Category Archives: National Institute of Mental Health

5 things people with social anxiety disorder want you to know | Med …

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Reversing PTSD with Mindfulness | Live. Breathe. Do Yoga.

By Dorian Martin for Jennyoga The term post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been in the nation's vernacular for a while, thanks to movies such as American Sniper, Saving Private Ryan, Born on the Fourth of July, Forest …

Mouse Study May Offer Clues to Mysteries of Schizophrenia – Health …

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Results of experiments with mice may help shed light on some of the harder-to-treat symptoms of schizophrenia in humans, a new study suggests.

Brain Wiring Changes Might Help Guard Against Bipolar Disorder …

5, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Naturally occurring brain wiring changes might help prevent bipolar disorder in people who have a high genetic risk for the mental illness, a new study suggests. The discovery about these brain …

These Incredible People Are Changing How Isolated Asian Groups …

As well as treating Hmong patients, Lo is conducting research to better understand how mental illness is understood in the community — finding that previous efforts to do so had gotten lost in translation. The few psychiatrists …