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- NIH Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated with ADHD in Youth https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2024/nih-researchers-identify-brain-connections-associated-with-adhd-in-youth 85 comments
- Release of “13 Reasons Why” Associated with Increase in Youth Suicide Rates https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2019/release-of-13-reasons-why-associated-with-increase-in-youth-suicide-rates.shtml 253 comments
- Scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human and nonhuman primate brain as part of the NIH's BRAIN Initiative. The findings appear in a compendium of 24 papers across Science, Science Advances, and Science Translational Medicine. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2023/scientists-unveil-detailed-cell-maps-of-the-human-brain-and-the-nonhuman-primate-brain 7 comments science
- Youth Suicide Rates Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2023/youth-suicide-rates-increased-during-the-covid-19-pandemic 9 comments science
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number is 1-800-273-8255. Call this number before doing anything rash. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention 37 comments cryptocurrency
- A study has helped to show how new experiences can assist with dampening of cognitive mapping thought to be previously engraved in your mind. Novelty is one way one way to trigger the circuitry reset that facilitates spatial learning in mice - and potentially in humans. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2021/new-experiences-enhance-learning-by-resetting-key-brain-circuit 4 comments science
- Memory Gene Goes Viral https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2018/memory-gene-goes-viral.shtml 13 comments science
- Depression’s “Transcriptional Signatures” Differ in Men vs. Women https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2017/depressions-transcriptional-signatures-differ-in-men-vs-women.shtml 2 comments science
- "Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and claims the lives of more than 34 thousand people each year. There are nearly twice as many suicides in the U.S. as there are homicides." http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/3ages185.shtml 4 comments politics
- Pre-treatment scans of brain activity predicted whether depressed patients would best achieve remission with an antidepressant medication or psychotherapy, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2013/scan-predicts-whether-therapy-or-meds-will-best-lift-depression.shtml 22 comments science
- The NIMH will try to slowly move away from the DSM-V to embrace psychiatric diagnoses based more on biomarkers. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2013/transforming-diagnosis.shtml 11 comments science
- Conservatives refuse any gun control yet one in four adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Something has to change. Not everyone should have access to guns, period. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-america/index.shtml 11 comments politics
- In-sync Brain Waves Hold Memory of Objects Just Seen. Brain’s Code for Visual Working Memory Deciphered in Monkeys – NIH-Funded Study http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2012/in-sync-brain-waves-hold-memory-of-objects-just-seen.shtml 7 comments science
- I'm quite sick of OCD misconceptions (e.g. "Omg, I'm sooo OCD about stuff like that"). Gonna clear a few things up. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/index.shtml 4 comments reddit.com
- Researchers demonstrate the anti-depressive effects of environmental enrichment and show that the beneficial effects of activity and exercise depend on the growth of new neurons in the adult brain. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2010/novel-model-of-depression-from-social-defeat-shows-restorative-power-of-exercise.shtml 15 comments science
- Ritalin / Adderall / Short-term Intensive Treatment Not Likely to Improve Long-term Outcomes for Children with ADHD | The National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/short-term-intensive-treatment-not-likely-to-improve-long-term-outcomes-for-children-with-adhd.shtml 26 comments cogsci
- Human Brain Appears “Hard-Wired” for Hierarchy http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2008/human-brain-appears-hard-wired-for-hierarchy.shtml 6 comments cogsci
- Experimental Medication Kicks Depression in Hours Instead of Weeks -- and by "experimental medication" they mean Ketamine http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2006/experimental-medication-kicks-depression-in-hours-instead-of-weeks.shtml 53 comments reddit.com