A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis finds that antidepressant therapy for late-life depression appears to improve certain domains of cognitive function, particularly memory and learning.

Researchers have discovered that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are tied to atypical interactions between the brain’s frontal cortex and information processing centers deep in the brain

Effective technology-driven alternative to psychiatric medications for social anxiety

Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Depression: A recent study suggests the associations between moderate alcohol consumption and reduced risk for depression may reflect genuine causal effects.

Experiencing abuse or neglect as a child can cause multiple mental health problems, finds a new study

Long-Term Cannabis Use and Cognitive Reserves and Hippocampal Volume in Midlife

Study of 1,000 New Zealanders Finds that Long-Term Cannabis Use is Associated with Cognitive Deficits and Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Midlife

Long-Term Cannabis Use Showed Cognitive Deficits and Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Midlife | American Journal of Psychiatry

Ketamine and psychological therapy can help heavy drinkers abstain for longer: People with severe alcohol disorder were able to stay off alcohol for longer when they were treated with low doses of ketamine combined with psychological therapy in a clinical trial.

People with certain genetic conditions are likely to have significant symptoms of autism, even if they do not meet all diagnostic criteria

Yale study finds that abstaining from drinking "one day at a time" works for recovering alcoholics

Study identifies social connection as the strongest protective factor for depression

Groundbreaking study suggests childhood maltreatment could alter neurological development, affecting one's social abilities as an adult

Researchers find that cannabis affected cognitive health more than alcohol and that those negative effects endured even after teens stopped using cannabis.

Study: Association of Maternal Insecticide Levels with Autism in Offspring

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Treatment-Resistant Depression Outcomes

Abortions don’t lead to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts - Suicidal ideation was similarly low for women who had abortions and for those denied abortions

A new study suggests that older people who have worsening anxiety symptoms may be more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease

Cannabidiol (CBD), an extract of marijuana, has beneficial effects in patients with schizophrenia, finds a new multicenter double-blind randomized controlled trial

Ketamine demonstrated a rapid reduction of clinically significant suicidal thoughts in major depression within 24 hours, finds a midazolam-controlled randomized clinical trial.

A Single Dose of Intravenous Ketamine rapidly and significantly reduced suicidal thoughts in depressed patients with suicidal ideation, a systematic review and meta-analysis shows (The American Journal of Psychiatry)

Functional MRI brain scans could predict whether patients with depression were more likely to improve with antidepressant medications or with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) - patients with positive connectivity between the emotion processing center and other areas respond better to CBT.

Higher depression risk after such a traumatic event are associated with having fewer close social contacts and having connections to other depressed people or to people who had left a community.

Internet-based games may be significantly less addictive than gambling, and only a very small proportion of the general population (between 0.3% and 1.0%) might qualify for a potential acute diagnosis of Internet gaming disorder, finds Oxford researchers based on 18,932 international participants.

Smoking during pregnancy associated with increased risk of schizophrenia in offspring