Mental HealthAug 5, 2025
CDC Launches New Campaign to Address Youth Substance Use and Mental Health
CDC launches Free Mind campaign providing teens with resources about substance use and mental health
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AddictionAug 5, 2025
Treating Anorexia or Bulimia Nervosa and Substance Use Disorders
At least half of everyone with eating disorders abuses alcohol or illicit drugs, five times more than people without eating disorders ...
School & EducationAug 5, 2025
How to talk about bullying, support your child's mental health this school year
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As families across central Ohio prepare for the back-to-school season, mental health experts are encouraging ...
Child PsychologyAug 5, 2025
Johns Hopkins scientists grow a mini human brain that lights up and connects like the real thing
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have grown a first-of-its-kind organoid mimicking an entire human brain, complete with rudimentary blood vessels and neural activity. This new "multi-region brain organoid" connects different…
Social PsychologyAug 5, 2025
Alzheimer’s risk may start at the brain’s border, not inside it
Your brain has its own elite defense team — and new research shows these "guardian" cells might be the real battleground for neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and stroke. Scientists discovered that most genetic…
Nursing homesAug 4, 2025
Fledgling federal behavioral health program for nursing homes to shutter
A three-year-old federal behavioral health resource for nursing homes that has seen demand for services double each year will be ...
TraumaAug 4, 2025
IDF reservists seeking trauma treatment up 1000%, unit cmdr. tells 'Post'
The amount of reservists seeking treatment for trauma jumped from 270 per year to around 3,000, according to IDF Lt.-Col.
AdolescentsAug 4, 2025
How Different Kinds of Screen Use Affect Adolescents' Mental Health
Ever since the advent of smartphones and social media, psychologists have been fretting about the potential adverse effects of ...
Family-systems therapyAug 3, 2025
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Psychologists and Therapists in Hobart, TAS
As a certified Trauma informed stabilisation treatment (TIST) practitioner, I draw on Internal Family Systems, Sensorimotor ...
Mental HealthAug 3, 2025
This new drug could help PTSD patients finally let go of trauma
Researchers discovered that PTSD may be driven by excess GABA from astrocytes, not neurons. This chemical imbalance disrupts the brain’s ability to forget fear. A new drug, KDS2010, reverses this effect in mice and is…
NeuropsychologyAug 3, 2025
Weight loss drug Ozempic could protect the brain from stroke
Could popular diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic actually protect your brain from stroke damage, or prevent strokes altogether? Three new studies presented at a major neurosurgery conference suggest they might.
Mental HealthAug 3, 2025
My client was too insane to execute – but not to leave death row | Opinion
Scott Panetti, whose Supreme Court case protects the seriously mentally ill from execution, died of natural causes on death row ...
Clinical PsychologyAug 3, 2025
Can Psychedelic Therapy Go Mainstream?
Research shows that psychedelics can help with a range of mental health conditions, like PTSD and depression. So why can't you ...
Suicide-risk assessmentAug 3, 2025
Chronic pain must be part of suicide risk assessment, experts say
In many parts of India, people live with chronic pain and often present it to doctors as a physical symptom for a medical solution.
Somatic symptom disorderAug 1, 2025
Somatic Symptom Disorders in Primary Care articles from across Nature Portfolio
Medically unexplained oral symptoms (MUOS) are frequently associated with psychosocial factors. Although most affected ...
NeuropsychologyAug 1, 2025
Common Questions About the FDA-Approved Alzheimer’s Blood Test
Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating condition that affects more than 7 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s ...
Burnout preventionAug 1, 2025
Addressing Burnout in Health Care
I recently had the pleasure of presenting at an event for health care HR leaders in New York City. To prepare, I did a rapid ...
Clinical PsychologyAug 1, 2025
Narcissistic No More: How Personality Disorders Are Being Redefined
HAMBURG — What is “normal” and what isn’t? This question is constantly being renegotiated in psychology. And sometimes ...
Law-enforcement personnelAug 1, 2025
Wellness Survey Seeks Insight from Public Safety Personnel on Mental Health Challenges and Support
Approximately five years ago, a multi-disciplinary team of federal and local law enforcement professionals, psychologists, and ...
AddictionAug 1, 2025
Polysubstance Use Disorder: What to Know
Polysubstance use disorder is a mental health condition in which someone uses more than one substance at the same time or within ...
NeuropsychologyJul 31, 2025
Neuroscience: Now What?
Neuroscience is a field of study that integrates psychology, biology, engineering and chemistry to investigate the nervous system ...
Sport & PerformanceJul 31, 2025
Echavarría’s Sports Psychologist Has This Advice for Golfers
In a brief but powerful moment, PGA Tour pro Nicolás Echavarría shared advice from his sports psychologist that cut deeper than ...
Capacity evaluationJul 31, 2025
Enhancing Capacity in School Mental Health
The School Mental Health Undergraduate Internship is a school mental health liaison role to help connect students and families to ...
Diversity & CultureJul 31, 2025
Helping Faith Communities Improve the Well-Being of LGBTQ Youth
As multiple studies demonstrate, LGBTQ youth are at significantly increased risk for mental health, substance use, economic, and ...
Medical necessityJul 31, 2025
Study highlights psychological factors in cardiovascular health
Research from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine highlights a strong connection between ...
Language accessJul 31, 2025
Ga. ranks low in mental health care access and language barriers are growing
In “A Mind That Found Itself” (1908), mental-health reformer and founder of Mental Health America Clifford W. Beers ...
Licensure preparationJul 31, 2025
Op-Ed: Licensure compact can help change mental health care
More than a million New Jerseyans are experiencing a mental health condition, and many of them are children. Each year, nearly ...
Social MediaJul 30, 2025
Teens’ addictive use of social media affects mental health
Most teenagers have 24/7 access to a popular drug. They are high off it for hours a day and carry it in their pockets everywhere ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJul 30, 2025
What Fitness Apps Know About You and Why Health Data Privacy Matters
Fitness apps have become an essential tool for millions of people seeking to monitor their health, exercise routines, sleep ...
Family & RelationshipsJul 30, 2025
Why We Share (And Hide) Our Sexual Fantasies
We’ve discussed sexual fantasies on the blog several times before, including the most common fantasies, how fantasies differ across cultures, and to how to share your fantasies with a partner. One topic we haven’t yet…