Researchers from Warwick Medical School found that adolescent cannabis use is an independent risk factor for future hypomania – periods of elated mood, over-active and excited behaviour, and reduced need for sleep that are often experienced as part of bipolar disorder, and have a significant impact on day-to-day life.
New research suggests that both good and bad moods can be ‘picked up’ from friends, but depression can’t. A team led by the University of Warwick has examined whether friends’ moods can affect an individual therefore implying that moods may spread across friendship networks.
Children sleep more poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms – potentially affecting their mental wellbeing and development.
Researchers have found that a previously overlooked part of a specific gene fusion has a worsening effect on cancer cells.
