Can GLP-1s heal the brain? Obesity drugs get a makeover for addiction and depression
Heavy alcohol use can cause atrophy (shown in red) in parts of the brain. Credit: Medical Body Scans/SPL…
Genome-wide association analyses of borderline personality disorder identify 11 loci and highlight shared risk with mental and somatic disorders
Hector Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim,…
Huge study finds first genetic clues for borderline personality disorder
Specific genetic variants can be linked to a particular condition by analysing the genomes of large groups of…
Mental health hospitalizations associated with sustained extreme heat in multiple countries
Arias, D., Saxena, S. & Verguet, S. Quantifying the global burden of mental disorders and their economic value.…
Trying to Research Aunt Ida’s Mental Health May Prove Tricky
Breta Meria Conole was in a state psychiatric hospital for more than two decades, though the reason…
how neuroscience is rethinking the ‘feel-good’ chemical
When neuroscientists gather in the Spanish city of Seville in May for the annual Dopamine Society meeting, one…
Updates to the ‘bible’ for mental-health conditions will miss the mark — is it time to ditch the DSM?
For more than 70 years, physicians seeking to diagnose mental-health conditions have turned to the ‘bible for psychiatry’…
your guide to the next DSM
DSM-5, released in 2013, will be superceded by a new guide to diagnose, classify, and treat mental health…
Why teens with ADHD are so vulnerable to the perils of social media
Adolescents with ADHD are particularly prone to using social media long into the night.Credit: golubovy/Getty For many parents,…
Sex differences in depression revealed by large genetics study – Nature
Sex differences in depression revealed by large genetics study NatureExploring the link between leaky blood-brain barrier and major depressive…
Features of autism can affect age of diagnosis – and so can genes
Children diagnosed with autism before the age of six tend to have different traits to those who are…
Spouses tend to share psychiatric disorders, massive study finds
Spouses are more likely to share psychiatric conditions than to have different ones.Credit: Dmitrii Marchenko/Getty People with a…