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Serotonin system's hidden complexity may reshape understanding of day-to-day decision making
Our lives are filled with binary decisions—choices between one of two alternatives. But what's really happening inside our brains when we engage in this kind of decision making?
Apr 25, 2025
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Brain networks study examines the transition from early to chronic psychosis
Patients in the early stages of psychosis respond to treatments differently than those who have developed a chronic version of the disorder. Understanding the neurobiological changes from early to chronic stages is essential ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Study shows significant increase in mental health diagnoses among publicly insured children
In the first comprehensive investigation into the trends of mental health diagnoses among children with public health insurance, a new study reports the percentage of mental health and neurodevelopmental disorder diagnoses ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Medical debt tied to higher likelihood of forgone mental health care
More than one in seven adults reported carrying medical debt in 2023, and of these, one in three forwent mental health care in the subsequent year, according to a research letter published online April 18 in JAMA Health Forum.
Apr 25, 2025
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US Preventive Services Task Force recommends counseling to prevent perinatal depression
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends counseling for women at increased risk for perinatal depression (PND). This recommendation forms the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online April ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Virtual reality interface design affects users both physically and mentally, study finds
Once seen as a novelty, virtual reality (VR) technology has dramatically improved over the years and is now used widely in fields including health care, manufacturing and training.
Apr 25, 2025
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Brain connectivity study identifies neural mechanisms behind psychosis remission
A study led by Pompeu Fabra University reveals which brain mechanisms allow psychosis to remit. The results of this pioneering research could have important clinical implications for exploring new intervention strategies ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Mice exhibit altruistic rescue behavior linked to oxytocin-driven brain pathways
In a new study, researchers have found that mice can instinctively exhibit rescue-like behavior toward anesthetized conspecifics—without any prior training or external rewards. The study, published in PNAS, offers compelling ...
Apr 24, 2025
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What happens in the brain when your mind blanks
Mind blanking is a common experience with a wide variety of definitions ranging from feeling "drowsy" to "a complete absence of conscious awareness." In an opinion article published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, a team ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Science confirms what an only child already knows: Caregiving alone is tough
Caring for an aging parent is one of life's most meaningful—and challenging—experiences. For adults who grew up as only children, that task often comes without support. No siblings to share the stress, split costs or ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Q&A with psychiatry & psychology expert: 7 strategies to build resiliency
According to Rosean Bishop, Ph.D., Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, Minnesota, resilient people are made, not born. Becoming more resilient is something that can be developed at any age or phase ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Gratitude comes with benefits. A social psychologist explains how to practice it when times are stressful
A lot has been written about gratitude over the past two decades and how we ought to be feeling it. There is advice for journaling and a plethora of purchasing options for gratitude notebooks and diaries. And research has ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Babies follow social cues despite trauma, study finds
Babies living as refugees have some of the same social skills as children with more secure home conditions. This is shown by a new study that researchers from Uppsala University have conducted in cooperation with colleagues ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Study finds an overlap between genes linked to subjective well-being and psychiatric disorders
In psychology, the term subjective well-being (SWB) is used to describe the extent to which different people feel happy and satisfied with their lives. While some studies have found that there is a link between SWB and the ...
Our brains can communicate wordlessly, through our eyes
McGill researchers have demonstrated something long assumed: that glances can transmit information about one's mental state to others without a single word being exchanged. They speculate that this primal ability may have ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Infants as young as 15 months can learn new words for unseen objects
Human language allows us to learn new words for things we've never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in conversations, using clues from the overall context to infer a new word's meaning.
Apr 23, 2025
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Therapist in your pocket: How a smartphone app could transform mental health care
Smartphones may often feel like a source of stress, feeding us an endless stream of bad news and social comparison. But what if they could also be the solution?
Apr 23, 2025
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Sex-specific brain changes reveal how early stress builds resilience in female mice
Early life stress (ELS) can have surprising benefits for female mice, leading to improved emotional regulation and cognitive function. A new study identifies a critical protein, FKBP51, as playing a key role in this adaptive ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Song lyrics can help people process grief and distress, study finds
A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on how people around the world turn to music—specifically its lyrics—as a tool for navigating emotional distress, grief, and isolation during times of crisis.
Apr 23, 2025
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New precision mental health care approach for depression addresses unique patient needs
Depression involves a complex interplay of psychological patterns, biological vulnerabilities and social stressors, making its causes and symptoms highly variable. Equally complex is the treatment of depression, which requires ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Brain connectivity patterns help predict antidepressant response in depression patients
Finding the right antidepressant treatment can be a frustrating, time-consuming process—one that often requires individuals to endure weeks of ineffective medication before trying something new. Now, a new study offers ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Study: Late midlife is a time of less regret and increased acceptance
We get better as we age. That's the general theme of a novel study by a University at Buffalo psychologist who examined narrative self-transcendence in the life stories of a group of late-midlife adults shared over eight ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Study highlights critical diversity gap in psychiatric genomics research
A study led by the Latin American Genomics Consortium (LAGC), a pioneering collaborative network co-founded and co-led by Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, reveals a significant disparity in ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Empathy might be retained in Alzheimer's disease, finds a new study
People with Alzheimer's disease may retain their ability to empathize, despite declines in other social abilities, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Apr 23, 2025
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Beyond the pandemic: The enduring psychological burden on frontline health care workers
A new multi-center study by CUNY SPH doctoral candidate Thinh Vu and colleagues has uncovered significant long-term psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health care workers in Vietnam, underscoring ...
Apr 23, 2025
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