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Category: Mental health

Attention or distraction: does focus change the body’s inflammatory response?

I hate being ill. When I have flu, a stomach ache or one of those vague “something is coming on” feelings, I become remarkably good at looking away. Netflix goes on. I scroll. I take something for the headache. Anything, really, except sitting with the unpleasant sensation itself. Distraction can be a kindness. Turning attention away from pain or itch often...

How Stressful Life...

A new study suggests that adolescents who experience more negative life events are more likely to develop depressive symptoms, with girls showing particularly...

Personality, not cognition,...

Over the last two decades, research into psychedelic and cannabinoid-based treatments for mental health disorders has rapidly expanded. Classical psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin and DMT)...

Teen Cannabis Use...

A large new study suggests that teenagers who use cannabis may be more likely to develop serious mental health conditions in early adulthood,...

More Than One...

A new report from England’s Children’s Commissioner has revealed that more than one million children were referred to mental health services in the...