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Featured Psychology

·December 12, 2016·3 min read

Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine Can Be Separated From Potential Side Effects

Ketamine may improve brain functions involved in mood regulation, researchers report.

Featured Psychology

·December 6, 2016·4 min read

Neuroimaging Categorizes Four Depression Subtypes

Researchers discover depression can be categorized into four different subtypes, each defined by different patterns of abnormal brain connectivity.

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Featured Psychology

·September 27, 2016·2 min read

“Psychics” Help Psychiatrists Understand the Voices of Psychosis

Researchers turn to 'psychics', people who claim to "hear voices" without a diagnosis of a mental illness, to help find out more about the auditory hallucinations those with psychosis face.

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Featured Neurology Psychology

·September 26, 2016·4 min read

Alzheimer’s Manifests Differently in Hispanic People

A new study reports Hispanic people not only tend to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's earlier than other racial groups, they also show earlier manifestations of neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with the disease.

Featured Psychology

·June 7, 2016·4 min read

New Clues to Deciphering Schizophrenia

According to a new study, people with schizophrenia show reduced levels of GABA and glutamate.

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Featured Genetics

·February 11, 2016·5 min read

Breakable Genes May Promote Disease and Brain Cell Diversity

Researchers have identified 27 genes in brain stem cells that are prone to double strand breaks, a form of DNA damage.

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Featured Genetics Psychology

·February 25, 2015·2 min read

Hidden Gene Gives Hope for Improving Brain Function

The gene Gomafu might be key to understanding how our brain rapidly responds to stressful experiences, researchers report.

Featured Psychology

·April 11, 2014·4 min read

Protein Researchers Closing in on the Mystery of Schizophrenia

In an attempt to understand what happens in the brain of schizophrenics, researchers analysed proteins in the brains of rats who had been given the hallucinogen PCP.

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Featured Psychology

·April 10, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Search for Earliest Roots of Psychiatric Disorders

A new study reports newborns, whose mothers were exposed to a variety of environmental stressors while pregnant, could be susceptible to psychiatric disorders later in life.

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Autism Featured Psychology

·February 26, 2014·3 min read

New Autism Definition May Decrease Diagnosis by One Third

A new study reports a statistically significant decrease in patients being diagnosed with ASD by clinicians using the new DSM-5.

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Featured Psychology

·February 17, 2014·2 min read

Biomarker for Depression Could Improve Diagnosis and Treatment

A new study reports teenage boys with raised cortisol levels and depressive symptoms are up to 14 times more likely to develop major depression that their peers.