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How Stress May Trigger Psychiatric Disorders - The Link Between Nature and Nuture
For the past three decades stress has been identified as a key contributor in psychiatric disorders. The theory behind this, called the Diathesis (predisposition) - Stress Model, is based on many years of observation that it tends to develop more...
Stress of Maternal Depression Results in Damage to Child's Brain, Shuts Down Stress Hormones
We've covered in the past how high levels of stress that a child experiences when they are in the womb and in young childhood can program and amplify the stress response system of the child's brain so that high levels...
How To Lower the Stress Your Baby Experiences, and Lower the Risk of Mental Illness
Research over the past ten years indicates that ongoing or significant stress experienced by children (during pregnancy, infancy and childhood) can have a significant influence on risk for future mental illnesses (read more here and here). Additionally - studies have...
Mother's Psychological Stress During Pregnancy Further Linked as Schizophrenia Risk Factor for Child
We've covered previously the importance of a low-stress environment during pregnancy and childhood to minimize the risk of mental health problems in the child later in life. Now a new study has come out that further links a mother's high...
Risk for Schizophrenia From Childhood and Adult Infections
Over the past decade there has been increasing numbers of research studies that suggests the infections during pregnancy (influenza, sexually transmitted diseases, etc.) can result in increased risk for developing schizophrenia for the child. Now, new studies are suggesting that...
Mental Health Starts During Pregnancy: Lower Birth Weight Babies Have More Mental Problems
A new research study has confirmed the relationship between low birth weight and the later development of mental health problems. The study, which is published in this month's issue of the journal, Biological Psychiatry, looked at data collected during a...
Influenza Drugs Tamiflu & Relenza Linked to Psychosis & Death in Children & Adults
A little over a year ago, we covered a story about Tamiflu, a drug which is used to treat the flu. At the time we found out that it was causing psychotic symptoms in children prescribed it in Japan. Now...
How Flu During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Child Getting Schizophrenia
Several weeks ago we covered research which demonstrates that if a mother gets the flu during pregnancy it significantly increases the chances of the child later developing schizophrenia. Now a new story featured today in The Washington Post discusses this...
Another Link Between a Virus and Schizophrenia
A new story discusses the connection between schizophrenia and tick-borne encephalitis or TBE. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm responsible for the discovery of this connection believe that it--the link between TBE and schizophrenia--is a substance known as kynurenic...
Flu during Pregnancy link with Schizophrenia Confirmed, Also linked with Autism
As we've reported in the past, the flu (influenza) and other maternal infections (for example sexually transmitted disease) during pregnancy have been linked to a significant increase in the risk of schizophrenia for the child later in life. Today a...
Maternal Depression and Controlling Behavior Cause High Stress for Infants
As we've covered in the past - research is showing that children's brains are very sensitive to stress, and frequent or ongoing stress is very harmful to developing brains - greatly increasing the risk of mental illness for the child...
African Americans Have 200% Higher Risk of Schizophrenia than Caucasian Americans
A recent study suggests that African Americans have a 3 times higher (or 200% greater) likelihood of developing schizophrenia during their lives. The International Journal of Epidemiology states in the study published in a recent issue, that: "The data indicate...
Mental Disorders Account for More Than Half of Hospital Stays for Homeless in Canada
Mental disorders accounted for 52% of acute care hospitalizations among the homeless in 2005-2006 (outside Quebec), according to a new report released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). In addition, the report shows that 35% of visits...
Child and Teen Brains Very Sensitive to Stress, Likely a Key Factor in Mental Illness
New research is showing that the brains of children and adolescent (teens) are much more sensitive to stress than the brains of adults. Chronic stress (or frequent periods of moderate stress) seems to be particularly damaging to these young brains....
Reading Ability Can Protect Brain From Lead Exposure, Brain Disorders
Research studies have shown how children exposed to enriched learning environments when they are young, have lower risk of schizophrenia and other brain disorders later in life. This "cognitive reserve" has also been identified in brain neuroplasticity research that has...
Anxiety, Depression and Stress During Pregnancy Results in Sensitive Children, Mental Health Problems
A new research study out of the University of Rochester Medical School indicates that a mother's mental stress during pregnancy (caused by depression and anxiety) results in a greater risk that infants and toddlers will not sleep well during...
New Understanding of How Flu Virus Exposure During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Schizophrenia in Child
There is a significant amount of research showing an increase risk of schizophrenia for a fetus that is exposed to influenza (the flu virus). This has often been part of the theory for why certain times of the year for...
Chronic Mild Stress During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Brain Disorders in Child
Research into maternal stress during pregnancy has revealed links to increased risk for a long list of brain disorders and diseases for the child - from lower intelligence, to higher rates of autism and ADHD, as well as higher rates...
Post-Pregnancy Psychosis Risk Genes Identified
The BBC reported today that researchers at Cardiff University have helped locate the genes which can make women more vulnerable to severe mental illness (called postpartum psychosis or schizophrenia) just after childbirth. The discovery could lead to new treatments...
SSRI antidepressants do not pose major birth defect risk
Researchers have in the past demonstrated very clearly that depression in mothers during pregnancy and while a child is very young can have negative lifelong impacts in terms of the child's development - increasing the risk of many different...
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