Children are three times more likely to self-harm up to the age of 12 if bullied, according to a new study carried out in the UK.
Clinical update on dementia
Speed and ectasy teen depression link
Dementia and the ability to drive
Understanding obsessive compulsive disorder
Depression in the current climate
Crohn’s causes form of post-traumatic stress
Crohn’s disease produces its own variant of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study from Switzerland has found. In addition, PTSD creates a vicious cycle by worsening the disease’s symptoms, the study also found. The researchers tracked the health and psychological wellbeing of almost 600 adults over a period of 18 months. All had been [...]
Most brain injury patients will suffer depression within a year
During the year following hospitalisation for a traumatic brain injury, a majority of patients experience major depression, according to a new study. In the study, researchers attempted to determine the rate of major depressive disorder (MDD) during the first year after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and also examined predictors of MDD, MDD-related co-existing illnesses and [...]
Search for treatments
Clinical update: Alzheimer’s – A number of recent studies targeting the amyloid pathway in Alzheimer’s disease have proved negative, and there is now some doubt as to whether amyloid plays as central a role in the disease as had previously been thought. Experts have recently proposed that amyloid may be a necessary but not sufficient [...]