When conventional non-invasive treatments for psychiatric diseases fail, clinicians inevitably have to consider brain surgery. However, brain surgery for psychiatric diseases has long been taboo among the general public due ...
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Higher emotional intelligence is linked to more emoji use with friends, while avoidant attachment is associated with less emoji use with friends and dating or romantic partners, according to a study published December 4, ...
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Some people bounce back from trauma, but others get caught in depressive loops that sap the joy from their lives. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco are learning how the brain creates these divergent experiences. They hope ...
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A study published in October 2024 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry found that brain volume changes correlate with social behavior differences in psychiatric conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.
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Schizophrenia, which is characterized by positive symptoms (e.g., hallucinations and delusions), negative symptoms (diminished emotional expressions or avolition), and cognitive impairments (attention deficits and poor learning ...
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Patients with frontotemporal dementia often lack the ability to empathize. A study at Karolinska Institutet has now shown that these patients do not show the same brain activity as healthy individuals when they witness the ...
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Voice experiments in people with epilepsy have helped trace the circuit of electrical signals in the brain that allow its hearing center to sort out background sounds from their own voices.
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People who are credulous are less capable of recognizing fake news, and along with mistrustful adults, are more susceptible to conspiracy thinking and vaccine hesitancy, according to a study published December 4, 2024, in ...
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Misokinesia, a term describing the intolerance of others' fidgeting and repetitive body movements, has been shown to cause significant distress for those affected by it. According to a qualitative study appearing in PLOS ...
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Access to psychotherapy has risen substantially among U.S. adults with mild to moderate distress since 2018, according to a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry ...
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