The hippocampus is an area of the brain associated with memory, motivation, and emotional control. A new study has found that it is smaller in adolescents with major depression ... Read More

Researchers have discovered that low levels of acetylcholine in the brain are critical during sleep for people to form long-term memories. Their findings were published in this week's issue of the ... Read More

People sometimes develop problems with certain Online activities. There are people who compulsively chat online, people who compulsively download pornography, and people who compulsively play games. If the word "addiction" ... Read More

Evidence is mounting that mindfulness can increase life enjoyment, expand the ability to cope with illness, and possibly improve physical and emotional health. The February issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch ... Read More

Blood pressure is linked to depression, but only in people with a family history of hypertension, a new study finds. People whose parents did not have high blood pressure did ... Read More

A New Yorker article by Jerome Groopman does a good job of discussing grief and crisis counselling as currently practiced in the US. The technique of "critical incident stress ... Read More

Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy may be a better choice than sleep medications for elderly people with insomnia, according to a recent British study published in Sleep Medicine Review. The study analyzed earlier ... Read More

Over 50 percent of deaths in the United States can be attributed to behavioral and social factors, says a psychologist who reviewed the last century of research on psychosocial factors ... Read More

Researchers have found a way to restore the myelin sheaths that insulate neurons in the brain and nervous system. The researchers, led by Steven Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., of the ... Read More

Researchers in Australia have found 153 genes that operate differently in schizophrenics than in people with normal brains. They had actually expected to find more genetic differences. Their study ... Read More

"I see that it's very important to have something to do in life that you find interesting, that you follow your talents, skills and interests. As long as we ... Read More

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a diagnosis which was first made following the Viet Nam war. Veterans who saw combat in Viet Nam were found to have a number of ... Read More

An article in the Harvard Crimson asserts that 80% of students there report that they have faced mental health problems in the last year. Getting help has also been ... Read More

Research reveals for the first time the biological mechanism that the brain uses to block unwanted memories. The study, published in the journal Science, demonstrates how unpleasant memories can be ... Read More

The January 2004 issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource details five theories on how the placebo effect might work. One of them - Benefit from attention: In a placebo-controlled research ... Read More

College students' drinking behaviors are influenced primarily by their perceptions of their friends' drinking behaviors. A new study questions whether "social norms marketing campaigns" are effective. A study author was ... Read More

Antidepressant side effects are real and negatively affect patient compliance. Many patients consider stopping the medication even at the risk of relapse because of distressing side effects. How do you ... Read More

A large U.K. study of 4,430 adults suggests that serial relationships are good for men's mental health, but bad for women's health. The study also found that cohabiting ... Read More

A recent French study has found detected genetic material from 'enteroviruses' in 13 percent of muscle biopsies from patients with fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome and 20 percent of patients with ... Read More

We know that stress affects the immune system. A new study suggests that shyness may actually encourage the development of AIDS in people who are HIV positive. The ... Read More

On January 2 millions of people begin the annual ritual of New Year's Resolutions. Memberships at health clubs and diet programs soar in the following weeks. After a few ... Read More