Psychiatry News
August 5, 2025
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Aug. 3, 2025 — Researchers discovered that PTSD may be driven by excess GABA from astrocytes, not neurons. This chemical imbalance disrupts the brain’s ability to forget fear. A new drug, KDS2010, reverses this effect in mice and is already in human trials. It ...
July 30, 2025 — A new global study reveals a striking post-pandemic surge in gut-brain disorders like IBS and functional dyspepsia. Researchers compared data from 2017 and 2023 and discovered sharp increases IBS up 28% and dyspepsia nearly 44%. Those suffering from ...
July 28, 2025 — Over-the-counter (OTC) products like St John’s Wort and omega-3s have long been touted for helping with depression, but new research reveals that 64 different OTC products have been tested in ...
July 24, 2025 — Scientists at Princeton and the Simons Foundation have identified four biologically distinct subtypes of autism, using data from over 5,000 children and a powerful new computational method. These ...
July 24, 2025 — A massive global survey has revealed that people with eating disorders often turn to cannabis and psychedelics like magic mushrooms and LSD to ease their symptoms, rating them more effective than ...
July 19, 2025 — A groundbreaking pilot in NHS dementia wards is using live music therapy—called MELODIC—to ease patient distress without relying on drugs. Developed by researchers and clinicians with input from ...
July 18, 2025 — A massive European study has uncovered a powerful connection between hearing loss, loneliness, and memory decline. Researchers at the University of Geneva found that older adults with hearing ...
July 17, 2025 — Premature menopause isn t just a hormonal issue it s a deeply emotional one for many women. A new study reveals that almost 30% experience depression, and it s not just about hormone loss but also grief, identity, and support ...
July 17, 2025 — Yoga, Tai Chi, walking, and jogging may be some of the best natural remedies for improving sleep and tackling insomnia, according to a large analysis comparing various treatments. While cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) remains effective, ...
July 16, 2025 — Struggling to sleep might be the hidden reason why adults with ADHD traits often feel less satisfied with life. New research reveals a strong link between insomnia and reduced well-being in people ...
July 13, 2025 — Movement helps your mood, but it's not one-size-fits-all. Exercising for fun, with friends, or in enjoyable settings brings greater mental health benefits than simply moving for chores or obligations. Researchers emphasize that context — who ...
July 10, 2025 — What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain circuit that gives pain its emotional punch—essentially transforming ordinary discomfort into lasting misery. This ...
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July 7, 2025 — When you're mentally exhausted, your brain might be doing more behind the scenes than you think. In a new study using functional MRI, researchers ...
July 5, 2025 — People who treat hearing loss with hearing aids or cochlear implants regain rich conversations, escape isolation, and may even protect their brains and lifespans—proof that better hearing ...
July 4, 2025 — Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the brain draw powerful indirect connections. Disabling this circuit erased the ...
June 29, 2025 — Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in mice — key traits seen in autism. Researchers mapped how this genetic ...
June 29, 2025 — USC researchers have found a promising new brain scan marker that could better detect Alzheimer’s risk — but only for some. The tau-based benchmark works in Hispanic and White populations when ...
June 24, 2025 — Major depressive disorder affects hundreds of millions worldwide, but a key to understanding its origins may lie in the brain’s immune system. New findings spotlight astrocytes—previously ...
June 22, 2025 — A simple blood test could reveal which early Alzheimer’s patients are most at risk for rapid decline. Researchers found that people with high insulin resistance—measured by the TyG index—were ...
June 21, 2025 — USC researchers have uncovered a hidden driver behind the early and severe onset of Alzheimer's in people with Down syndrome: iron overload in the ...
June 16, 2025 — When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in the midfrontal region. A new study has found that smarter individuals show ...
June 16, 2025 — Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, might just revolutionize how depression and anxiety are treated in cancer patients. In a ...
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June 14, 2025 — A team at Kobe University has created a game-changing resource for autism research: 63 mouse embryonic stem cell lines, each carrying a genetic mutation strongly associated with the disorder. By ...
June 13, 2025 — Teens might finally have a good reason to sleep in on weekends within limits. A new study reveals that teenagers who get up to two extra hours of sleep on weekends show fewer anxiety symptoms than ...
June 3, 2025 — As psychedelics gain traction as potential treatments for mental health disorders, an international study stands to improve the rigor and reliability of clinical ...
