To test the robustness of the results, the researchers repeated their analyses excluding participants with psychiatric diagnoses. The findings remained consistent. They also tested whether anxiety and depression might cause …
I’ve often felt self-hatred in bipolar disorder. It can feel like living with an enemy inside your own head. Many people with bipolar disorder have this enemy. And while self-hatred …
Childhood and adolescence are vulnerable periods for the development of mental health problems, which are also associated with mental health and physical problems in adulthood. There are a range of …
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us – John Dryden Have you ever felt like you’re sleepwalking your way through life, unaware of the habits that …
A second study, published in Psychological Medicine, examined how childhood trauma influences the relationship between cannabis use and paranoia. Just over half of participants reported some form of trauma, with …
Many of us were told that mood disorders come from a simple imbalance of brain chemicals. It feels like that’s what doctors said in an effort to simplify things for …
Anxiety disorders are common mental health conditions characterised by persistent and intense feelings of unease that are disproportionate to the situation (Craske et al., 2011). Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is …
Think back through your day and consider all the amazing tasks your brain has helped you perform. From brushing your teeth to eating your lunch and reading the words on …
New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say
Two key gene variants may have made early domesticated horses more tame and more physically resilient to bearing a rider, researchers report August 28 in Science. The resulting horses were …