Mental Health Research Archives

08/29/2019

Many psychiatric disorders have heightened impulsivity

Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards, a

08/19/2019

Researcher decodes the brain to help patients with mental illnesses: Study demonstrates that network-level brain activity can detect specific types of mental effort

Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness in a given year. Severe mental illnesses cause

06/27/2019

Boosting amino acid derivative may be a treatment for schizophrenia

Many psychiatric drugs act on the receptors or transporters of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. However, there is a great

05/03/2019

Teaching happiness to dementia caregivers reduces their depression, anxiety: Simple positive emotion skills yield benefits in physical and emotional health

Caring for family members with dementia — which is on the rise in the U.S. — causes significant emotional and

03/22/2019

Big data study identifies drugs that increase risk of psychosis in youth with ADHD

Certain drugs prescribed to teens and young adults with ADHD increase their risk of psychosis, say researchers at McLean Hospital

03/05/2019

Young people at risk of addiction have differences in key brain region

Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according

02/06/2019

Maternal depression and natural disaster-related stress may affect infants’ temperament

A new Infant Mental Health Journal study demonstrates that prenatal maternal depression has important consequences for infant temperament. Furthermore, the

01/30/2019

Common test for mental health understanding is biased, study finds

How do clinicians rate how well a patient understands what other people are thinking and feeling? That is to say

11/07/2018

Immune system and postpartum depression linked? Research in rats shows inflammation in brain region after stress during pregnancy

The immune system might play an important role in the development of postpartum depression after a stressful pregnancy, new research

07/25/2018

Omega-3s help keep kids out of trouble: How diet, biology can prevent bad, even criminal behavior

Something as simple as a dietary supplement could reduce disruptive, even abusive behavior, according to newly released research by a