The children of traumatized people have long been known to be at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and...

Brain abnormalities in schizophrenia have been identified at the microscale (alterations in synaptic connections between neurons) and the macroscale (altered...

Schizophrenia poses an evolutionary enigma. The disorder has existed throughout recorded human history and persists despite its severe effects on...

Food advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry, with approximately $1.8 billion annually aimed at children and adolescents, who view between...

In addiction, cues in the environment can form strong associations with the drug of abuse. A new study in Biological...

Three studies to be published in the August 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and...

Symptom exacerbations after concussion appeared to be common in a secondary analysis of a clinical trial that included 63 children...

A new study in Biological Psychiatry reports that variations in 16p11.2, a region of the genome associated with risk of...

Subjecting female soccer players to a negative stereotype about their abilities reduced their dribbling speed significantly, according to a new...

Patients with multiple sclerosis have higher rates of depression than the general population, including people with other life-long disabling diseases....

A study to be published in the July 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and...

Sending text messages on a smartphone can change the rhythm of brain waves, according to a new study published in...

Addiction may be viewed as a disorder of reward learning. To date, addiction research has focused on the molecular adaptations...

About one in ten youths treated with an antipsychotic are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability. Conversely, one...

For the first time, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) has been directly implicated in the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although 5-HT...