Psychiatry

The existence of the Higgs boson particle was confirmed, a strong case for human-caused climate change was released and scientists analyzed the oldest-known human DNA

Delaying inevitable pain may not be the best route when it comes to decreasing your anxiety. Christie Nicholson reports

New insights into how selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors work suggest they reverse inhibited nerve regeneration and connectivity that may underlie depression

The hormone has the ability to boost activity in the brain area linked to social behavior and could thus lead to more effective treatment

If you want to catch someone in a lie, you'll raise your odds in the afternoons, as most people are more likely to cheat or lie then as opposed to the morning. Christie Nicholson reports

Researchers have struggled to identify how certain states of mind influence physical health. One biologist thinks he has an answer

This research ethics series uses the story of Dan Markingson’s participation in a clinical trial of anti-psychotic drugs at the University of Minnesota, his suicide 2004 while participating on the study, and subsequent events as a case study in which to explore various aspects of clinical trial conduct.

A common mood-stabilizing drug, valproate, is found to control manic-like behavior induced in mice with an extra copy of a gene called SHANK3

Exposure to a fearful memory while in deep sleep may help reduce the fear. Christie Nicholson reports

2013 MacArthur picks include scientists taking on prosthetics, audio preservation and describing planets beyond our solar system

Mitigating fears during sleep could help to ease anxieties felt when awake

Dennis Hartman, a 47-year-old former business executive for an Illinois gaming company, described the diagnosis he had been given as “major depression disorder with severity of the extreme, social phobia and generalized anxiety disorder,” something he had lived with for more than 30 years.