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“Social” pain hurts physically, even when we see it in others. The distress caused by social stimuli (e.g., losing a friend, experiencing an injustice or more in general when a social bond is threatened) activates brain circuits related to physical…

Study on the brains of twins finds that Alzheimer’s disease is actually a diverse collection of diseases, symptoms and pathological changes. In a unique study, an international team of researchers compared the brains of twins where one or both died of …

The majority of youth with moderate to severe anxiety disorders responded well to acute treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), medication (sertraline), or a combination of both, new research concludes. They maintained positive treatment res…

Suicide among young men is a major public health concern in many countries, despite great efforts to find effective prevention strategies. By interviewing close relatives and friends of apparently well-functioning young men who unexpectedly took their …

Mental health stigma is a key factor preventing people from accessing the care they need, according to new research from King’s College London.The new study, published in Psychological Medicine, brings together data from 144 studies, including over 90,…

Over the last three decades U.S. parents have committed filicide – the killing of one’s child – about 3,000 times every year. The horrifying instances are often poorly understood, but a recent study provides the first comprehensive statistical overview…

A new study led by the University of Exeter and Swansea University has pinpointed the changes in the brain that lead gamblers to react in the same way to near-misses as they do to winning.The research shows that near-misses are underpinned by increases…

Can babies learn to read? While parents use DVDs and other media in an attempt to teach their infants to read, these tools don’t instill reading skills in babies, a study by researchers at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, …

A new study from researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, suggests that the children of older fathers may be more at risk of developing psychiatric problems than children born to younger fathers.