How childhood stress influences gene activity and increases the risk of mental illness

“These findings are an important step towards understanding the biological basis of stress processing and psychiatric disorders”

15-Apr-2024 - Many psychiatric illnesses are related to stress. Negative experiences in childhood can often affect how we deal with stress later in life. But what biological processes are involved? A study recently published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, conducted by researchers at the Central ...

Protective mechanism discovered in the formation of fear memories

Starting points for new therapies

20-Feb-2024 - Researchers at the Central Institute of Mental Health and Heidelberg University have identified a biological mechanism that regulates the strength of the memory of an aversive event. The results of their study offer new starting points for the development of therapies for psychiatric ...

Long-term alcohol use is a potential risk factor for covid 19 complications

Frequent alcohol consumption may lead to an increased risk of corona infection

22-Feb-2023 - Studies from animal models suggest that frequent alcohol consumption may lead to an increased risk of corona infection and present a potential for complications in disease progression. The corona pandemic has been a major challenge for many people. As a result, rates of mental illness have ...

How does the brain in schizophrenia work?

26-Oct-2016 - The brain of people suffering from schizophrenia works differently than those of healthy subjects – but how? Looking for the mechanism behind these differences, researcher from the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim and the University of Philadelphia use brain scans to find new ...

Largest academic-industry collaboration for drug discovery in depression and schizophrenia launched

21-Jan-2010 - An international consortium of scientists, led by H. Lundbeck A/S and King's College London, has launched one of the largest ever research academic-industry collaboration projects to find new methods for the development of drugs for schizophrenia and depression. Novel Methods leading to New ...