Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham has identified a unique brain network that links varied patterns of brain atrophy, or shrinkage, associated…
Tag: Psychology & Psychiatry
South Africa now has treatment guidelines
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Mothers and pregnant women suffer from high levels of mental health problems in South Africa About one in three women in the country experience depression and/or…
Researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others
Holistic view of hierarchical processing in episodic memory. A) Proposed hierarchy of episodic memory content processing from neocortex to hippocampus, incorporating the why as context. Adapted and expanded from Eichenbaum…
Why children play the same game or watch the same show over (and over) again
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s a familiar feeling for many parents. No matter what you suggest, your pre-schooler just wants to watch that episode of Bluey again, never mind that…
AI can predict involuntary admissions and pave way for prevention in psychiatric services
Model performance of the XGBoost model in the test set. (a) Receiver operating characteristics curve. AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristics curve. (b) Confusion matrix. PPR, positive predictive rate;…
3 reasons why kids stick Lego up their nose
Credit: Anete Lusina from Pexels Children, especially toddlers and preschoolers, have an uncanny ability to surprise adults. And one of the more alarming discoveries parents can make is their child…
Men who conform to traditional gender roles are at a higher risk of suicide, finds study
Latent profile-derived subgroups of men conforming to traditional masculinity ideologies. Credit: Heliyon (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39094 Men commit suicide much more often than women. Those who want to live up to…
Trauma care and mental health interventions training can help family physicians prepare for times of war
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In wars and conflict, family physicians are frequently called on to serve in expanded roles and are witnesses to the enormous mental and physical suffering of…
Large-scale genetic study identifies 14 genes linked to neuroticism
Study overview. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-02045-w Neuroticism is a key personality trait described by well-established psychological theories, associated with a tendency towards emotional instability and negative emotions.…
Exploring how stressful life events affect internalizing and externalizing symptoms of psychopathology in childhood
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…
