Prime Minister Theresa May recently announced measures to improve mental health support at every stage of a person’s life, with an emphasis on early intervention for children and young people. Writing in ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation, Professor Ian Goodyer from the Department of Psychiatry looks at the options for helping teenagers.
People who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are poorer at learning about the safety of a stimulus than healthy volunteers, which may contribute to their struggles to overcome compulsive behaviour, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.
Cocaine addiction may affect how the body processes iron, leading to a build-up of the mineral in the brain, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. ̽»¨Ö±²¥study, published today in Translational Psychiatry, raises hopes that there may be a biomarker – a biological measure of addiction – that could be used as a target for future treatments.
Medical imaging is a brilliant field filled with brilliant minds, writes Matthew Leming, PhD candidate in Psychiatry for ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation. So why don’t we see more new technologies making it into hospitals?
Brain imaging can reveal a great deal about who we are and what is going inside our heads. But how far can – and should – this research take us? Julia Gottwald and Barbara Sahakian, authors of Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on in our Minds, investigate for ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation.
Children get more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their brothers or sisters, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. Children also appear to get on even better with their animal companions than with siblings.
Young people with mental health problems who have contact with mental health services are significantly less likely to suffer from clinical depression later in their adolescence than those with equivalent difficulties who do not receive treatment, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. This comes as Prime Minister Theresa May announced measures to improve mental health support at every stage of a person’s life, with an emphasis on early intervention for children and young people.
Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy – excessive daytime sleepiness – can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. ̽»¨Ö±²¥findings, published today in the journal Biological Psychiatry: CNNI, result from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study and offer hope of a treatment for some of the cognitive symptoms of depression.
Could a Mediterranean diet keep your brain young? That is the tantalising finding from a study out this week. Writing on ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation website, Professor Paul Fletcher from the Department of Psychiatry investigates the findings.
More than two-thirds of adolescents who suffer from depression could see long-term benefits from receiving one of three psychological treatments – of which only one is currently recommended on the NHS – according to research published today in ̽»¨Ö±²¥Lancet Psychiatry.
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