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Prenatal Depression Alters Child's Brain Connectivity, Affects Behavior, Says Study
Altered brain connectivity may mediate prenatal depression's influence on child behavior, revealed study published in JNeurosci. Up to one fifth of women experience depression symptoms during pregnancy, with unknown effects on the fetus. ...
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Drug Overdose Linked to PTSD
Drug overdoses were found to lead to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stated study focused on female sex workers in Baltimore City that was led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The ...
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Men Scoring Higher on Novel 'man Box' Scale are Prone to Mental Illness, Violence
New "Man Box" Scale developed can help promote gender equality, end violence, harmful norms, and stereotypes about masculinity. The findings of the study are published in the journal Preventive Medicine . The 15-item scale encompasses themes ...
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Surge in Health Anxieties Reported
The imposition of lockdown and COVID-19 pandemic had 'significantly raised' mental health challenges, revealed the first study to look at people's coping styles in face of the pandemic. The new research, published today in the journal ...
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Vitamin D Does Not Lower Depression Risk in Adults
In middle-age or older adulthood, vitamin D supplementation does not protect against depression, stated new study. In this study, however, "There was no significant benefit from the supplement for this purpose. It did not prevent ...
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Childhood Trauma Could Speed Biological Aging
Experiencing adversity early in life directly affects a person’s physical and mental health as they grow, and certain kinds of trauma can affect the pace of aging, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal ...
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Teens Paying More Attention to Sad Faces may Often Lead to Depression
Teens who tend to pay more attention to sad faces are less likely to be adaptive to a stressful situation and show greater depressive symptoms, finds a new study. The findings of the study are published in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology . ...
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Watching Your Kid Explore Their World is Good for Your Mental Health
Parents who sit back and let their toddler learn for themselves are less stressed than when using a more direct approach, finds a new study. The findings of the study are published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies . As part of her ...
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Breathing Exercises Help Manage Mental Stress
In college students, the well-being strategies such as breathing exercises were found to improve mental health and manage stress and anxiety. The research team evaluated three classroom-based wellness training programs that incorporate ...
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Botox Injections Help Lessen Depression
People who received botox injections at six different sites were found to report less depression symptoms than patients undergoing different treatments for the same condition, revealed study published in Scientific Reports . Researchers at ...
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Laughter can Act as a Stress Buffer
Effects of a stressful event are lessened by the frequency and intensity of daily laughter, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal PLOS ONE . It is estimated that people typically laugh 18 times a day - ...
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Pimavanserin Reduced Symptoms of Dementia Psychosis
Pimavanserin reduced psychotic symptoms more compared to placebo in dementia patients. New data presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference indicates that pimavanserin leads to a robust reduction in the severity of ...
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Text-Message Based Intervention Beneficial for Mental Health
Text-messaging based intervention is found to be beneficial for people with serious mental illness, when combined with conventional therapy. It can help bridge this gap, by providing a means for mental health services to be continuously delivered, ...
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Psychology Behind Why Some People Don't Wear Face mask During the Pandemic
People who have low health anxiety and are overly optimistic about their health are unlikely to participate in proper preventive health behaviors, like wearing masks, finds a new study. Wearing a face covering in public is now widely ...
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World Trade Center Responders are at Risk for Dementia
World Trade Center (WTC) first responders are at risk for developing dementia. The studies included individuals with signs of cognitive impairment (CI). One study in Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring (DADM) ...
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