Health Memories of childhood abuse and neglect has greater impact on mental health than the experience… James Pereira Jul 7, 2023 New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London and City… Read More...
Health Problems with ‘pruning’ brain connections linked to adolescent mental health disorders James Pereira Apr 26, 2023 Problems with the brain's ability to 'prune' itself of unnecessary connections may underlie a wide range of mental… Read More...
Health Lack of computer access linked to poorer mental health in young people during COVID-19 pandemic James Pereira Nov 15, 2022 Cambridge researchers have highlighted how lack of access to a computer was linked to poorer mental health among young… Read More...
Health Childhood traumas strongly impact both mental and physical health: Adult risk for obesity, chronic… James Pereira Nov 9, 2022 The social environments we grow up in are critical when determining our wellbeing and health later in life. Most… Read More...
Health Having suffered trauma during childhood triples the risk of suffering a serious mental disorder in… James Pereira Nov 4, 2022 Suffering psychological trauma during childhood significantly increases the risk of developing a mental disorder in… Read More...
Health How early fears play role in future anxiety, depression: Longitudinal imaging study links blunted… James Pereira Oct 27, 2022 A recent imaging study led by a scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas has identified early risk factors linked… Read More...
Health Association between children conceived via infertility treatments and education and mental health… James Pereira Jun 28, 2022 Children conceived through medically assisted reproduction (MAR) fare better at school but are slightly more likely to… Read More...
Health Medication treatment of pediatric psychiatric disorders reduces the later onset of substance use… James Pereira May 26, 2022 One half of psychiatric and substance use disorders start by the age of 18; three-quarters by age 24. While these are… Read More...
Health Study finds 48 percent of young adults struggled with mental health in mid-2021 James Pereira Apr 13, 2022 About half of young adults had mental health symptoms during the pandemic and more than a third of those were unable to… Read More...
Health Parental stress is a contributing factor linking maternal depression to child anxiety and depressive… James Pereira Dec 2, 2021 A secondary analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (Fragile Families) found a bi-directional… Read More...