List of articles on mental illness
Experiences of children with parents with mental illness, consultation status at school, Osaka University, etc. announce survey results
The number of people with mental illness in Japan (400 million or more) is on the rise, and support for children as well as parents is needed.Masako Kageyama, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Osaka University […]
Meiji University opens "Children's Heart Clinic" on Surugadai Campus
The Meiji University Psychiatric Clinical Center opened the "Meiji University Children's Heart Clinic" on the Surugadai Campus on January 2021, 15 (Friday) […]
Progress in understanding winter depression What is the mechanism that causes depression-like behavior in winter medaka?
In areas where daylight hours are short in winter, about 1% of people develop "winter depression".On the other hand, not only humans but also animals suffer from depression in winter […]
Neural circuit of "mind-body correlation" that connects the mind and body Nagoya University elucidates
From the cerebral cortex, which processes psychology and emotions, to the hypothalamus, which regulates the body, the "neurotransmission pathway of psychosomatic correlation" that transmits stress signals in the brain is Nagoya […]
Development of support programs for families of hikikomori such as Kyushu University
Takahiro Kato, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Kyushu University Hospital, Professor Shigenobu Kanba of Kyushu University, Fukuoka City Mental Health and Welfare Center, Miyazaki University, Iwate Medical University […]
Will it lead to therapeutic drugs for drug addiction? Nagoya University elucidates new mechanism
A research group led by Professor Kozo Kaibuchi and Assistant Professor Yasuhiro Funabashi of Nagoya University has been rewarded with dopamine that causes emotions such as "pleasure" and "motivation" […]
Does biomedical knowledge increase discrimination and prejudice against mental illness? Follow-up by the University of Tokyo and others
It has been believed that biomedical knowledge does not reduce or increase discrimination and prejudice against mental illness, but the Graduate School and College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo […]
Keio University Discovers New Nucleus Where Multiple Monoamines in the Brain Accumulate
A research group led by Yuuki Sugiura, a full-time lecturer at Keio University, has improved the accuracy of mass spectrometric imaging technology and is responsible for the regulation of emotions and behaviors […]
Discovered nerve cell abnormalities common to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia Keio University, etc.
Studies using iPS cells from patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia have found abnormalities in neuronal morphology common to both diseases […]
The salivary glands are organs that affect the brain, and Kanagawa Dental University discovered the anxiolytic effect of substances in saliva.
A research group led by Professor Keiichi Tsuki of Kanagawa Dental University has collaborated with Tsurumi University and Tokyo Medical University to produce proteins in the salivary glands […].