of depression is a tendency to perceive sensory stimuli and everyday situations in an excessively negative way. But the ...

Researchers Use Genetics to Find Psychopathology Risks

Oct. 18, 2024 — Researchers are identifying behavioral, environmental and neural factors through which genetic risk for mental health problems is expressed in ...

High Potency Cannabis Use Leaves Unique Signature on DNA, Study Shows

Oct. 16, 2024 — A new study suggests that the use of high potency cannabis leaves a distinct mark on DNA, providing valuable insights into the biological impact of cannabis ...

Digital Biomarkers Shedding Light on Seasonality in Mood Disorders

Sep. 25, 2024 — Wrist-based activity sensors worn by individuals with depression and those without over the course of two weeks provided evidence for the relationship between daily sunlight exposure and physical ...

New Research Identifies Critical Gaps in Mental Health Care for Adults With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Sep. 23, 2024 — New research finds that adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have high rates of comorbid mental and substance use disorders and significant social and economic disadvantages, and only 26% ...

Study of Former NFL Players Finds 1 in 3 Believe They Have CTE

Sep. 23, 2024 — A study of nearly 2,000 former NFL players shows one-third believe that they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Those individuals were more likely to report cognitive symptoms, and 25% of ...

Researchers Achieve a Significant Advancement in Early Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents

Sep. 19, 2024 — Researchers report significant strides in enhancing early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents. They demonstrate the efficacy of integrating multimodal MRI with behavioral assessments for ...

New Insights Could Help Prevent Psychosis Relapses in Youth and Young Adults

Sep. 11, 2024 — New findings could help clinicians understand the course of delusions in youth and young adults that signal the need for a timely intervention to prevent a full relapse of ...

Crucial Insights on Loneliness and Death Ideation Among Older Adults

Aug. 28, 2024 — New research highlights the growing problem of death ideation and the increasing rates of both loneliness and suicidal thoughts among older individuals. The study explores the critical issue of ...

How Thyroid Hormone Fuels the Drive to Explore

Aug. 22, 2024 — Research in mice sheds light on how thyroid hormone alters wiring in the brain. Findings reveal that thyroid hormone syncs up the brain and body to drive exploratory behavior. Researchers say their ...

Inflammation During Childhood Linked to Onset of Mental Health Issues in Early Adulthood

Aug. 21, 2024 — Children who have persistently raised inflammation are at a higher risk of experiencing serious mental health disorders including psychosis and depression in early ...

Groundbreaking Study Shows Promise for Early Detection and Intervention in Psychotic Disorders Such as Schizophrenia

Aug. 20, 2024 — Researchers uncover a link between cognition and brain networks prior to psychotic break in individuals at risk of psychotic disorders like ...

Bipolar Disorder and Alcohol: It's Not as Simple as 'Self-Medication'

July 23, 2024 — Bipolar disorder and alcohol problems seem to go hand-in-hand, leading to a widespread belief that drinking acts as a kind of 'self medication' to ease bipolar's life-altering symptoms ...

Boosting Fruit Intake During Midlife Can Ward Off Late-Life Blues

July 22, 2024 — In a large Singapore cohort study involving over 13,000 participants spanning close to 20 years, higher consumption of fruits during midlife was found to be associated with lower odds of depressive ...

An Over Or Under-Synchronized Brain May Predict Psychosis

July 22, 2024 — Is it possible to assess an individual's risk of psychosis? Identifying predictive markers is a key challenge in psychiatry. A team now shows that overly strong or weak interconnections between ...

Youth With Conduct Disorder Show Widespread Differences in Brain Structure

July 17, 2024 — The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the ...

New Form of Repetitive Magnetic Brain Stimulation Reduces Treatment Time for Bipolar Disorder

July 10, 2024 — A potential new treatment for bipolar disorder (BP) that significantly shortens treatment time has emerged, following a randomized clinical trial using accelerated intermittent theta burst ...

Potential Targets for Prevention and Early Identification of Psychotic Disorders

June 21, 2024 — A new study found that nearly 75 per cent of young people with a psychotic disorder had at least one mental health service visit within the three years prior to their first diagnosis of the ...

Brain Regions That Bias the Brain's Response to Pleasure in Bipolar Disorder Identified

June 12, 2024 — Momentary shifts in mood, even those lasting just a matter of seconds, profoundly alter the brain's response to pleasurable experiences in people with bipolar disorder, finds a new ...

Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults Linked to Thinking, Memory Problems in Midlife

June 12, 2024 — People who experience prolonged depressive symptoms starting in young adulthood may have worse thinking and memory skills in middle age, according to a new study. The study also found that depressive ...

Depressive Symptoms May Hasten Memory Decline in Older People

June 11, 2024 — The researchers concluded that depression and memory were closely interrelated, with both seeming to affect each ...

Bartonella DNA Found in Blood of Patients With Psychosis

June 10, 2024 — A new study has found that patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder are three times more likely to have Bartonella DNA in their blood than adults without these disorders. ...

New Study Reveals Links Between Social Anxiety, Depression and Suicidal Thoughts in Adolescents

June 10, 2024 — A longitudinal study using a big dataset of 2,400 young people recruited from the UK found that social anxiety symptoms (measured at the outset) were significantly associated with more suicidal ...