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Many research studies have reported on the elevated health risk and deviance of youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ) but a new study using national data suggests that many of those…
Amphetamine and opioid use in pregnancy increased substantially over the last decade in the United States, a new study finds. And a disproportionate rise occurred in rural counties.
Children who enter elementary school younger than their peers are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD. Children born in August in states with a Sept. 1 cutoff birth date for school enrollment have a 30 percent higher…
An international collaboration has for the first time identified genetic variants which increase the risk of ADHD. The new findings provide a completely new insight into the biology behind ADHD.
nOCD, a digital health startup focused on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) management, has inked a deal with Actify ...
For the latest survey data on social media and tech use among teens, see “Teens, Social Media, and Technology 2023.” ...
New research has found that MDMA, the main ingredient in ecstasy, causes people to cooperate better -- but only with trustworthy people. In the first study to look in detail at how MDMA impacts cooperative behavior the…
A large study links social isolation with a higher risk of death from all causes combined and heart disease for all races studied, and with increased cancer mortality in white men and women.
The Wellbeing Lab Workplace Survey, conducted in partnership with Dr. Peggy Kern from the University of Melbourne and supported ...
With 63% of Americans participating in the labor force, the workplace presents both a platform and an opportunity for innovative ...
People who experience migraine with visual aura may have an increased risk of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, according to a new study.
Rats given the drug that reduced dopamine were much less likely to work for preferred morsels of food. But when these rats were then given one of the experimental drugs, they regained their motivation to work for the…
Addiction is a disease with a range of harmful conditions and behaviors. Recognizing these signs can help a person with addiction ...
Addiction is a complicated disease involving an inability to stop taking a substance or carrying out a particularly damaging behavior ...
The cerebellum, once thought to be limited to controlling movement, is involved in every aspect of higher brain function, according to a new study.
Imagine a website that reviewed narcotics. Imagine that people who were really into methamphetamine or heroin could go to one of ...
TRENTON — Opioid addicts in New Jersey, no matter how they got hooked on the deadly drugs, including heroin and prescription ...
"This program literally saved my life. Just two weeks prior I was seriously considering suicide — the third time of late ...
Introduction More than one-third of the world population uses at least one form of social media. Since their advent in 2005 ...
Dylan LeBlanc, left, and Katie Kent, middle, share the responsibility of leading the MSU student-run mental health care clinic that Aleks Abrahamowicz, right, helped found. In the blur of the ...
When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space ...
A high-fat diet in female mice affects their offspring's obesity, insulin resistance and addictive-like behaviors for three generations, according to a new study.
The brain disease model is the most prevalent model of addiction in the western world. Particularly in the United States, it ...
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nadia Murad and Dr. Denis Mukwege. This award brings much needed attention to the ...
Scientists have discovered that regular use of the party drug GHB, and especially unconsciousness following GHB use, is associated with brain changes including negative effects on long-term memory, working memory, IQ…
Emergency situations and natural disasters, such as hurricanes, pandemics, or mass casualties, can quickly overwhelm healthcare ...
Proponents of wearables that track the links between brain activity and bodily well-being tout their potential in helping improve ...
Because I am a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice as well as a professor at a liberal arts college, my students ...
By studying the genome of a kind of octopus not known for its friendliness toward its peers, then testing its behavioral reaction to a popular mood-altering drug called MDMA or 'ecstasy,' scientists say they have found…
NOTE: This post was co-authored with Adam Hoffman, Ph.D. Adam is an expert on the development of social identities and their ...
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