The why, when, where, how, and so what of so-called rapidly acting antidepressants
Sanjay Mathew is a professor and vice chair for research at Baylor College of Medicine and director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program. He’s one of the two authors of a recent review paper in t...
6 Sep 20238min
AI-based analysis of social media language predicts addiction treatment dropout at 90 days
In-person treatment for substance use disorders is an incredibly important tool, but there’s a high failure rate — more than 50 percent of people who enter drop out within the first month. There hasn’...
23 Jun 20239min
Oxytocin effects on amygdala reactivity to angry faces in males and females with ASPD
Antisocial personality disorder, or ASPD, is a difficult disorder to study. There have been studies on psychopathic individuals, and on youth with psychopathic traits, but most studies on ASPD to date...
21 Apr 20239min
To dismantle structural racism in science, scientists need to learn how it works
It’s clear there are diversity issues in science, both in terms of who does or doesn’t receive research grants, as well as who is or isn’t represented at the highest levels of scientific research. Whe...
22 Feb 20239min
Low doses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) increase reward-related brain activity
Psychedelic drugs have received attention recently for their potential use as treatments for psychiatric disorders. Single, high doses of LSD have shown promise for treating depressive disorders. But ...
22 Des 20229min
Sex-dependent risk factors for PTSD: a prospective structural MRI study
After a traumatic event, women are more likely to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Research has been conducted on what might be causing this higher rate of diagnoses; for ins...
1 Nov 20229min
Sex differences in appetitive and reactive aggression
Maladaptive aggression, while not a diagnosable neuropsychiatric disorder on its own, often presents as an important comorbid condition with other neuropsychiatric disorders. But while both men and wo...
6 Sep 20229min
What’s wrong with my experiment?: The impact of hidden variables on neuropsychopharmacology research
Sometimes, when researchers are conducting an experiment, the results are confusing. Maybe the control group of animals doesn’t behave the way a control should in theory be behaving. Maybe a researche...
16 Jun 20229min
