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Children with type 1 diabetes maybe at higher risk of mental health issues
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are at significantly higher risk of a number of mental health issues, including mood and anxiety disorders, a study from a team in the UK and the Czech Republic has found.
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Study suggests how cognitive behavioral therapy changes brain activity in
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered overactivation in multiple brain regions, including the frontal and parietal lobes and the amygdala, in unmedicated children with anxiety disorders. They also demonstrated that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) improved clinical s
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Scientists identify a gene in brain that might reduce anxiety
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
An international team of scientists discovered a gene in the brain that is responsible for anxious feelings. Importantly, gene alteration has been found to decrease anxiety levels, providing an attractive new therapeutic target for anxiety disorders.
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Problems with 'pruning' brain connections linked to teenage mental health
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a new study, problems with the brain's ability to 'prune' itself of unneeded connections may be at the root of a wide spectrum of mental health illnesses that emerge throughout adolescence.
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Researchers discover biomarkers of post-traumatic stress disorder in blood
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to a recent study, four biomarkers that can be easily measured through a simple blood test exhibit certain patterns in people who are now experiencing or are at high risk for post-traumatic stress disorder. The results indicate that these biomarkers might be employed to identify PT
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Researchers reveals how odours from other people's sweat help to treat soc
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Researchers from Europe have demonstrated that inhaling odours that are derived from other people's perspiration can be utilised to enhance the treatment of various mental health issues.
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Protein biomarkers found in women with perinatal depression, anxiety: Stud
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have found that women who developed mood and anxiety disorders associated with pregnancy and childbirth had specific altered proteins circulating in their bloodstream in the third trimester.
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Study finds remote fear memories stored in memory neurons in brain
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A remote fear memory is a recollection of painful experiences that took place in the far past, from a few months to decades. The underlying mechanisms by which the brain consolidates distant terror memories have now been clarified by a University of California, Riverside mouse study that was
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Reduced-nicotine cigarettes make anxious smokers smoke less
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Lowering the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels may reduce smoking without worsening mental health in smokers with mood or anxiety disorders, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School researchers. They said reducing nicotine content in cigar
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Study reveals 17 minutes of YouTube videos can drive down prejudice
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Watching just 17 minutes of YouTubers talking about their struggles with mental health drives down prejudice, University of Essex research has suggested.
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Genetic links between traits often overstated: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Genetic correlation estimates typically assume that mating is random. But in the real world, partners tend to pair up because of many shared interests and social structures.
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Researchers find genetic links between traits are often overstated
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Genetic correlation estimates typically assume that mating is random. But in the real world, partners tend to pair up because of many shared interests and social structures.
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