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Risk Factors
May 11, 2021
ADHD Common in People with Mood Disorders
In a meta-analysis published in the journal Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica in 2021, researcher Andrea Sandstrom and colleagues reported that people with mood disorders had a three times higher incidence of attention-defici...
Risk Factors
April 24, 2020
Cannabis Use in Adolescence Linked to Depression and Suicidality in Young Adulthood
Photo by Louis Hansel @shotsoflouis on Unsplash -- In a meta-analysis published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry in 2019, researcher Gabriella Gobbi and colleagues analyzed findings from 11 studies including a total of 23,31...
Risk Factors
April 15, 2016
Over-Pruning of Synapses May Explain Schizophrenia
A gene that plays a role in the pruning of synapses has been linked to schizophrenia. The gene encodes an immune protein called complement component 4 (C4), which may mediate the pruning of synapses, the connections betwee...