From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Navigating through life requires balancing emotion and reason, a feat accomplished by the brain region “area 32” of the anterior cingulate cortex. The area maintains emotional equilibrium by…
From the American Osteopathic Association press release: A mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course was found to benefit patients with chronic pain and depression, leading to significant improvement in participant perceptions of pain, mood and functional…
From the University of Connecticut press release: In mid-April 2020, the national unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent — the highest since the Great Depression. Forty-one million American workers filed for unemployment between February and May…
From the PLOS press release: During the initial phase of COVID-19 lockdown, rates of loneliness among people in the UK were high and were associated with a number of social and health factors, according to…
From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: Anxiety and depression are often linked and assumed to be closely related, but now research has shown for the first time that depression and anxiety have different…
From the PLOS press release: A new randomized control trial has found that turning mobile mental health intervention into a smartphone game can potentially improve well-being. Published September 2, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE,…
From the University of Toronto press release: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been empirical and anecdotal reports of declines in both emergency and ambulatory medical visits. However, little research has been…
From the European Society of Cardiology press release: Depression or anxiety in adolescence is linked with a 20% greater likelihood of having a heart attack mid-life, according to research released today at ESC Congress 2020.1…
From the Rutgers University press release: Aerobic exercise clearly benefits young adults with major depression, and a Rutgers-led study suggests it may be possible to predict those who would benefit from behavioral therapy with exercise.…
From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia press release: When it comes to worrying about the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study demonstrates that people are more concerned about whether their family members could contract the virus…