Latest

psychiatry

·January 21, 2016·3 min read

New Depression Model Outperforms Psychiatrists

A new depression model is better able to predict whether a patient will respond to a specific antidepressant than seasoned psychiatrists are able to.

Image shows a woman ripping up a piece of paper with the word Stress written on it.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 21, 2016·4 min read

Anxiety and Chronic Stress May Increase Depression and Alzheimer’s Risk

According to a new study, chronic stress and anxiety can lead to an increased risk for depression and even Alzheimer's disease.

Image shows a depressed man looking through a rain covered window.

Featured Psychology

·January 20, 2016·4 min read

Study Finds No Evidence That Depressive Symptoms Vary Seasonally

According to a new study, there is no evidence that levels of depressive symptoms vary seasonally.

Featured Psychology

·January 11, 2016·4 min read

Depressed People May Not Be Getting the Information They Are Looking For

A new study reports there is a major disconnect between the patient's priorities and doctors when it comes to information needed to make decisions about treatments for depression.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 9, 2016·3 min read

Oxytocin Boost Could Relieve Postnatal Depression and Improve Parental Behavior

A new study reports giving mothers with postnatal depression hormone therapy with oxytocin could help improve their parenting behavior.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·January 5, 2016·2 min read

Schizophrenia Gene Traced in Chicken Study

Domesticated chickens help researchers shed new light on genes involved in anxiety and schizophrenia.

Image shows a man looking lonely, sitting by a wall.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 5, 2016·3 min read

Brain Connectivity Changes Can Protect Against Bipolar Disorder

A new study reports naturally occurring changes in brain connectivity can help people with a high genetic risk for bipolar disorder to avert the onset of the disease.

Image shows an older man holding his head in despair.

Featured Psychology

·January 5, 2016·3 min read

Why Older White Men Are More Likely to Die of Suicide

According to a new study, white, older men may be more likely to die from suicide as they may be less psychologically able to deal with normal challenges of aging.

Image shows a brain scans with the hippocampus highlighted.

Featured Psychology

·December 18, 2015·3 min read

Development of Psychosis Linked to Heightened Blood Flow in the Brain

Researchers identify a key mechanism in the brain that appears to be associated with the development and onset of psychosis.

Diagram shows relationships between biotypes and psychosis diagnosis.

Featured Psychology

·December 8, 2015·6 min read

Biomarkers Outperform Symptoms in Parsing Psychosis Subgroups

A new study reports three biotypes outperformed traditional diagnosis in sorting psychosis cases into distinct subgroups on the basis of neurobiology.