Study finds addiction risk tied to reward and impulse genes
Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how…
AOC spends $19K in campaign cash on psychiatrist known for ketamine therapy
She’s trippin’. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent nearly $19,000 in campaign cash last year on a shrink who…
MIND diet may protect against structural brain deterioration
The combined Mediterranean and blood pressure lowering diet (MIND) may slow the structural changes related to brain aging,…
Psychiatrists’ use of biomarkers could open a new window into mental health diagnoses
Amanda Miller was 30 and pregnant with her second child in Hershey, Pennsylvania, when she developed depression. After…
Leveraging multimodal machine learning for accurate risk identification of intimate partner violence
Experiment setup The IPV group used to develop the models consists of 841 female patients enrolled in the…
Study links excessive smartphone use with poor body image and disordered eating
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that excessive smartphone use is closely…
Study finds treatment gap for young ADHD patients with substance use disorders
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder, affecting 12%–13% of adolescents in the United States, according to some…
New review reveals complex polygenic architecture underlying common epilepsies
An insightful mini-review published in Genomic Psychiatry synthesizes the rapidly expanding landscape of molecular genetic research on common…
Unmasking the hyper-active circuitry of early Alzheimer’s
Neuroscientists at King’s College London have pinpointed a mechanism behind the increased neural connectivity observed in the very early stages of Alzheimer’s…
Mom’s Last Gun | The Marshall Project
When I was 11 years old and living in a small town in Oregon, my mother came downstairs…
Brain imaging study reveals distinct subtypes of ADHD in children
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is often talked about as if it were a single condition. But anyone who works…
Enhancing myelination may help sustain therapeutic effects of psychedelic-assisted PTSD treatment
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not only characterized by strongly encoded traumatic memories, but also by disrupted coordination…