Tag: Neuroscience

Generalized Anxiety Disorder–a sign of the times?

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Quick bibliography: Reviews/recent articles on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)–a sign of our times? **Updated January 2021** Classic review: *Tyrer, P. & Baldwin, D. (2006). Generalised anxiety disorder. Lancet,  368 (9553), 2156-2166. [Cited by] “Generalised anxiety disorder is a persistent and common disorder, in which the patient has unfocused worry and anxiety that is not connected to recent stressful events, although it can be aggravated by…

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Opioids, addiction, and overdose

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Bibliography: Reviews/recent articles on opioids, addiction, and overdose. **Updated March 2021** Classic review: *Paulozzi, L.J. (2012). Prescription drug overdoses: A review. Journal of Safety Research, 43 (4), 283-289. [Cited by] “Overdoses involving prescription drugs in the United States have reached epidemic proportions over the past 20 years. Host factors include male sex, middle age, non-Hispanic white race, low income, and mental health problems. Agent risk factors include use…

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A new world disorder?

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News: It may seem that absolutely everyone today is glued to their phones and uses social media, but that’s not true. Facebook, the largest social media network globally, claims “2.41 billion monthly active users as of the second quarter of 2019.” Billions do use social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.), but billions also do not. Further, there are many people counted as “active users”…

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Should anyone be playing American football?

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News: The midbrain in humans controls “functions such as hearing and temperature regulation.” But, because of its location–in the middle of the brain–this area is “likely to sustain damage” when a person suffers a hit to their head. A recent study that tracked football players (American football) at the University of Rochester in New York (NCAA Division III) found that though only 2 of the…

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Topic of the day (TOTD): Social withdrawal and neuropsychiatric disorders

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Review: The mental processes that allow us humans to live beside and with other humans are extremely complex. Our brains have become highly specialized for processing all manner of social stimulation (relationship formation, social learning, decision-making, etc.) The result is that we have developed a “social brain.” However, “high complexity may also be associated with a high susceptibility to several pathogenic interventions.” Social deficits can…

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Science highlights: human adult neurogenesis, and a fungus killing amphibians

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A new study provides further evidence that the adult brain in humans does grow new neurons (a process called neurogenesis) in the hippocampus–the section of the brain where learning, memory, and mood regulation is controlled. These new brain cells may play a role in depression, PTSD, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, etc. Read the article (Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 25 March 2019). And, go to the source —…

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