Positive PsychologyJul 19, 2024
Why We Should Focus on Positive Childhood Experiences
We’ve all heard of “adverse childhood experiences” (ACEs). Psychology has focused a large chunk of research on these ...
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Mental HealthJul 19, 2024
Social anxiety can be limiting. There are ways to get relief.
“I enter a party and feel all eyes on me. My pulse quickens, my face burns and my stomach churns. Everybody must be judging me ...
TraumaJul 18, 2024
All About Trauma Therapy and How It Can Help
Trauma therapy is a broad term that describes a variety of psychotherapy approaches focused on helping you heal from traumatic ...
NeuropsychologyJul 17, 2024
Cognitive Testing: The Facts, Myths, and Value
Neuropsychological assessment, or cognitive testing, is the gold standard tool for measuring cognitive functions (or the ...
Forensic PsychologyJul 17, 2024
Improving identification of human remains using craniofacial superimposition
Researchers propose an improvement in the identification of human remains using craniofacial superimposition. The forensic identification technique is based on the analysis of a skull (post-mortem) and photographs of the…
Cognitive PsychologyJul 17, 2024
Cuttlefish can form false memories, too
During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those pieces must get put back…
Clinical PsychologyJul 17, 2024
Psilocybin generates psychedelic experience by disrupting brain network
Researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological explanation for the…
Family & RelationshipsJul 17, 2024
Behind the Scenes at Lovehoney Group: An Interview With Elisabeth Neumann
When the Sex and Psychology team was in Berlin for our study abroad course earlier this year, we visited the Lovehoney Group for a tour and lecture to learn how sex toys and pleasure products are made. As part of this…
ProfessionJul 17, 2024
A look at the Texas mental health workforce shortage
Texas is in the midst of a mental health workforce shortage. But where is the state short? Today, 246 of Texas’ 254 counties ...
AddictionJul 17, 2024
Research shows protein isoform inhibitors may hold the key to making opioids safer
Researchers have identified a new way to make opioids safer, increasing the pain-relieving properties of opioids while decreasing unwanted side effects through the spinal inhibition of a Heat shock protein 90 isoform.
Mental HealthJul 17, 2024
Youth with conduct disorder show widespread differences in brain structure
The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the brain's outer layer…
PolicyJul 16, 2024
New mental health policy 'saves police officer time'
A new approach to dealing with calls involving mental health concerns is saving police time, one force has said. Under the Right ...
Mental HealthJul 15, 2024
What is the link between anxiety and fatigue?
Anxiety and fatigue can occur together. Anxiety can be a natural response to stress and is sometimes beneficial. However, having ...
School & EducationJul 15, 2024
Oregon college launches remote program to address shortage of school psychologists in rural communities
Portland based higher education institution Lewis & Clark will launch a hybrid option within its school psychology program this ...
Mental HealthJul 13, 2024
Researchers discover a new neural biomarker for OCD
A recent study has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker to accurately predict and monitor the clinical status of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who have undergone deep…
Clinical PsychologyJul 12, 2024
OCD Treatments
Jul. 12—Today's article is about a new generation of treatments for a disorder called OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
PolicyJul 12, 2024
WHO launches unique training course to enable parliamentarians in global health security
The World Health Organization has released "The Role of Parliaments and Parliamentarians in Strengthening Health Security Preparedness", an online training course. This essential resource aims to equip parliamentarians…
Mental HealthJul 11, 2024
Behavioral health commission proposes $2.5 million for rural and frontier Montana counties
Plans for a pilot program to fund locally led behavioral health solutions in rural and frontier communities move to Gov. Greg Gianforte for approval.
Cognitive PsychologyJul 11, 2024
Why consciousness may have evolved to benefit society rather than individuals
Why did the experience of consciousness evolve from our underlying brain physiology? Despite being a vibrant area of neuroscience ...
Clinical PsychologyJul 10, 2024
Researchers pinpoint brain cells that delay first bite of food
Do you grab a fork and take a first bite of cake, or say no and walk away? Our motivation to eat is driven by a complex web of cells in the brain that use signals from within the body, as well as sensory information…
AI & TechnologyJul 10, 2024
A new material derived from graphene improves the performance of neuroprostheses
Neuroprostheses allow the nervous system of a patient who has suffered an injury to connect with mechanical devices that replace paralyzed or amputated limbs. A study demonstrates in animal models how EGNITE, a…
Mental HealthJul 10, 2024
New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder
A potential new treatment for bipolar disorder (BP) that significantly shortens treatment time has emerged, following a randomized clinical trial using accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (aiTBS). While…
NeuropsychologyJul 10, 2024
Molecular atlas of blood vessel pathways in the human brain, across early brain development, adulthood and disease
Researchers have built the first-ever molecular atlas of the human brain vasculature at single-cell resolution, spanning from early development to adulthood and through disease stages such as brain tumors and brain…
Panic disorderJul 10, 2024
Mental Disorders: News and Research on Panic Disorder
Los Angeles County public schools are rolling out an ambitious effort to offer free mental health services to their 1.3 million K ...
Family & RelationshipsJul 10, 2024
The ‘Gay Ear’ and the History of Queer Signaling
Today, we’re going to dive in and answer a question that a listener sent in about queer signaling. They asked: “I watched a sitcom the other day (Two and a Half Men) and in it a male character had his right ear pierced…
PolicyJul 10, 2024
Policy Research Unit in Healthy Weight
The Healthy Weight Policy Research Unit (HWPRU) aims to deliver the evidence needed to help the government develop and implement ...
Mental HealthJul 10, 2024
Addressing behavioral health resources and costs in Ohio
Like many in the U.S., Ohioans are experiencing a historic shortage of behavioral healthcare resources. But population health ...
NeuropsychologyJul 9, 2024
Study points at novel approach to treat Group 3 medulloblastoma
A team of researchers has identified and located a population of stem-like cells that initiates and maintains Group 3 medulloblastoma (Gr3-MB) in the developing brain. Gr3-MB is one of the most aggressive forms of brain…
AddictionJul 9, 2024
Brain neurotransmitter receptor antagonist found to prevent opioid addiction in mice
New research has found a drug that treats insomnia works to prevent the addictive effects of the morphine opioids in mice while still providing effective pain relief.
ResearchJul 8, 2024
Combating the Misuse of Evolutionary Psychology Research
There has been recent discussion within evolutionary psychology circles about the misuse of evolutionary psychological research ...