Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Themes. She receives Royalties from Cambridge University Press for Brain ...

The largest review of medicinal cannabis to date found it doesn’t effectively treat anxiety, depression, or PTSD—despite millions using it for those reasons. Researchers warn it could even make mental ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not ...

There is an urgent need for new and more effective treatments for depression. The results of a recent study show that psilocybin, an active compound found in certain mushrooms, can have a significant ...

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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is mainly characterized by cycles of skin rashes, intense itching, dryness, and skin sensitivity. But this chronic and relapsing condition can come with hidden challenges as ...

Iowa City, IOWA, Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IOWA CITY, IA — High-functioning anxiety is often masked by competence, reliability, and outward success. In his new book, How To Relax Without ...

FOR FIVE years biotech startups have been betting that psychedelic substances could be turned into real medicines. One of them may have hit the jackpot. On February 17th Compass Pathways, a British ...

A single dose of the psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) had a rapid and sustained effect on depressive symptoms in a small trial. DMT – a fast-acting and extremely potent psychedelic found in ...

This is an article about how burnout, especially among the capable and contentious, probably doesn’t look the way you expect it to. I’ll explain the neuroscience of so-called high-functioning burnout ...

Julia Jones also stars in Padraic McKinley’s debut as the lone woman with a group of volatile men on a dangerous gold smuggling expedition through Oregon. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic But grit, ...

High-functioning depression has been increasingly entering mental health discussions in recent years, but it has not yet entered the diagnostic guidelines as a legitimate diagnosis. The term describes ...