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·October 23, 2022·4 min read

SSRIs and CBT Lead to Changes in Brain

Effective neurochemical changes in the brain of those with social anxiety take different forms after SSRI treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy.

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·April 1, 2022·5 min read

Exercise May Reduce Depression Symptoms and Boost Effects of Therapy

Thirty minutes of exercise can reduce symptoms of depression for up to 75 minutes following a workout and improve the outcome of therapies aimed at treating depression.

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·October 14, 2021·4 min read

Brain Activity Fluctuations May Hold the Keys to Psychiatric Treatment Efficacy

Moment-to-moment fluctuations in brain activity over a three-minute period can reliably predict how receptive a person with social anxiety will be to cognitive behavioral therapy.

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·July 11, 2021·8 min read

Feeling Safe: An Effective Treatment for Paranoia

Feeling Safe is a novel, effective treatment method that significantly reduces symptoms for those with persecutory delusions and paranoia.

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·February 25, 2021·5 min read

Effective Anxiety Therapy Changes Personality

Researchers report a reduction in neuroticism for people with generalized anxiety disorder who successfully completed metacognitive therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy.

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·August 28, 2020·8 min read

Which OCD Treatment Works Best? New Brain Study Could Lead to More Personalized Choices

Neuroimaging predicts whether a person with OCD will respond to stress-reduction therapy or exposure-based therapy best. Analyzing brain activity may help to provide tailored treatments to individuals suffering from OCD.

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·August 1, 2019·3 min read

Brain activity may help predict success of CBT in depression

Only 45% of patients with major depressive disorder find benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). A neuroimaging study reveals those who respond to CBT have greater neural activity in the right striatum and right amygdala pretreatment than those who find little benefit from the treatment. The findings could serve as a biomarker to discover who will respond to CBT.

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·June 28, 2019·5 min read

Ack! I need chocolate! The science of PMS food cravings

From comfort eating to hormonal levels contributing to a desire for sweets, many studies have investigated why women with PMS often crave certain foods. Researchers explore why food cravings may occur, and what can be done to suppress them for women with premenstrual syndrome.

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·June 19, 2019·5 min read

Memories form ‘barrier’ to letting go of objects for people who hoard

Study reveals significant differences in how people with and without hoarding disorder discard objects, and the role their memories play in decisions to retain items.

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·April 23, 2019·3 min read

Seven seconds of Spiderman viewing yields a 20% phobia symptom reduction

Study reports people with insect phobias reported a 20% reduction in symptoms following seven-seconds of exposure to the superhero movies Spiderman and Antman.

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·February 17, 2019·6 min read

Heartbeats and Memory Suppression: The New Tools for Controlling Fear

From designing drugs to help suppress traumatic memories, to harnessing the power of heartbeats, researchers are searching for new therapies to help people overcome their fears and phobias.

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·November 29, 2018·8 min read

Study Reveals Roots of OCD

A new study combines hundreds of brain scans of patients with OCD and pinpoints problems with error processing in the brain that leads to repetitive behaviors.

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cognitive behavioral therapy

Exercise May Reduce Depression Symptoms and Boost Effects of Therapy

Feeling Safe: An Effective Treatment for Paranoia

Effective Anxiety Therapy Changes Personality

Which OCD Treatment Works Best? New Brain Study Could Lead to More Personalized Choices

Brain activity may help predict success of CBT in depression

Ack! I need chocolate! The science of PMS food cravings

Memories form ‘barrier’ to letting go of objects for people who hoard

Seven seconds of Spiderman viewing yields a 20% phobia symptom reduction

Heartbeats and Memory Suppression: The New Tools for Controlling Fear

Study Reveals Roots of OCD

Circadian Rhythm Off Beat: Parkinson’s and Nighttime Neuron Damage

ChatGPT’s Role in Shaping Identity and Personal Narratives

New Brain Structures in Language Processing Identified

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