June 2, 2025 — Human-AI interactions are well understood in terms of trust and companionship. However, the role of attachment and experiences in such relationships is not entirely clear. In a new breakthrough, ...
May 30, 2025 — Singing to your infant can significantly boost the baby's mood, according to a recent study. Around the world and across cultures, singing to babies seems to come instinctively to caregivers. ...
May 29, 2025 — Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers gave participants face tattoos that can track when their brain is working too hard. The study introduces a non-permanent wireless forehead e-tattoo that decodes brainwaves to measure ...
May 28, 2025 — Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners -- like therapy horses who respond to human emotion -- say ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have released the full dataset from the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study, a decade-long project designed to track brain and cognitive health as people age and distinguish neurologically ...
May 28, 2025 — Parental warmth and affection in early childhood can have life-long physical and mental health benefits for children, and new research points to an important underlying process: children's sense ...
May 28, 2025 — Scientists found that stabilizing stress granules suppresses the effects of ALS-causing mutations, correcting previous models that imply stress granules promote amyloid ...
May 27, 2025 — A new study reveals a concerning decline in self-reported mental health among mothers in the United States between 2016 and 2023. The study also found modest but measurable declines in self-reported ...
May 22, 2025 — Worldwide, more than 55 million people suffer from dementia caused by Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and other conditions that destroy cells in the brain and nervous system. While there is no ...
May 22, 2025 — Using a novel lab method they developed, researchers have identified nine molecules in the blood that were elevated in teens diagnosed with depression. These molecules also predicted how symptoms ...
May 22, 2025 — Researchers have identified a remarkably small but critical piece of genetic code that helps determine how brain cells connect, communicate, and function. The discovery not only deepens our ...
May 22, 2025 — New research suggests that acute stress may impair key brain functions involved in managing emotions -- particularly in people living with 'distress disorders' such as depression, anxiety, ...
May 21, 2025 — People who have been taking antidepressants for more than two years are substantially more likely to experience withdrawal symptoms compared to short-term users when they come off the medication, ...
May 21, 2025 — There's good news for people with migraine who take common drugs before or during pregnancy -- a new study found no increase in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD in their ...
May 21, 2025 — A new risk calculator accurately identified participants who had calcium buildup in their heart arteries and those who had a higher future heart attack risk, in an analysis of about 7,000 adults in ...
May 21, 2025 — A mechanism involving potassium channels in the brain that control brain cell activity could provide a new and fundamentally different way of treating depression symptoms in adults with major ...
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Friday, May 30, 2025
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Sustained in the Brain: How Lasting Emotions Arise from Brief Stimuli, in Humans and Mice
- Electronic Tattoo Gauges Mental Strain
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Horses 'mane' Inspiration for New Generation of Social Robots
- Sharing of Lifespan Brain Study Data Expected to Light New Paths
- Mother's Warmth in Childhood Influences Teen Health by Shaping Perceptions of Social Safety
- Research Untangles Role of Stress Granules in Neurodegenerative Disease
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- Potential New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease, Other Neurodegenerative Conditions
- Biological Markers for Teen Depression
- Tiny Genetic Switch Found to Control Brain Balance and Behavior
- How Stress Disrupts Emotion Control in People With Mental Health Conditions
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms More Common Among Long-Term Users
- Good News for People With Migraine Who Take Drugs Before or During Pregnancy
- PREVENT Equation Accurately Estimated 10-Year CVD Risk and Those With Calcium Buildup
- Promising New Way to Modulate Brain Cell Activity to Potentially Treat Major Depressive Disorder in Adults
- Increased Risk of Psychopathology Found in Offspring of People With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Monday, May 19, 2025
- After Cardiac Event, People Who Regularly Sit for Too Long Had Higher Risk of Another Event
- New Research Highlights Health Benefits of Using Heritage Art Practices in Art Therapy
- Sophisticated Data Analysis Uncovers How City Living Disrupts ADHD's Path to Obesity
- Machine Learning Model Helps Identify Patients at Risk of Postpartum Depression
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care
- Marfan Syndrome Increases Risk of Brain Alterations
- Cyberbullying in Any Form Can Be Traumatizing for Kids
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Mindfulness Course Effective in People With Difficult-to-Treat Depression
- Too Much Sleep Can Hurt Cognitive Performance, Especially for Those With Depression
- New Study Raises Concerns About the Safety of Long-Term ADHD Medication Treatment in Children
- Postpartum Depression and Bonding: Long-Term Effects on School-Age Children
- How the Brain Allows Us to Infer Emotions
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- New Survey Shows Privacy and Safety Tops List of Parental Concerns About Screen Time
- Combinations of Chronic Illnesses Could Double Risk of Depression
Monday, May 12, 2025
- CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer Causes 'brain Fog,' Study Shows
- Evidence of Mother-Offspring Attachment Types in Wild Chimpanzees
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Non-Inherited Genes Affect Children's Development
- Discovery of Dopamine Receptors in a Previously Overlooked Part of the Brain Sheds Light on the Complex Circuitry for Anxiety and Depression
- Losing a Parent May Increase Children's Risk of Being Bullied
- Cannabis Study: Legalization Reduces Problematic Consumption, Particularly Among Certain Individuals
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Neighborhood Stress May Impact Kids' Brains -- And Increase Depression Risk
- PTSD Patients Show Long-Term Benefits With Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- How Is Handedness Linked to Neurological Disorders?
