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Act Now on Wildfires, Global Climate Change, Human Health, Study Says

Oct. 13, 2020 — Immediate actions are needed to limit the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change that helps fuel wildfires, a new study ...

The Effects of Oxytocin on Social Anxiety Depend on Location, Location, Location

Oct. 7, 2020 — The findings of the study show that oxytocin produced in the BNST increases stress-induced social anxiety behaviors in mice. This may provide an ...

New Clues About the Link Between Stress and Depression

Oct. 2, 2020 — Researchers have identified a protein in the brain that is important both for the function of the mood-regulating substance serotonin and for the release of stress hormones, at least in mice. The ...

Insomnia Treatment Offers Relief

Sep. 23, 2020 — Insomnia causing sleepless nights, daytime fatigue and poor health outcomes is a cycle worth busting, experts say, with depression, anxiety and stress a common co-occurrence. A study of more than 450 ...

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Severe Morning Sickness Linked to Depression New Study Finds

Oct. 14, 2020 — Severe morning sickness increases the risk of depression both during and after pregnancy, new research has ...

Therapy Plus Medication Better Than Medication Alone in Bipolar Disorder

Oct. 14, 2020 — A review of 39 randomized clinical trials has found that combining the use medication with psychoeducational therapy is more effective at preventing a recurrence of illness in people with bipolar ...

STAT3 Identified as Important Factor in Emotional Reactivity

Oct. 14, 2020 — Researchers showed that STAT3 plays an important role in the serotonergic system as a molecular mediator for controlling emotional reactivity, thereby establishing a mechanistic link between the ...

Nurture Trumps Nature in Determining Severity of PTSD Symptoms

Oct. 1, 2020 — Researchers previously identified a host of genetic risk factors that help explain why some veterans are especially susceptible to the debilitating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder ...

Yoga and Meditation Reduce Chronic Pain

Oct. 1, 2020 — A mindfulness-based stress reduction course was found to benefit patients with chronic pain and depression, leading to significant improvement in participant perceptions of pain, mood and functional ...

Antipsychotics for Treating Adult Depression Linked With Higher Mortality

Sep. 30, 2020 — Researchers have reported an increased mortality risk in adults with depression who initiated augmentation with newer antipsychotic medications compared to a control group that initiated augmentation ...

Amyloid Deposits Not Associated With Depression in the Elderly

Sep. 23, 2020 — Researchers have suspected that amyloid beta deposits might also underlie the cognitive decline seen in older people with depression, however a new study has found that abnormal amyloid beta deposits ...

Low Level Alcohol Use During Pregnancy Can Impact Child's Brain Development

Sep. 25, 2020 — A new study finds any alcohol use during pregnancy, even low levels, is associated with subtle, yet significant behavioural and psychological effects in children including anxiety, depression and ...

Novel Neuroimaging Study on Dissociative Symptoms Reveals Wounds of Childhood Trauma

Sep. 25, 2020 — Brain imaging analyses can uncover changes in functional connections between brain regions linked to dissociative ...

Study Links Rising Stress, Depression in U.S. to Pandemic-Related Losses, Media Consumption

Sep. 28, 2020 — Experiencing multiple stressors triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic -- such as unemployment -- and COVID-19-related media consumption are directly ...