Childhood trauma significantly increases the risk of being diagnosed with a mental health disorder later in life. For children who experienced emotional abuse, the most prevalent disorder reported was anxiety. Trauma also increased the risks for psychosis, OCD, and bipolar disorder. Significantly, those who experience trauma during childhood were 15 times more likely to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder later in life.
A new study reports on a link between ADHD and video game addiction in young, single men.
Theta activity in the brain is different following mistakes or challenging tasks in those with common mental health disorders including anxiety, ADHD, and OCD compared to those with no history of the disorders.
Used in a controlled psychotherapy setting, psychedelics have the potential to treat psychiatric treatments that do not respond to conventional medications, researchers argue.
A new study disputes a myth popularized by Freud. Reporting in Neuropsychological Review, researchers say they have found no association between obsessive compulsive disorder and higher IQ.
In patients with hoarding disorder, parts of a decision-making brain circuit under-activated when dealing with others’ possessions, but over-activated when deciding whether to keep or discard their own things.
Researchers have developed a new technique to map the connectivity of neurons in the striatum.
According to a new study, habit formation is driven by neurons in the striatum which represent both the cost and reward of the behavior.
A new study reports researchers have successfully created a biologically realistic math model which captures how the brain learns and makes complex decisions.
According to researchers, going to be late can result in lower perceived control of obsessive thoughts for those with OCD.
A new study is aiming to help those with body dysmorphia disorder with the help of a unique visual retraining program.
Study identifies genes that become activated in the brain prior to the initiation of severe repetitive behaviors associated with addiction, ASD, and schizophrenia.