Biological Psychiatry Press Releases
Heavy drinking in young adults tied to endocannabinoid pathway
January 18, 2023
Do the negative ways that others treat us contribute to later self-harm?
January 5, 2023
New support for a serotonin deficit in depression
December 15, 2022
Racism takes its toll on brain and body
December 13, 2022
New insights into lithium’s effectiveness for bipolar disorder
October 18, 2022
Timely interventions for depression might lower the future risk of dementia
October 17, 2022
Study identifies new links between REM sleep disturbances and drug relapse
July 26, 2022
Statins may provide protection against depression
May 17, 2022
Alzheimer’s pathology, not cognitive decline, drives neuropsychiatric symptoms
March 16, 2022
Depression and Alzheimer’s disease share genetic roots
February 17, 2022
Microglial methylation “landscape” in human brain
December 28, 2021
Addiction relapse driven by drug-seeking habit, not just drug
December 17, 2021
Abnormal brain changes over time with bipolar disorder
November 2, 2021
Synaptic dysfunction in schizophrenia
September 23, 2021
Mapping the brain circuitry of spirituality
August 31, 2021
Brain gene expression patterns altered by chronic opioid use
August 10, 2021
Antidepressants safe during pregnancy
June 24, 2021
Leptin puts the brakes on eating via novel neurocircuit
April 6, 2021
Rare mutations may have big impact on schizophrenia pathology
March 9, 2021
Noninvasive brain stimulation rescues cocaine-induced inflexibility in rats
February 16, 2021
Highly specific synaptic plasticity in addiction
January 26, 2021
For first-episode psychosis with NMDA blood antibodies, conventional treatment may be best course
December 17, 2020
Subtle inflammation in-utero contributes to mental health risks
December 15, 2020
"Goldilocks" neonatal immune response may protect against autism
November 10, 2020
Astrocytes build synapses after cocaine use in mice
October 15, 2020
Amyloid deposits not associated with depression in the elderly
September 23, 2020
Autistic people’s nerve cells differ before birth
August 24, 2020
Brain structural elements in psychiatric disorders
July 7, 2020
Chronic inflammation in pregnancy linked to childhood neurodevelopmental delays
February 25, 2020
Mood disorders on genetic spectrum
February 4, 2020
Genetics contributes to mental health risks in adoptees
January 29, 2020
Risk of psychotic disorders has disease-specific brain effects
August 20, 2019
Kappa opioid receptor influences naltrexone’s effects on drinking alcohol
August 6, 2019
Treatment targeted at a genetic mutation relieves psychosis symptoms
July 3, 2019
GWAS identifies new risk loci for harmful alcohol use
May 28, 2019
Anti-stress brain chemical is related to PTSD resilience after trauma
April 30, 2019
Advanced paternal age increases risk of early-onset schizophrenia in offspring
March 26, 2019
Deep brain stimulation sites for OCD target distinct symptoms
March 7, 2019
Menstrual cycle phase influences cocaine craving
March 5, 2019
Normal brain aging patterns occur at a faster rate in people with psychosis
February 7, 2019
BDNF–VEGF interplay key to rapid antidepressant actions
January 31, 2019
Copy number variants contribute to risk of “schizophrenia-like” bipolar disorder subtype
January 24, 2019
Epigenetics contribute to male and female differences in fear memory
January 17, 2019
Disrupted networks link overlapping cognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders
January 3, 2019
Researchers identify widespread brain alterations in children with callousness
December 13, 2018
Alterations in brain networks explain why some children are resilient to maltreatment
December 6, 2018
Eliminating microglia prevents heightened immune sensitivity after stress
December 4, 2018
Children who experience violence early in life develop faster
October 31, 2018
Researchers use brain cells in a dish to study genetic origins of schizophrenia
October 16, 2018
Cocaine addiction traced to increase in number of orexin neurons
September 12, 2018
Stress during pregnancy increases risk of mood disorders for female offspring
August 16, 2018
Male tobacco smokers have brain-wide reduction of CB1 receptors
August 15, 2018
Study identifies distinct origin of ADHD in children with history of brain injury
August 13, 2018
Childhood adversity increases susceptibility to addiction via immune response
July 17, 2018
Cocaine use alters gene expression in brain reward circuits
May 31, 2018
Prevalence of eating disorders taken from largest sample in the United States
May 30, 2018
Brain abnormality indicates general risk for mental illness
May 17, 2018
A new mechanism for neurodegeneration in a form of dementia
May 8, 2018
Parent-child communication in childhood enhances brain development and protects against harmful health behaviors in adulthood
May 3, 2018
Men and women have opposite genetic alterations in depression
March 13, 2018
Air pollution linked to brain alterations and cognitive impairment in children
March 8, 2018
New method extracts valuable information on psychiatric symptoms from electronic health records
February 26, 2018
GWAS identifies genetic alteration associated with opioid dependence
February 22, 2018
Male susceptibility to autism linked to male hormones in early-stage brain development
February 7, 2018
Food preservative enhances schizophrenia treatment
February 1, 2018
Postmortem schizophrenia study identifies shifts in patterns of glutamate and GABA in visuospatial working memory network
January 18, 2018
Study identifies brain circuit controlling social behavior
January 11, 2018
Family study emphasizes distinct origins for bipolar disorder subtypes
January 10, 2018
