A brain area involved in emotion is smaller in kids who were diagnosed with depression during preschool, says a new study that suggests an ‘anatomical marker’ for future risk.
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Can depression and guilt in preschool years change the brain?
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Do Movember and other charity campaigns really help raise awareness?
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For Movember, men all over the world will be growing mustaches in the name of charity. But do such campaigns actually help raise awareness among the general public? We investigate.
Genotype found in 30 percent of als patients speeds up disease progression
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Mice bred to carry a gene variant found in a third of ALS patients have a faster disease progression and die sooner than mice with the standard genetic model of the disease, according to researchers. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou…
Predicting U.S. soldier suicides following psychiatric hospitalization
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A study that looked at predicting suicides in U.S. Army soldiers after they are hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder suggests that nearly 53 percent of posthospitalization suicides occurred…
Transdiagnostic psychotherapy for trauma survivors
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A newly developed transdiagnostic psychotherapy, called the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA), is effective for reducing mental health symptoms among Burmese trauma survivors living in…
Understanding how people express and control their emotions
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The phrase “tears of joy” never made much sense to Yale psychologist Oriana Aragon.
Patients’ recovery from illness can be affected by spirituality
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The University leads research and teaching into spirituality in health care to give people “hope, meaning and purpose” The term ‘spirituality’ is now widely used to describe the qualities that…
Tackling mental health issues through hip-hop
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The two worlds of hip-hop and psychiatry are being brought together in a unique project led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, which aims to use the lyrics and music of artists such as…
Humans’ big brains might be due in part to newly identified protein
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A protein that may partly explain why human brains are larger than those of other animals has been identified by scientists from two stem-cell labs. Key experiments revealed that the protein, called PDGFD, is made in growing brains of humans, but not i…
Picture emerges of how kids get head injuries
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A study in which more than 43,000 children were evaluated for head trauma offers an unprecedented picture of how children most frequently suffer head injuries, report physicians. The findings also indicate how often such incidents result in significant…
