A new study published in Psychological Medicine has found that a specific type of cognitive training can reduce biological ...

Mariann Weierich, Ph.D., is the James K. and Lois Merritt Mikawa Professor of Psychology and professor of integrative neuroscience at the University of Nevada, Reno. She teaches undergraduate abnormal ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Anxiety remains one of the most diagnosed clinical symptoms in adolescence and is a potent precursor to and exacerbator of substance use disorder. In their new $3.8-million study entitled ...

The global burden of anxiety- and depression-related disorders is on the rise. While multiple drugs have been developed to treat these conditions, current medications have several limitations, ...

Research conducted in a mouse model identifies the neurobiological mechanism responsible for alterations in the memory of young individuals exposed to alcohol during pregnancy and lactation. This ...

Like its counterpart in general medicine, precision psychiatry is an emerging field that recognizes the biological and environmental uniqueness of each individual and applies treatment methods and ...

Tobias Kalenscher, Ph.D., holds a diploma in psychology (equivalent to a Master’s degree) and earned his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Ruhr University Bochum in 2005. He then joined the ...

As rates of stress, anxiety, and depression increase, the need for understanding resilience, or the ability to withstand crisis, may equip individuals to navigate stress across the lifetime. To ...