Researchers at the US health centre Penn Medicine have found specific brain circuits are affected by psilocybin, the active compound in certain psychedelic mushrooms, opening new ways to treat pain ...

Consumption of soft drinks may be linked to a diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD), along with more severe symptoms, ...

A person’s perception of their finances is a powerful predictor of depression, a new study reveals. This link is unexpectedly ...

Depression Awareness Month (October) began in the 1990s to increase public recognition of one of the most common mental ...

A single psilocybin dose relieved chronic pain and depression-like symptoms in mice by rebalancing brain circuits that regulate mood and pain.

Two-thirds of people who underwent psilocybin-assisted therapy remained free from depression five years later, according to ...

Chronic stress can rewire the brain, leading to a host of mental health issues. Now, scientists believe that one small ...

Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified specific brain circuits that are impacted by psilocybin—the active compound ...

Soft drink consumption is linked to a higher risk for depression and greater symptom severity, potentially by altering the ...

Scientists discover chronic stress disrupts brain sugar molecules, causing depression through mechanisms current ...

A new study has found that microplastics, the ubiquitous plastic particles smaller than 5mm, can alter the human gut microbiome. The changes raise concern. The researchers noted alterations similar to ...

Most depressed preschool children who responded to a novel form of parent-child interaction therapy were doing well four years later.