One in four psychiatric patients in Denmark are readmitted and that carries major personal and societal costs. But can we predict who will be readmitted, while others return to everyday life without ...

Over 1 billion people worldwide are living with one or more mental health disorders that affect their mood, thinking processes and behavior, impacting their daily functioning to varying degrees.

Our columnist turned to science to see what happened when she tried to slow her mind.

New research suggests that consistent aerobic exercise can help keep your brain biologically younger. Adults who exercised regularly for a year showed brains that appeared nearly a year younger than ...

More than 30 percent of US adults will develop an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives, and roughly half of those who seek treatment for the most common form — generalized anxiety disorder — ...

Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford Medicine research has shown. In particular, children who struggle with ...

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Authors: Jillian Graham, B.S., and Scott M. Hayes, Ph.D. Human brain. Source: Shawn Day/Unsplash As we age, our brains change, usually becoming smaller due to cell death and degeneration. This can ...

Scientists have uncovered the brain structure that could reveal whether someone is a cold-blooded killer.

“My first thought was: I’m going to die,” Sarah Bradley recalled of the moment she learned about the diagnosis Brain Tumour Research Sarah Bradley, from Somerset in England, learned she had a 1.5-inch ...

Gamers might soon be able to scan their brains using specialized commercial headphones to get midmatch snapshots of mental performance. David Lumb is a managing editor for the mobile team, covering ...