Psychiatry & Mental Health

College students' insomnia linked more strongly to loneliness than screen time

by Steve Lundeberg,Oregon State UniversityStudent at laptop. Credit: Oregon State UniversityBeing lonely is a bigger hurdle to a good night's sleep for college students than too much time at

Updated on: December 09,2024

College students' insomnia linked more strongly to loneliness than screen time

by Steve Lundeberg,Oregon State UniversityStudent at laptop. Credit: Oregon State UniversityBeing lonely is a bigger hurdle to a good night's sleep for college students than too much time at

Updated on:December 09,2024

Mental ill-health runs in families, but it doesn't have to

Updated on: October 27,2025

Mental ill-health runs in families, but it doesn't have to

Updated on:October 27,2025

Study finds minimal proof that increased surveillance technology benefits mental health wards

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThere is little evidence to support the increasing use of surveillance technologies on inpatient mental health wards, according to a n

Updated on: December 14,2024

Study finds minimal proof that increased surveillance technology benefits mental health wards

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThere is little evidence to support the increasing use of surveillance technologies on inpatient mental health wards, according to a n

Updated on:December 14,2024

Psilocybin provides benefit for people with cancer and major depression, clinical trial reveals

Updated on: July 01,2025

Psilocybin provides benefit for people with cancer and major depression, clinical trial reveals

Updated on:July 01,2025

The brain navigates new spaces by 'flickering' between reality and old mental maps, say scientists

Updated on: October 26,2025

The brain navigates new spaces by 'flickering' between reality and old mental maps, say scientists

Updated on:October 26,2025

Scientists map how plant-based psychedelic affects fear circuits

by Genomic PressPlasticity-promoting mechanisms triggered by dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and β-carboline (BC). (A) DMT and BC-induced increase in cortical plasticity are linked to enhanced BDNF levels, a

Updated on: December 14,2024

Scientists map how plant-based psychedelic affects fear circuits

by Genomic PressPlasticity-promoting mechanisms triggered by dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and β-carboline (BC). (A) DMT and BC-induced increase in cortical plasticity are linked to enhanced BDNF levels, a

Updated on:December 14,2024