Study: Prescribed CBD Could Help People Quit Cannabis
Recent research shows that participants treated with CBD showed lower levels of cannabis in their urine and an increased number of days abstinent
psychiatry
How Diet Affects Mental Health—What's the Evidence?
Study confirms that while certain foods can be associated with a mental health condition, this tells us little about why the food causes this effect
Key Psychiatric Drug Target Comes Into Focus
UC San Francisco / UNC Chapel Hill team determines first high-resolution structure of dopamine receptor
Researchers Find Novel Chemical Switch That May Help Decrease Crucial Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Research in mice could have implications for human brain disease
Study Reveals the Brain Regulates Social Behavior Differently in Males and Females
Because dominance and aggressiveness have been linked to stress resistance, these findings may influence the development of more effective gender-specific treatment strategies for stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders
How a microRNA Plays Role in Major Depression
microRNA miR-124-3p is a potential therapeutic target for novel drug development, and it can serve as a putative biomarker for MDD pathogenesis
Exercise Can Tackle Symptoms of Schizophrenia
The areas which were most improved by exercising were patients’ ability to understand social situations, their attention spans, and their ‘working memory’
Map Provides Detailed Picture of How the Brain Is Organized
Will help neurological, psychiatric research
Scientists Link Bipolar Disorder to Unexpected Brain Region
“This is the first real study of gene expression in the striatum for bipolar disorder,” said study director
Magic Mushroom Compound Tested for Treatment-Resistant Depression
A small scale study into treating depression using psilocybin, the psychedelic compound of magic mushrooms, has found it can be safely administered