Minneapolis St. Paul Mental Health Blog

Children whose mothers were frequent cell phone users during pregnancy...

were more likely than those of less frequent users to be hyperactive, a new study finds.

Mental Health includes eating the right foods in the right amounts to give your body the best opportunity to being healthy. Here a study takes a look at diet and depression.

Mental Health | Many patients experience ongoing issues with nightmares or night terrors.

Most of us have had a nightmare — a dream that wakes us feeling afraid or anxious. Many patients experience ongoing issues with frightening dreams, which we call nightmare disorder.

Mental Health Studies | A new study has identified a brain marker for vulnerability to psychosis in late adolescence.

Investigators discovered an exaggerated emotional response from the brain to non-threatening and non-emotional cues predicts the emergence of the first signs of psychotic symptoms.

The results are consistent with hypotheses about how psychosis develops.

It's often difficult for doctors to tell the difference between depression and schizophrenia, especially early on. Now, researchers say they're on the trail...

Treating PTSD | A common antibiotic called doxycycline can disrupt the formation of negative thoughts and fears in the brain and may prove useful in treating or preventing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to research by British and Swiss scientists.

Mental Health Help | When we are stressed out, the fix isn’t easy, however avoidance isn’t the answer either.

The latest study is using hair to measure long-term levels of the stress hormone cortisol, UK researchers confirm the link between chronic stress and packing on pounds, as well as difficulty shedding excess weight.

Does the use of B vitamins increase the outcomes for those with Schizophrenia?

Supplementation with L-methylfolate produced positive physiological changes and some symptom improvement in patients with schizophrenia, researchers found in a study published online in Molecular Psychiatry.

L-methylfolate is the fully reduced and bioactive form of folate.

B vitamins play an essential role in cellular metabolism, including transmethylation and oxidation/reduction reactions. Low blood levels of B vitamins are a relatively consistent finding in patients with schizophrenia.

Each of us has a complex collection of bacteria living in our guts, and it is up to us individually to feed ourselves well.

Mental Health Update | A new study links heavy use of alcohol and marijuana to lower grades among college students.

Substance abuse has long been tied to poor achievement, worse graduation rates and difficulties finding and keeping good jobs.