- Spanking and Other Physical Discipline Lead to Exclusively Negative Outcomes for Children in Low And Middle-Income Countries
- Teens With Mental Health Conditions Use Social Media Differently Than Their Peers, Study Suggests
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Study Links Childhood Trauma to Increased Substance Use and Unexpected Effects on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in Adolescents
- Depression and Other Mental Health Conditions Linked With Immune Response, Study Finds
- Mechanism by Which the Brain Weighs Positive Vs. Negative Social Experience Is Revealed
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Reasons Why Anxiety and Depression Promote Low Self-Belief
- Teenage Years Crucial for Depression Intervention
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Dopamine Signals When a Fear Can Be Forgotten
- New Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Technique Shows Significant Reduction in Depression, Anxiety and PTSD Symptoms
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Even Light Exercise Could Help Slow Cognitive Decline in People at Risk of Alzheimer's
- What Happens in the Brain When Your Mind Blanks
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- New Precision Mental Health Care Approach for Depression Addresses Unique Patient Needs
- Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Increased Risk of Young-Onset Dementia
- Empathy Might Be Retained in Alzheimer's Disease
- How a Smartphone App Could Transform Mental Health Care
- Psychedelics Can Reverse Neuroimmune Interactions That Boost Fear
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025
- New Research Lays Groundwork for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
- High-Tech Sticker Can Identify Real Human Emotions
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Climate-Related Trauma Can Have Lasting Effects on Decision-Making
- Nature-Based Activity Is Effective Therapy for Anxiety and Depression, Study Shows
- Menopause at an Early Age Can Exacerbate Cognitive Decline
Monday, April 14, 2025
- LSD Analogue With Potential for Treating Schizophrenia Developed
- Sleep Matters: Duration, Timing, Quality and More May Affect Cardiovascular Disease Risk
- Stress, Depression Factor Into Link Between Insomnia, Heavy Drinking
- Gestational Diabetes Linked to ADHD in Children
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- What Links Cannabis Use and Psychosis? Researchers Point to Brain's Dopamine System
- Long-Term Effects of Obesity on Brain and Cognitive Health
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Tech-Assisted Peer Therapy Effective for Perinatal Depression in Lower Income Countries
- Even Under Stress, Male-Female Pairs Had Each Other's Backs
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Changes in Brain Cell Composition and Gene Activity in Tourette Syndrome
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improve Chronic Low Back Pain
- Molecules That Fight Infection Also Act on the Brain, Inducing Anxiety or Sociability
- New Study Investigates Effects of ADHD Medications on the Heart
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Exercise as an Anti-Aging Intervention to Avoid Detrimental Impact of Mental Fatigue
- Cognitive Decline Comes Sooner for People With Heart Failure
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Medicinal Cannabis Is Linked to Long-Term Benefits in Health-Related Quality of Life, Study Finds
- Study Links Teen Girls' Screen Time to Sleep Disruptions and Depression
Monday, March 31, 2025
- My Robot Therapist: The Ethics of AI Mental Health Chatbots for Kids
- PTSD Can Undermine Healthy Couple Communication When People Fear Their Emotions
- Highly Accurate Blood Test Diagnoses Alzheimer's Disease, Measures Extent of Dementia