5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (378+ words) A study in Japan found that elementary school girls show an increase in the levels of the hormone oxytocin in saliva when they participate in drum circles with their friends. Participation in drum circles with strangers did not affect oxytocin…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (255+ words) The final analysis included 570 participants who attended varied retreats located largely in the Netherlands and the Caribbean regions. Most of the participants took psilocybin, while a smaller portion consumed ayahuasca, a traditional South American psychoactive brew. The group tended to…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (960+ words) The acute influence of psilocybin slows down human reaction times and mildly impairs parts of cognition that coordinate behavior. These short-term effects scale with the dose of the drug, highlighting a need for supervision and safety measures while the substance…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (556+ words) A single dose of psilocybin can lead to lasting shifts in a person's life values, such as an increased appreciation for life and greater self-acceptance. These lasting changes appear to be driven by specific acute effects of the drug, particularly…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (985+ words) Past studies often looked at the brains of people with these psychiatric conditions without separating the effects of the mental illness from the effects of the childhood trauma itself. The researchers wanted to isolate the physical impact of maltreatment across…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (370+ words) A new study published in npj Mental Health Research reports that a specific brain-network signal may reliably predict whether a person with major depression will respond to antidepressant treatment. Major depressive disorder affects millions worldwide, yet doctors still lack tools…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (911+ words) People diagnosed with autoimmune diseases experience mood and anxiety disorders at nearly double the rate of the general population. Data from more than 1. 5 million adults in the United Kingdom suggests that persistent physical inflammation is closely tied to this elevated…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1136+ words) Psy Post Individuals who endured difficult and traumatic experiences during their very early years face an elevated risk of developing simultaneous physical and mental health conditions in later life. A recent observational study tracked thousands of middle-aged and older adults…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (265+ words) Major depressive disorder remains one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, and a substantial proportion of patients do not respond adequately to existing treatments," said study author Tommaso Barba of Imperial College London. Interestingly, the data suggests that a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (592+ words) A longitudinal study of elderly adults in China found that depressed individuals are at an almost 5 times higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to their non-depressed peers. Their risk of developing vascular dementia was 1. 9 times higher. The paper was…...