Case study: Cannabis might dampen the pain, but amplify the psychosis!
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Case study details a 27-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder and fibromyalgia who used high-potency cannabis to alleviate pain but experienced adverse psychiatric effects. A month-long diet lowering free glutamate improved her pain, mental health, and allowed her to quit cannabis, highlighting the risks of cannabis self-medication for pain management ..read more
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Rutgers scientists create CRISPR-edited mice to study the neurobiology of Tourette disorder
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In research that may be a step forward toward finding personalized treatments for Tourette disorder, scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick have bred mice that exhibit some of the same behaviors and brain abnormalities seen in humans with the disorder ..read more
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New biomarkers identified for predicting psychosis risk in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
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6d ago
A recent study led by UC Davis Health researchers provides new insights into the molecular changes linked to the rare genetic condition 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, or 22q ..read more
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People with severe mental illness more likely to have physical health comorbidities
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1w ago
A large-scale, international study conducted by University of Queensland researchers has found people with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, are up to four times more likely to have two or more chronic physical health conditions ..read more
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Are parental psychiatric disorders related to the risk of autism spectrum disorder in the offspring?
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2w ago
The potential association between psychiatric disorders in parents and the risk of the offspring developing autism spectrum disorder ..read more
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Bursts of beta rhythms control cognition in the brain
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2w ago
The brain processes information on many scales. Individual cells electrochemically transmit signals in circuits but at the large scale required to produce cognition, millions of cells act in concert, driven by rhythmic signals at varying frequencies ..read more
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Brain rhythms: Key to understanding emergent thought
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2w ago
Thought emerges and is controlled in the brain via the rhythmically and spatially coordinated activity of millions of neurons, scientists argue in a new article ..read more
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Mental health disorders overwhelmingly common in people experiencing homelessness
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3w ago
Health-care professionals who work with people experiencing homelessness know many of the people may also be living with a mental health disorder ..read more
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Early life stress may underlie a pathophysiological exacerbation of postpartum depression
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3w ago
In a new study, a Johns Hopkins Medicine-led research team reports that social stress during adolescence in female mice later results in prolonged elevation of the hormone cortisol after they give birth ..read more
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Study finds dysfunction of key brain systems in people with psychosis
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3w ago
Inside the brains of people with psychosis, two key systems are malfunctioning: a "filter" that directs attention toward important external events and internal thoughts, and a "predictor" composed of pathways that anticipate rewards ..read more
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