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Psychiatric Disorders
Psychiatric Disorders: is a mental illness that is diagnosed by a mental health professional that greatly disturbs your thinking, moods and behavior which can in turn increase a person's risk of disability, pain or death. A large number of psychiatric disorders have been identified over the years and sometimes may also cause physical symptoms.
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JAN 28, 2020Immunology
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Psychopaths are usually portrayed negatively: they display antisocial behavior, such as shallow emotions, callousness, i ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergSEP 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Major depressive disorder is a serious public health problem, thought to affect around seven percent of American adults ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
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People with autism are more likely than those without to develop social anxiety (Bejerot: 2014). Meanwhile, current anti ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) aims to create an FDA-approved standardized MDMA-assist ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 17, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Conventionally, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is treated via talk therapy, with the aim of getting patients to o ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2019Microbiology
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Some of the first research on psychedelics in clinical settings was to assess their efficacy in treating alcoholism. In ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 06, 2019Health & Medicine
You’ve probably heard that dark chocolate has some health benefits. According to Harvard’s School of Public ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 31, 2019Health & Medicine
In March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ketamine nasal spray to treat depression. Ketamine has gotten a ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergJUL 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Although usually considered a purely psychiatric disorder, recent research has uncovered that anorexia nervosa may have ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia is known as one of the most common serious mental illnesses. Characterized by a decreased ability to under ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
It may one day be possible to treat psychiatric disorders with therapy that targets genetic mutations, which was done in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
In 2016, an estimated 1.3 million people attempted suicide, and suicide rates are rising.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2019Health & Medicine
Last Friday, the FDA approved a new drug that some are referring to as “the female Viagra.” Vyleesi, the dru ...Written By: Tiffany Dazet
JAN 28, 2020
Immunology
Toxoplasma gondii suppresses the immune system of the hosts it infects – human or otherwise – just enough to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 27, 2019
Neuroscience
In the US, 1 in every 59 children has autism, with 1 in every 20 having ADHD. Now, researchers from Denmark’s nati
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 11, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Data from a new Canadian survey suggest that cannabis use can be beneficial for people with post-traumatic stress disord
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The risk of developing ADHD is strongly linked to young maternal age during the first birth.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
As U.S. states continue to legalize the use of marijuana, so is the number of American women using cannabis before becom
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 09, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
How can health professionals in the clinical psychiatry field make sense of cannabis products boasting various health cl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
It's been estimated that 6 to 9% of Americans experience a trauma that results in post-traumatic stress disorder in thei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2019
Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is a severe and debilitating mental illness that affects about 1 in 100 people. This mental disorder is us
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
SEP 20, 2019
Neuroscience
Psychopaths are usually portrayed negatively: they display antisocial behavior, such as shallow emotions, callousness, i
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Major depressive disorder is a serious public health problem, thought to affect around seven percent of American adults
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
From a first glance, MDMA-assisted therapy may look very different from mainstream therapies such as Cognitive Behaviora
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
From nicotine to heroin, addiction is thought to be a reactive behavior to certain substances with addictive qualities.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
People with autism are more likely than those without to develop social anxiety (Bejerot: 2014). Meanwhile, current anti
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) aims to create an FDA-approved standardized MDMA-assist
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 17, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Conventionally, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is treated via talk therapy, with the aim of getting patients to o
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2019
Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians are beginning to recognize the power of the microbiome - the microbes that we carry in and on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Some of the first research on psychedelics in clinical settings was to assess their efficacy in treating alcoholism. In
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 06, 2019
Health & Medicine
You’ve probably heard that dark chocolate has some health benefits. According to Harvard’s School of Public
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 31, 2019
Health & Medicine
In March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ketamine nasal spray to treat depression. Ketamine has gotten a
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
JUL 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Although usually considered a purely psychiatric disorder, recent research has uncovered that anorexia nervosa may have
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia is known as one of the most common serious mental illnesses. Characterized by a decreased ability to under
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
It may one day be possible to treat psychiatric disorders with therapy that targets genetic mutations, which was done in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
In 2016, an estimated 1.3 million people attempted suicide, and suicide rates are rising.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2019
Health & Medicine
Last Friday, the FDA approved a new drug that some are referring to as “the female Viagra.” Vyleesi, the dru
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet