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Eliminating sexual violence could reduce teenage mental ill health

The prevalence of serious mental health problems among 17-year-olds could drop by as much as 16.8% for girls and 8.4% for boys if they were not subjected to sexual violence, such as sexual assault and harassment, according to estimates from UCL researchers. The new research, published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, uses information from 9,971 young [...]

Eliminating sexual violence could reduce teenage mental ill health2022-10-06T21:25:10+00:00

Petting dogs engages the social brain, according to neuroimaging

Researchers led by Rahel Marti at the University of Basel in Switzerland report that viewing, feeling, and touching real dogs leads to increasingly higher levels of activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. Published in PLOS ONE on October 5, the study shows that this effect persists after the dogs are no longer present but [...]

Petting dogs engages the social brain, according to neuroimaging2022-10-06T21:26:24+00:00

Schizophrenia may increase dementia risk by 2.5 times

People with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are 2.5 times more likely than those without a psychotic disorder to eventually develop dementia, according to a review of the evidence led by UCL researchers. The new systematic review and meta-analysis, published in Psychological Medicine, found that psychotic disorders may have a stronger link with dementia than other [...]

Schizophrenia may increase dementia risk by 2.5 times2022-10-06T21:11:06+00:00
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