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- Alone with violence – when both perpetrator and society silence the victim2025-04-01
Women subjected to domestic violence and abuse are often isolated. Their loneliness results not just from the manipulation and violence of the perpetrator, but also from the lack of response from the …
- New insights into women’s mental health2024-11-19
In 2020, the Women’s Mental Health during the Reproductive Lifespan centre (WOMHER) was established to raise awareness about women’s mental health. An interdisciplinary research school was started at …
- In search of new treatments for mental illness2024-10-16
Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a recommended treatment option for depression. Robert Bodén is now going to evaluate whether the method is also effective against voice hallucinations, depression …
- "It’s as if the brain is running in too low a gear"2024-10-16
What actually happens in the brain in cases of depression? Relatively unknown brain cells – “astrocytes” – are believed to play an important role. At the Uppsala Biomedical Centre lab researchers are …
- “The goal is to identify those who might need help at an early stage”2024-09-16
What is the real state of mental health among young people in Sweden? Researchers will now try and find out by examining patterns and variations in young people’s mental health over time in a large …
- New treatment could speed up recovery from exhaustion disorder2024-08-20
Are rest and relaxation exercises the best treatment for patients diagnosed with stress-induced exhaustion disorder? Not according to psychologist Jakob Clason van de Leur. He is now receiving SEK 4 …
- Treatment of stress-induced exhaustion disorder has wrong focus2024-06-17
A new thesis at Uppsala University questions the traditional view of stress-induced exhaustion disorder. A new model is proposed in its place that puts more focus on meaningfulness rather than …
- Death and grief in Swedish children’s books2024-02-27
Death is blue, or a flying animal. This is how death is most commonly illustrated in Swedish children’s literature, according to a new study from Uppsala University based on analyses of 62 books. Just …
- When food smells disgusting2024-01-22
All of a sudden, your usual food has an indefinable burnt smell or a stench that in some cases resembles faeces. This is the reality for some of the patients affected by smell distortion after …
- Genes influence whether infants prefer to look at faces2023-11-28
Whether infants at five months of age look mostly at faces or non-social objects such as cars or mobile phones is largely determined by genes. This has now been demonstrated by researchers at Uppsala …
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