Cyberchondria is similar to hypochondria. It refers to a clinical concept in which repeated Internet searches for medical information result in increased physical health concerns. Although cyberchondria is associated with symptoms of health anxiety, it is unclear whether cyberchondria displays a ...
Date Posted: April 8, 2023
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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Obsessions and compulsions affect everyone at some point in their lives. We usually check the stove or the locks twice. People also casually use the phrases "obsessing" and "obsessed" in everyday conversations. However, OCD is more severe. It can ...
Mar 2
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Don't spank your kids. That's the conventional wisdom that has emerged from decades of research linking corporal punishment to a decline in adolescent health and negative effects on behavior, including an increased risk for anxiety and depression. ...
Nov 17
Categories: Child Development
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If you spend 30 minutes less on social media every day and engage in physical activity instead, you do a lot to improve your mental health. This is shown in a study conducted by a team from the Mental Health Research and Treatment Center at ...
Sep 20
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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About 50% of all mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had elevated levels of depressive symptoms over 18 months, while rates were much lower (6% to 13.6%) for mothers with neurotypical children in the same period, UC San Francisco ...
Sep 7
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Caregiver Issues / Stress
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Elementary school-age children who get less than nine hours of sleep per night have significant differences in certain brain regions responsible for memory, intelligence, and well-being compared to those who get the recommended 9-12 hours of sleep ...
Aug 19
Categories: Child Development, Sleep Disorders
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It is well known that whole-body exposure to high frequency ultrasound increases brain activity in humans. However, little is known about its impact and associated mechanisms on emotional states like depression. Now, a team of researchers at Tokyo ...
Aug 12
Categories: Depression
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In a study published in the journal "PLOS ONE," University of Florida scientists found that gardening activities lowered stress, anxiety and depression in healthy women who attended twice-weekly gardening classes. None of study participants had ...
Jul 14
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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A group of scientists has developed an entirely new approach to treating eating disorders. They showed that a group of nerve cells (so-called AgRP, agouti-related peptide neurons) in the hypothalamus control the release of endogenous ...
Jul 7
Categories: Eating Disorders
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Researchers at the Department of Neurology of the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern identified how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep to consolidate the storage of positive emotions while dampening the consolidation of ...
May 23
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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Disulfiram is a drug used to treat chronic alcoholism. However, studies suggest that it also inhibits chemokine receptor signaling pathways that are associated with the regulation of anxiety in rodents. Now, a team of researchers from the Tokyo ...
Apr 26
Categories: Addictions, Anxiety
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If you are forgetful or make mistakes when in a hurry, a new study from Michigan State University - the largest of its kind to-date - found that meditation could help you to become less error prone.
Mar 28
Categories: Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia, Meditation
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Anxiety has been steadily increasing, particularly in the adolescent and young adult populations, over recent decades. Studies have previously shown that listening to music can reduce anxiety, perhaps even more effectively than some anti-anxiety ...
Mar 15
Categories: Anxiety
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The research, using a dataset of more than 36,000 adults, revealed that going from one to two drinks a day was associated with changes in the brain equivalent to aging two years. Heavier drinking was linked with an even greater toll.
Mar 10
Categories: Addictions
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Although recreational and medicinal marijuana (cannabis) is increasingly available across the U.S., public and professional awareness that cannabis use may adversely affect brain health is critical, according to the American Heart Association's ...
Feb 16
Categories: Addictions
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A new study from Oregon State University confirms what many in the disabled community already know: People with disabilities have been experiencing high levels of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feb 9
Categories: Depression, Social Isolation
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