How One Dose of Psilocybin Treats Depression
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Shared Genetic Signatures Found Across Psychiatric Disorders
Summary: Researchers have uncovered shared biological mechanisms across major psychiatric disorders by analyzing postmortem brain samples from the…
Genetic variations in Prader-Willi syndrome offer key insights into autism and psychosis
In a comprehensive Genomic Press Invited Expert Review, researchers from the University of Haifa have synthesized cutting-edge findings…
Low Newborn Vitamin D Linked to Autism and Schizophrenia
Summary: Babies born with low vitamin D levels are more likely to develop mental disorders like ADHD, schizophrenia,…
Inflammation Tied to Motivation Loss in Schizophrenia
Summary: A new study has uncovered a biological link between inflammation and motivational deficits in people with schizophrenia,…
Left-Handed People More Common In Certain Mental Disorders, Major Study Finds
(Photo by Olga Donchuk on Shutterstock) In a nutshell Left-handed and mixed-handed people appear significantly more often in…
Why Lefties Are More Common in Autism and Dyslexia
Summary: A new meta-analysis highlights a strong connection between early-onset neurodevelopmental disorders with linguistic symptoms and left- or…
Mental Health Awareness Month is a progressive vanity project
May is “Mental Health Awareness Month”. In a crowded contest for the most pointless of all profession-peddled observances,…
Genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia through neuroinflammatory pathways associated with retinal thinness
Base data from the 2022 schizophrenia genome-wide association study The summary statistics base dataset was derived from the…
Why housing colonies struggle to cope with residents with mental ailments
What to do with mentally ill residents living alone? This is the ethical and legal problem that Mumbai’s…