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Acetylcholine "conductors" in the striatum directly trigger serotonin release, offering new insights into the origins of OCD and chemical imbalances.

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Marijuana doesn’t help with anxiety, PTSD, depression or other mental health conditions, according to two large, new studies.

A Dutch psychiatrist gave lethal injections to patients with mental suffering, some of them teenagers. Does that make him a hero—or something else?

Scientists have found a particularly interesting way that the brain orchestrates its chemical signaling. A newly invented scientific technique shows, for the first time, how one neurological chemical ...

Recent research has opened the debate on whether chemical imbalances cause depression, anxiety, and other conditions ...

To add to the confusion, other personality disorders have been associated with criminal behavior and serial murder.

How a person will be diagnosed with mental illness could look significantly different in the near future.

Curiosity training is a mindfulness practice used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to address social anxiety. Here's what to expect.

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