Emotional & Mental Health Articles

Down’s syndrome is one of the most common conditions leading to mental disability. New scientific data revealed the molecular mechanism behind this disease. The possibility to develop a cure for Down’s syndrome was demonstrated on experimental animals.

According to a new European study, anorexia is a “socially transmitted” disorder that is more prevalent in France. Women in this area are thinner than average women and an economic analysis from the London School of Economics and Political Science agree.

Serotonin is a small regulatory molecule in the brain which increasingly seems to be involved in many aspects of our behavior. People with some genetic alterations of serotonin regulating system are more prone to depression and suicides.

People prone to alcohol abuse have long been advised to "get out and do something" (other than bar hopping) to get their minds off drinking. A new study finds that getting out for exercise may evern reverse alcohol-related damage to the brain.

"Blessed are the pure in heart," Jesus is said to have told the crowds at the Sea of Galilee. Some modern translators restate this beatitude as "Blessed is the one-track mind." Sometimes a one-track mind is just what you need to find happiness in life.

Pharmaceutical treatment of depression really hasn't made any great strides since the introduction of Prozac (fluoxetine) in the 1990's. An entirely different kind of treatment known as transcranial direct current stimulation, however, offers new hope.

Research reveals that an optimistic attitude leads to better health and longer life. Pessimists can become optimists without resorting to magical thinking or fairy tales.

Video games for kids, and crossword puzzles for adults, may be just what the doctor should have ordered for treating dyslexia and age-related memory loss.

Sometimes women experience all the symptoms of pregnancy even though they aren't pregnant. Sometimes men do, too.

Sometimes multi-tasking is a must. But if you want to think outside the box, you need to be able to focus. A research team at the University of Pennsylvania has found one way to train your brain to do one thing at time, in an innovative fashion.