Tag: mental health

Study examines effect of Alzheimer’s disease plaques on brain networks

From the Washington University in St. Louis press release via Newswise: Scientists studying the way Alzheimer’s takes root in the brain have identified important new similarities between a mouse model… Read more »

Research links childhood trauma to higher risk of schizophrenia in later life

From the University of Liverpool press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that children who have experienced severe trauma are three times as likely to… Read more »

Researcher develops screening for future anxiety disorders in young children

From the University of British Columbia press release: A University of British Columbia researcher has developed a simple two-question test to screen kindergarten-aged children for future anxiety disorders – the… Read more »

Researchers identify genes that affect risk of brain atrophy, mental illness and Alzheimer’s

From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: In the world’s largest brain study to date, a team of more than 200 scientists from 100 institutions worldwide collaborated to map the… Read more »

Study suggests hearing voices could be marker for mental illness in adolescents

From the British Journal of Psychiatry press release via HealthCanal: Auditory hallucinations (hearing voices) can affect up to one-in-five children between the ages of 11 and 13, according to new… Read more »