19+ hour, 29+ min ago   (584+ words) The effects of depression may infiltrate your very bones " and conversely, your bones may send penetrating messages all the way back to your brain. This two-way street is a captivating new field of research that could be crucial in improving…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (552+ words) 'Mini-brains' grown in the lab allow scientists to study brain wiring without interfering with brains in living people, and now a new study has used these scaled-down models to identify neural signatures associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Also known…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (590+ words) Symptoms of depression in middle age could point towards the likelihood of dementia later in life, a new study shows, which could perhaps enable precautions and treatments to be put in place earlier. Depression and dementia have been linked before,…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (492+ words) Genetics is rarely as straightforward as a single gene driving a lone health outcome. But a new study has uncovered what could be a rare exception. Changes to just one gene, called GRIN2A, have now been tied to psychiatric symptoms, including…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (596+ words) An antibiotic commonly prescribed for acne management has been linked to a reduced chance of developing schizophrenia. In a new study led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, adolescents using mental health services who took doxycycline were less likely…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (534+ words) A preliminary investigation has found that those who use tobacco with cannabis show unique changes to their brain chemistry. The findings could explain why those who use both often have worse addictions and mental health outcomes than those who use…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (290+ words) New evidence confirms a long-held theory that people with schizophrenia hear 'voices' in their heads by misattributing inner speech as external. "This idea's been around for 50 years, but it's been very difficult to test because inner speech is inherently private,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (515+ words) The genes we inherit may have a subtle influence over whether we experiment with and make a habit of using cannabis. A team led by researchers from Western University in Canada, the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego),…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (315+ words) Billed as one of the largest-ever studies of its kind, scientists pored through the DNA of almost 200,000 people with depression to pinpoint shared genetic "flags". Women had almost twice as many of these genetic markers linked to depression as men,…...

4+ mon, 58+ min ago   (412+ words) A study published this year pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes and shows how they behave during brain development. The US team found many of these variants remain active for extended periods, potentially influencing multiple developmental stages " and offering…...