Psychiatry & Mental Health

Psilocybin reduces symptoms of depression more effectively than placebo in a novel study of front-line clinicians

byUniversity of Washington School of MedicineCredit: Marek Piwnicki from PexelsPsilocybin-assisted psychotherapy resulted in significant reductions in depression among clinicians who provided fr

Updated on: December 14,2024

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Psilocybin reduces symptoms of depression more effectively than placebo in a novel study of front-line clinicians

byUniversity of Washington School of MedicineCredit: Marek Piwnicki from PexelsPsilocybin-assisted psychotherapy resulted in significant reductions in depression among clinicians who provided fr

Updated on:December 14,2024

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Ease seasonal affective disorder with exercise routine

by Homa Shalchi,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainAs the days start getting shorter and darker, people might feel impacted by seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The downturn in

Updated on: December 15,2024

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Ease seasonal affective disorder with exercise routine

by Homa Shalchi,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainAs the days start getting shorter and darker, people might feel impacted by seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The downturn in

Updated on:December 15,2024

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Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress, study finds

byUniversity of BirminghamCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body's vasculature against stress even after eating high-f

Updated on: December 06,2024

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Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress, study finds

byUniversity of BirminghamCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body's vasculature against stress even after eating high-f

Updated on:December 06,2024

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Bipolar Disorder: Beyond Mood Swings to Biological Complexity

Updated on: May 15,2025

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Bipolar Disorder: Beyond Mood Swings to Biological Complexity

Updated on:May 15,2025

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Psychotic-like experiences in adolescents linked to depression and self-destructive behavior

byUniversity of HelsinkiCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPsychotic-like experiences resemble symptoms of psychosis, but are milder, less frequent and much more common than psychotic disorders. W

Updated on: November 24,2024

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Psychotic-like experiences in adolescents linked to depression and self-destructive behavior

byUniversity of HelsinkiCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPsychotic-like experiences resemble symptoms of psychosis, but are milder, less frequent and much more common than psychotic disorders. W

Updated on:November 24,2024

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Lithium linked to risk for thyroid dysfunction, chronic kidney disease in bipolar disorder

by Elana GotkineLithium is associated with an increased risk for thyroid dysfunction and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with incident bipolar disorder (BD), according to a studypublish

Updated on: February 25,2025

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Lithium linked to risk for thyroid dysfunction, chronic kidney disease in bipolar disorder

by Elana GotkineLithium is associated with an increased risk for thyroid dysfunction and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with incident bipolar disorder (BD), according to a studypublish

Updated on:February 25,2025

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Non-substance-related mental health disorders commonly seen in overdose decedents

by Lori SolomonMore than one in five people who died of drug overdose in 2022 (21.9%) had a reported non-substance-related mental health disorder (MHD), according to researchpublishedin th

Updated on: September 21,2024

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Non-substance-related mental health disorders commonly seen in overdose decedents

by Lori SolomonMore than one in five people who died of drug overdose in 2022 (21.9%) had a reported non-substance-related mental health disorder (MHD), according to researchpublishedin th

Updated on:September 21,2024

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Study finds unhealthy commodities—like alcohol and social media—are connected with poor mental health

byPublic Library of ScienceMental health. Credit: Rosy / Bad Homburg / Germany; Pixabay Content License"Unhealthy commodities" such as tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, social m

Updated on: September 21,2024

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Study finds unhealthy commodities—like alcohol and social media—are connected with poor mental health

byPublic Library of ScienceMental health. Credit: Rosy / Bad Homburg / Germany; Pixabay Content License"Unhealthy commodities" such as tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, social m

Updated on:September 21,2024

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Yoga, meditation, and mental-health businesses see more demand post-election

by Erin McCarthy, The Philadelphia InquirerCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAt 7:15 a.m. Nov. 6, just hours after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the presidential election, the mood in a Wash

Updated on: November 25,2024

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Yoga, meditation, and mental-health businesses see more demand post-election

by Erin McCarthy, The Philadelphia InquirerCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAt 7:15 a.m. Nov. 6, just hours after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the presidential election, the mood in a Wash

Updated on:November 25,2024

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Liver X receptor beta: A new frontier in treating depression and anxiety

by Genomic PressCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a Bench to Bedside reviewpublishedin the journalBrain Medicine, researchers Dr. Xiaoyu Song and Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson from

Updated on: October 12,2024

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Liver X receptor beta: A new frontier in treating depression and anxiety

by Genomic PressCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a Bench to Bedside reviewpublishedin the journalBrain Medicine, researchers Dr. Xiaoyu Song and Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson from

Updated on:October 12,2024

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Distinct neural circuits mediate anti-anxiety and hallucination-like effects of psychedelics, research reveals

byUC DavisWorking in a mouse model, UC Davis researchers are able to distnguish brain cells activated by a psychedelic drug. This image shows the prefrontal cortex of a mouse injected with scFLA