Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder It’s frequent to fret about issues like germs or to double verify that the range is turned off. But for individuals with obsessive-compulsive dysfunction (OCD), these ideas and behaviors are so extreme that they intrude with day...
- November 13, 2020
- 3 Min Read
In patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), ketamine therapy is linked to neuroplasticity between limbic regions (ie, the amygdala and hippocampus), as well as among resting-state networks (RSNs [ie, default mode network, central executive network {CEN}, and salience network {SN})...
- October 30, 2020
- 3 Min Read
After undergoing non-conscious, very brief exposure (VBE) to spiders, half of the individuals with spider phobia more closely approached a tarantula in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study published in Lancet Psychiatry. The researchers recruited 82 women aged 18 to 29...
- October 28, 2020
- 4 Min Read
They can all be life-threatening, yet anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating, and similar disorders are often misunderstood. Here we bust the myths surrounding these serious mental illnesses Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate among psychiatric disorders, with anorexia leading with the...
- October 25, 2020
- 7 Min Read
While hypertension is associated with an increased risk of depression, continued treatment of the disease with hypertensive agents may reduce this risk, according to a study in Hypertension. In this study, researchers from Denmark obtained anonymized data from Danish population-based...
- October 20, 2020
- 3 Min Read
Psychologists using exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may need to adapt therapy to address contamination fears during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and do so in a way that does not jeopardize patient...
- October 19, 2020
- 2 Min Read
During the recent pandemic, the importance of human connection became even more clear to the world, and was the catalyst for Kim’s drive to support the deaf community Over the years, I’ve had many ups and downs, and have struggled...
- October 18, 2020
- 7 Min Read
A new study reveals that the consequences of climate change stretch beyond the environment and our physical health Over the past few years, climate change has, rightly so, been brought closer to the spotlight. As environments and habitats around the...
- October 16, 2020
- 3 Min Read
Results from a neuroimaging study published in PLoS One provide an outline of the neural response to criticism. The source of criticism was found to significantly regulate prefrontal cortex activity in a cohort of participants randomized to witness criticism as...
- October 15, 2020
- 3 Min Read
Application of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine (CAIM) may allow psychiatric mental health nurses (PMHNs) to help improve patients’ stress resiliency and enhance their mood regulation, according to research presented at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) 34th Annual Conference,...
- October 14, 2020
- 3 Min Read
