Second-hand Psychological Stress Linked to Depression
A new study explains how vicarious social defeat can cause psychological stress.
Depression is a serious medical condition that plagues modern society. Several theories have been proposed to explain the physiological basis of depression, of ...
Assess Your Mood and Brain Activity by an Equation
Your mood and brain activity can be assessed by a simple mathematical equation that helps uncover your preferences as per a study “A Neurocomputational Model for Intrinsic Reward” by the Society For Neuroscience, published in JNeurosci. ...
Witnessing Abuse of a Sibling can Cause Mental Health Issues
Witnessing the abuse of a brother or sister by a parent is associated with mental health issues like depression, anxiety and anger, reveals a national study from the University of New Hampshire.
“When we hear about exposure to family violence, ...
How to Identify Heart Disease Risk in Schizophrenia Patients?
A blood test can be a signal that a person with schizophrenia is heading towards metabolic syndrome, which increases their risk of developing heart disease due to their brain disorder treatment.
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness ...
Mobile Apps to Deal With Mental Illness
Two mobile apps for patients suffering from chronic mental illness and their caretakers have been developed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
As the whole world is reeling under the Covid-19 pandemic, cases of ...
Blood Test to Diagnose Dementia
There are 33 metabolic compounds in the blood that are associated with dementia, finds a study published in the journal PNAS . The study findings would aid in the diagnosis and the treatment of dementia.
The studies have shown that out of 33 ...
Cognitive Control Decides Your Honesty Level
What makes someone cheat and what reverts the cheaters to be honest and honest people to cheat, depends on the Cognitive control of an individual as per a study “Cognitive Control Promotes either Honesty or Dishonesty, Depending on One’s Moral ...
What can Your Cognitive Control Tell – Study
How efficient are you when it comes to start a task and stick with it, all the way through, without getting disrupted by the temptations of the internet or any other priorities?
This ability of an individual to make plans or goals, and ...
Implications for New Drugs for Schizophrenia
How an antipsychotic drug in the development stage binds to its target has been identified by a team of researchers.
SEP-363856 or *Ulotaront* is an experimental antipsychotic, now under trials for the treatment of schizophrenia and related ...
Promising Dance Therapy to Treat Anxiety and Depression
Creative arts and movement-based interventions may be well-suited to address not just the emotional but also the physical aspects of mental illness, such as pain and fatigue.
A few years ago, framed by the skyline of Detroit, a group of about 15 ...
Social Isolation may Have Profound Effects on Mental Health
Strong drive to socialize is found to be exhibited by female mice after a period of acute isolation, as per a study at Cornell University, published in the journal PLOS ONE.
The study on this impact of mental health on isolation ...
Know How Your Heart may Influence Your Decision-making Circuits
Decision-making brain circuits may get altered under the influence of a racing heart through the body-state monitoring neurons that can hijack the process as per a study at The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, published in ...
Poverty Changes Stress Response in Teens
Teens who have lived in poverty experience physical signs of stress at higher levels than those in more economically secure families, suggests new study published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology .
This finding shows that public policy ...
Smoking Cessation Associated With Mental Health Benefits in Heart Attack Survivors
In heart attack survivors, smoking cessation is more likely to improve mood, revealed research presented at ESC Congress 2021.
Smoking and depression often go hand-in-hand, and both are considered risk factors for a heart attack. This ...
How Do Antidepressants Work Longer?
The prolonged antidepressant effects of allopregnanolone, a neuroactive steroid used to treat postpartum depression, may involve the ability of the compound to modify communication in an area of the brain important for mood and emotion regulation. ...
