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Category Archives: Mental Health Correspondents
Childhood ADHD may have long-term mental health consequences
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is widely perceived as a problem only in children. The Canadian Mental Health Association defines it as a disorder that “reduce[s] the child’s ability to pay attention” and outlines the effects of ADHD on children, which … Continue reading
Changing Maladaptive Thoughts “Cures” Loneliness
Loneliness has been found to significantly affect ones mental and physical health both in the short and long term. Three major findings include: 1.Loneliness adversely affects how one behaves and it increases the resistance of blood flow through the cardiovascular … Continue reading
Breast Cancer diagnosis commonly followed by Post-traumatic stress disorder
Researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center have reported that twenty-three percent of women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This PTSD diagnosis is especially seen … Continue reading
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How is Neurotransmitter Hypocretin linked to Happiness?
Researchers discovered that the peptide tied to the neurotransmitter hypocretin increased in people when they were happy and decreased when they were sad. This is related to increased alertness and mood in humans. The groundbreaking discovery gives direction for future … Continue reading
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Infection during pregnancy and stress in puberty linked to schizophrenia development
Behaviourists from ETH Zurich have demonstrated that the interplay between infection during pregnancy and stress in puberty may play a key in the development of schizophrenia in mouse models. The prevalence of schizophrenia is around one percent, and this disorder … Continue reading
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