Brain Defect Could Predict Onset of Schizophrenia News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthSeptember 15, 2009In the first functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of its kind, neurologists and psychiatrists at Columbia University have identified an area of the brain involved in the earliest stages of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. Activity in this specific region of the hippocampus may help predict the onset of the disease, offering opportunities for…
Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Abuse May Be More Common Than We Think News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthSeptember 15, 2009A new study finds that anxiety, depression, and substance abuse may be twice as high in as the mental health community has been led to believe, due to the vast amount of people who don’t report or aren’t asked about their problems.