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A study in JAMA Network Open examined the acute adverse effects of therapeutic doses of psilocybin for treating depression and anxiety, focusing on its safety profile by assessing the occurrence of immediate side effects like headache, nausea, and elevated blood pressure among others.

Whether dogs could detect potential stress-related volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the breath.

Anxiety-related disorders can have a profound impact on the mental health and quality of life of affected individuals.

Living in neighborhoods with high levels of violence can affect children's development by changing the way that a part of the brain detects and responds to potential threats, potentially leading to poorer mental health and other negative outcomes, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Whether odor vs word cues could prompt memory in MDD patients with deficits in specific AM recall.

Smelling a familiar scent can help depressed individuals recall specific autobiographical memories and potentially assist in their recovery, discovered a team of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers and UPMC social workers in a study published today in JAMA Network Open.

"Only exercise can remove all kinds of doubts," Goethe said. Physical exercise is the lubricant between the body and the mind.

Study reveals that maternal emotional well-being during pregnancy is linked to significant brain development benefits in children, particularly in the hippocampal volume of female offspring.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found overactivation in many brain regions, including the frontal and parietal lobes and the amygdala, in unmedicated children with anxiety disorders.

Researchers found that post-encoding ripples in the brain enhance emotional memory by improving stimulus identification and arousal, indicating a selective reinforcement of salient events for memory consolidation.