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Parents who struggle to identify emotions may face higher burnout, alexithymia study finds

Researchers at the Institute of Psychology at the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw report associations between alexithymia and parental burnout and sex-specific differences.

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Coordinated brain network activity during emotional arousal may explain vivid, lasting memories

Past psychology studies suggest that people tend to remember emotional events, such as their wedding, the birth of a child or traumatic experiences, more vividly than neutral events, such as a routine professional meeting. ...

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Lower vitamin D consistently linked with higher depression in adults

Researchers report in a study, published in Biomolecules and Biomedicine, that lower blood levels of vitamin D are consistently linked with higher rates of depression in adults—especially when 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH)D] ...

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The shortcomings of AI responses to mental health crises

Can you imagine someone in a mental health crisis—instead of calling a helpline—typing their desperate thoughts into an app window? This is happening more and more often in a world dominated by artificial intelligence. ...

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Brain pathway may fuel both aggression and self-harm

Aggression and self-harm often co-occur in individuals with a history of early-life trauma—a connection that has largely been documented by self-reporting in research and clinical settings. Adding to this connection, individuals ...

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Urban living linked to chronic stress epidemic in modern humans

Chronic stress is on the rise—the result of an evolutionary mismatch that our bodies and brains, adapted over hundreds of thousands of years to hunter-gatherer conditions, are experiencing in industrialized, urbanized environments, ...

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AI detects suicide risk missed by standard assessments

Researchers at Touro University have found that an AI tool identified suicide risk that standard diagnostic tools missed. The study, published in the Journal of Personality Assessment, provides evidence that large language ...

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Can you treat a narcissist?

Perhaps you know someone who always deflects blame onto you. Someone who smirks when caught in a lie, who twists your words until you're apologizing for their mistakes. And over time, you may start to wonder, can someone ...

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Reducing the barriers that cause young people to quit sports

As much as 80% of young people from the lowest social levels drop out of sports during adolescence. "Two-thirds from the highest socio-economic class drop out, three-quarters from the middle class, while from the lowest class, ...

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Why religious groups are pushing for psychedelics as sacrament

Texas passed a landmark law in June 2025, supported by former Gov. Rick Perry, that allocates US$50 million to support research on ibogaine, one of the most powerful psychedelics, for treating opioid addiction and treatment-resistant ...

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Mouse neurons that identify friends in need and friends indeed

A special set of neurons directs mice's attention to or away from their peers, depending on the situation. The Kobe University discovery has implications for finding causes for neuropsychiatric conditions such as autism spectrum ...

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People with schizophrenia have higher risk of COPD, study says

People with schizophrenia are more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), suggesting a possible syndemic relationship between the two diseases, in addition to people not seeking appropriate medical ...

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Neural activity linked to self-preoccupied thinking

People tend to be self-preoccupied. Self-interest is good when it ensures that one's needs are met, but it can also be maladaptive; research shows that the tendency to self-focus promotes the occurrence of depression and ...