Brain scans during memory tests might help predict which depressed patients will be helped by a fast-acting drug, a new study reports. Major depression is marked by feelings of sadness, loss, anger or frustration that can interfere with daily life for many weeks. Symptoms can also include memory loss and trouble focusing. Most depression-fighting drugsRead More
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May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Method Enables 3-D Analysis of Fine Structure and Connections – NIH-funded Study A breakthrough method, called CLARITY, developed by National Institutes of Health-funded researchers, opens the intact postmortem brain to chemical, genetic and optical analyses that previously could only be performed using thin slices of tissue. By replacing fat that normally holds the brain’s working components in placeRead More
[Continue reading…]New Views into the Brain
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson once noted, “New directions in science are launched by new tools much more often than by new concepts.” This week marks the publication of a new tool that may alter the way we look at the brain. Karl Deisseroth and his colleagues at Stanford University have developed a method they callRead More
[Continue reading…]Weight Loss in People with Serious Mental Illness
May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A new study showed that a weight-loss intervention can help overweight and obese people with serious mental illnesses—such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression—lose significant weight and keep it off. More than 80% of people with serious mental illnesses are overweight or obese—a major factor that helps lead to a death rate 3 times thatRead More
[Continue reading…]Jail Diversion For Mentally Ill Makes Sense, But Lacks Funds
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Behavioral health providers agree that following detention or arrest, the best place for many people with mental illness or addictions is in community treatment, not in jail or prison. Not only is it good public policy from a health perspective, but it saves money for the counties and states, since treatment in the community is far lessRead More
[Continue reading…]BRAIN Initiative Challenges Researchers to Unlock Mysteries of Human Mind
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Today at the White House, President Obama unveiled the “BRAIN” Initiative—a bold new research effort to revolutionize our understanding of the human mind and uncover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure brain disorders like Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury. The BRAIN Initiative — short for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies — builds onRead More
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