Age-associated psychiatric conditions such as depression are thought to be associated, in a significant number of cases, with reduced motivation to engage in effortful activities. This comes as no surprise, since lower levels of motivation also are widely seen in younger people who suffer from depression. In young people, very low motivation is atypical; in older people, it may be part of the normal aging process.

For several years, Robert C.

Decades of research have demonstrated how stress can contribute to a wide variety of diseases and disorders. In the realm of mental health, we know that anxiety disorders, depression, and PTSD, for ex...

Results of a new clinical trial shed light on mechanisms that may give rise to some of the repetitive behaviors experienced in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette’s disorder. The results ...

Teachers, school counselors, and other educational professionals are on the front line of interacting with children with mental health issues and can often be among some of the first people to see tha...

A team of researchers co-led by a three-time BBRF grantee has developed a way to potentially repair the integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the protective membrane that separates the brain fro...

A new study based on data from nearly 1,000 young people, ages 9-13, suggests how the amount of time spent on screens each day—TVs, computers, mobile phones, videogames—impacts depression risk at age ...

In a new paper, researchers co-led by a BBRF grantee demonstrate a computer-based method for analyzing just 5 minutes of recorded speech to help distinguish people with a variety of psychiatric condit...

In a new paper, researchers co-led by a BBRF grantee demonstrate a computer-based method for analyzing just 5 minutes of recorded speech to help distinguish people with a variety of psychiatric condit...

Cognitive behavior and virtual reality therapies for excessive acquisition, difficulty discarding.