FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 16, 2020·2 min readLifetime suicide risk factors identifiedAnalyzing previous studies, researchers have identified the effects of individual and environmental risk factors for suicide over a person's lifespan. The risk factors, researchers report, change throughout a person's lifetime.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosPsychology·January 4, 2020·4 min readWhy bipolar disorder is becoming more ‘desirable’ than other mental illnessesResearchers discuss why many feel a bipolar disorder diagnosis is "more desirable" compared to other mood disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 3, 2020·4 min readInflammation predicts response to anti-depression medicationYounger people with bipolar disorder responded better to the antidepressant Latuda when they had increased inflammation biomarkers in their blood. Findings suggest C-reactive protein could be a predictive biomarker to identify which patients will respond to the antidepressant.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 26, 2019·7 min readEarly-life exposure to dogs may lessen risk of developing schizophreniaExposure to household pet dogs in the early years of life was associated with a significantly decreased risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia later in life.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 12, 2019·3 min readSmall RNAs link immune system and brain cellsFindings show sex-specific baizes in gene expression changes and demonstrate cellular control mechanisms based on microRNA change. The study sheds new light on genetic and neurological changes associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 30, 2019·4 min readPatients with mood, anxiety disorders share abnormalities in brain’s control circuitPatients with mood and anxiety disorders have abnormally low activation in brain areas associated with cognitive and emotional control. Brain scans also revealed hyperactivity in brain areas linked to the processing of emotional thoughts.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 29, 2019·3 min readDistinct brain region alterations in youth with psychosis spectrum disordersTeens with psychosis spectrum disorders have significantly reduced surface areas in the orbitofrontal cortex, cingulate, precentral, and postcentral brain regions. MRI scans also revealed decreased thalamic volume.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 24, 2019·3 min readYoung moms more likely to have kids with ADHDWhile there is a clear genetic link between young mothers and ADHD in their children, the association is not necessarily causal.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 14, 2019·2 min readIs bipolar disorder associated with increased risk of Parkinson’s disease?Study reveals patients with bipolar disorder have a significantly increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease compared with the general population.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 27, 2019·4 min readAbused or neglected children are four times more likely to develop serious mental illnessAdults who were maltreated as children have an increased risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and anxiety than their peers who were not abused.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 28, 2019·4 min readMany psychiatric disorders have heightened impulsivityThe largest delay discounting effects were found to be associated with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and schizophrenia. The image is in the public domain.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 20, 2019·3 min readRelatives of patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have distinct brain abnormalitiesThe brains' of first degree relatives of those with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder differ from those with no family history of the disorders. Relatives of those with bipolar disorder tend to have larger intracranial volume, while those who had a relative with schizophrenia had smaller brain volume.Read More
