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Taking screenshots makes you more likely to forget information
Snapping a photo or taking a screenshot to remember something? According to recent cognitive research from Binghamton University's Psychology Department, the practice may make you more likely to forget.
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Video games built for prevention can reduce teen depression
Few parents or teachers are likely to suggest that teenagers could benefit from playing more video games. But a new study suggests that a growing class of educational games may be a highly effective tool for treating and ...
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How childhood trauma may increase vulnerability to apathy
Experiencing trauma in childhood can lead to a lack of motivation and less pleasure from rewards—or anhedonia—later in life. In humans, childhood trauma is linked to changes in the activity of reward-related brain pathways ...
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Intervention program reduces children's anxiety and improves functional ability
A new follow-up study examined the efficacy of the Master Your Worries program developed by the Research Center for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland. It involved 465 Finnish children ages 10–13 who showed ...
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Parent summaries reveal daily strengths and needs in children with autism or ADHD
When children are assessed for autism or ADHD, the focus is on diagnostic criteria and symptoms. However, it is often just as important to gain a clear and coherent picture of how the child functions in everyday life.
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Mental health and peer support: Sometimes online communities can help
The mental health impact of social media—particularly online peer support groups—is unclear. "The scientific literature is contradictory," said Université de Montréal psychology professor Diana Cárdenas. "Some studies have ...
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Autistic people often struggle to tell when they're too hot: 5 ways to help
Recent decades have seen a year-on-year increase in clinical diagnoses of autism. Unfortunately, autism and temperature regulation problems often go hand in hand, especially in summer.
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Wearable smart patch could automatically deliver aid during a fentanyl overdose
A patch smaller than a penny could one day save the lives of people experiencing a fentanyl overdose—even when no one else is there to help. Researchers in Virginia Tech's Department of Biological Systems Engineering have ...
Aug 16, 2026
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How functional neurological disorder is both 'all in your head' and beyond it
By the time many people with functional neurological disorder arrive in our clinic, they have heard the five words "It's all in your head" more times than they can count. They are told their brain scan was normal. Their electroencephalogram, ...
Aug 16, 2026
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PTSD therapy side effects remain rare among children and adolescents, analysis finds
Psychological interventions are effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. But can they also have unwanted side effects? To answer this question, an international research team ...
Aug 16, 2026
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Trouble focusing when upset may signal anxiety and depression symptoms in youth
How a child focuses when upset is far more revealing about their mental health than how they focus when calm, according to FIU psychologists. In a new study published in Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, ...
Aug 16, 2026
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Britain's quarter century: Experts in sex, mental health, nutrition and addiction assess nation's changing well-being
A good way to follow the health of a nation is to glance at what is known as period life expectancy. This calculates how long a person born today would live if the current death rates remained exactly the same for the rest ...
Aug 15, 2026
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States enact emergency orders on kratom while awaiting federal rules
States are moving faster and further than federal regulators to get kratom off store shelves, with some banning the herb outright while a pending federal rule targets only one of its chemicals.
Aug 14, 2026
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Deep brain stimulation strengthens reward signals after one 20-minute session, study finds
A study from Emory University School of Medicine suggests that a single 20-minute session of noninvasive deep brain stimulation, paired with mindful breathing, may strengthen the brain's response to reward and reduce anxiety. ...
Aug 14, 2026
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Quitting alcohol changes the brain and can increase the risk of compulsive drinking—new research in mice
For some, abstaining from alcohol can subsequently increase compulsive drinking. Our research team found that, in abstaining mice, this urge to drink is preceded by changes in the activity of a particular brain region, pointing ...
Aug 14, 2026
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AI is already reaching people in distress, but mental health safeguards lag behind
As AI use gains traction in mental health care, Deakin University researchers have raised the alarm that there are currently no agreed-upon frameworks in place to regulate or guide its application.
Aug 14, 2026
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Yoga can be very helpful for people who have experienced trauma
The experiences people have with yoga are embodied and take place in the here and now. Yoga can offer a different kind of insight than what one gains by thinking and talking about what has happened or might happen, says Kari ...
Aug 14, 2026
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1 in 6 adults in England report persistent loneliness
A large proportion of adults in England report regularly feeling lonely and socially isolated, with some of the highest levels clustered in cities, and the problem worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 14, 2026
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Researchers identify possible marker of suicidal thoughts
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have identified a possible biological marker linked to severe suicidal thoughts. The finding, published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, may also help explain ...
Aug 14, 2026
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Report highlights substance use in young adults in US in 2025
Cannabis use remains high among young adults in the United States, according to a report issued by the University of Michigan.
Aug 14, 2026
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Childhood abuse and neglect linked to later life inflammation, premature birth
Pregnant women with a history of child abuse or neglect experienced increased inflammation when exposed to mild stress compared with women without those experiences, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. ...
Aug 14, 2026
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Why brain imaging struggles to identify psychiatric disorder signatures
For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to determine whether different neuropsychiatric conditions are linked to specific variations in brain structure and neural connections. While past studies identified possible ...
When phones become an escape: Nomophobia tied to heavier social media use during downtime
Smartphones have become an essential part of everyday life. The anxiety or discomfort experienced when people are unable to use their mobile phones or when their phones are not within reach is known as nomophobia in psychology.
Aug 13, 2026
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Severe mental illness linked to preventable physical disease and shorter life span
Being diagnosed with a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can reduce a person's life expectancy by up to 20 years compared with the general population, University of Queensland researchers have ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Food decisions in anorexia engage brain region tied to inflexible habits, study finds
Individuals with anorexia nervosa restrict food intake, sometimes to the point of starvation. Yet a new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience finds that the cognitive machinery they use to make decisions about what ...
Aug 13, 2026
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