Training social workers in fight against opioids
Nancy Ochoa was 15 years old the first time she used heroin with a group of friends. At 16, four months after the birth of her first child, her occasional drug use had turned into a "necessity."
View ArticleIs using cannabis in front of children harmful or not?
Public health agencies are warning parents about using cannabis in the presence of their children. However, parents who use cannabis say that it makes them more empathetic, more patient and more caring...
View ArticleFirst evidence of immune response targeting brain cells in autism
Autism spectrum disorders affect one in 59 American children by age eight. With no known quantitative biological features, autism diagnoses are currently based on expert assessments of behavioral...
View ArticleRecalling good memories together
Recalling positive memories can help you feel better about yourself. Charlotte van Schie is aiming to use this fact to help people with a borderline personality disorder become stronger. She has...
View ArticleWhere is my Xanax? Why your doctor may be concerned about prescribing...
As an academic psychiatrist who treats people with anxiety and trauma, I often hear questions about a specific class of medications called benzodiazepines. I also often receive referrals for patients...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Q&A: Eating disorders can affect people of all ages
Dear Mayo Clinic: Is it common for someone in their 50s to develop an eating disorder?
View ArticleThe wellness boost of a purposeful life
(HealthDay)—Research has long shown how psychological disorders lead to poor physical health. Now scientists are learning more about the flip side of emotions, how living a purposeful life may have as...
View ArticleRapid increase in naloxone distribution after kits became available at...
The distribution of naloxone kits in Ontario increased rapidly after they were made available free of charge through community pharmacies and reached almost 68,000 people in a two-year period,...
View ArticleAutism spectrum disorder risk linked to insufficient placental steroid
A study in experimental models suggests that allopregnanolone, one of many hormones produced by the placenta during pregnancy, is so essential to normal fetal brain development that when provision of...
View ArticleParents left in the cold when it comes to kids with autism
First-line health professionals must vastly improve their communication and engagement with parents if they are to help address the growing prevalence of autism among children, say researchers from the...
View ArticleNew therapeutic strategy may help reverse autism behavioral abnormalities
Autism is a developmental disorder that affects 1 in 59 children in the U.S. Mutations in specific genes, such as PTEN, can explain many autism cases. While children with mutations in PTEN exhibit...
View ArticleThe night gardeners: Immune cells rewire, repair brain while we sleep
Science tells us that a lot of good things happen in our brains while we sleep—learning and memories are consolidated and waste is removed, among other things. New research shows for the first time...
View ArticleDrug combination reverses hypersensitivity to noise in a model of autism...
People with autism often experience hypersensitivity to noise and other sensory input. MIT neuroscientists have now identified two brain circuits that help tune out distracting sensory information, and...
View ArticleChanges in microglia impact neuroinflammation and disease pathology
Advances in research about the brain's immune system have revealed the underlying foundations of neuroinflammation. These findings were presented at Neuroscience 2019, the annual meeting of the Society...
View ArticleInflammation and autism—an important piece of the puzzle
Autism spectrum disorder has neither a distinct pathogenesis nor pharmaceutical treatment, yet evidence continues to mount demonstrating immune dysfunction and inflammation in specific brain regions of...
View ArticleCommon brain disorders accelerate brain aging
Common brain disorders seem to be associated with accelerated aging of the brain, according to a new international study using machine learning models to analyse structural brain MRI data from more...
View ArticleScientists discover link between unique brain cells and OCD and anxiety
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one in three people experience debilitating anxiety—the kind that prevents someone from going about their normal life. Women are also more at risk...
View ArticleAntidepressant doesn't ease obsessive behaviors of autism
(HealthDay)—The commonly used antidepressant Prozac doesn't appear to help reduce obsessive-compulsive behavior in children and teens with autism, new research suggests.
View ArticleSubstance use disorder ups risk for death after IE valve surgery
(HealthDay)—Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) and substance use disorder (SUD) have a more than twofold risk for dying following valve surgery compared with patients without SUD, according to a...
View ArticleGood news for parents: Many preemie babies grow up fine
(HealthDay)—Having a premature baby can be frightening for parents, but new research delivers a calming finding: Many premature babies end up as healthy adults without major illnesses.
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