Credit: CC0 Public Domain Past psychology studies have consistently highlighted the link between adverse and traumatic life events and mental health problems. Better understanding the intricate relationship between stressful life…
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Traditional Mayan practices have long promoted unique levels of family harmony. But what effect is globalization having?
Credit: Carolina Basi from Pexels A new paper in the journal Child Development shows how some aspects of family interaction among Indigenous people in Guatemala have fundamentally shifted with rapid…
Depression rates in LGBTQIA+ students are three times higher than their peers, research suggests
Credit: Stanley Morales from Pexels Findings published in the Journal of American College Health uncover an alarming rise in depression rates among all higher education students in the United States,…
Manipulating astrocytes affects long-term memory, researchers discover
Selective suppression of long-term memory formation through ChR2 photoactivation of amygdala astrocytes. The experiments suggest the presence of parallel processes governing short-term and long-term memory formation, respectively. Credit: Hiroki Yamao,…
Sauna users are happier and sleep better, says Swedish study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who use saunas are happier and have more energy. This is according to a new study, the first of its kind to examine sauna habits…
Healing, spiritual purposes found to drive many veterans’ use of psychedelics
Outcomes of canonical correlation analysis. ***pJournal of Psychoactive Drugs (2024). DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2024.2401977 Most U.S. military veterans who have used psychedelics reported in a recent study that they pursued the substances…
Concussion history linked to 25% higher risk of severe postpartum mental illness
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People with a history of concussion face a 25% higher risk of having severe mental health issues after childbirth, according to a new study from ICES…
Anxious about the election? Psychologists explain how to cope
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Obsessively scrolling through the latest polling averages? Overwhelmed by campaign ads about threats to democracy? Paralyzed with nerves about Election Day and what comes next? You’re…
Addiction treatment found to decrease suicide risk among people with opioid dependence
Crude suicide mortality rates over time, by opioid agonist therapy (OAT) exposure. Credit: Addiction (2024). DOI: 10.1111/add.16680 Treating opioid use disorder significantly lowers the very high rate (eight times the…
Stanford psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” dies at 91
Dr. Philip Zimbardo attends the “The Stanford Prison Experiment” premiere on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in New York. Credit: Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind…
