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The average age of the German population is rising. Coupled with the growing labor shortage, these demographic trends pose major challenges for pension systems. According to proposals from the Pension Security…
Economics shapes many aspects of our daily lives, from the prices we pay to the policies governments adopt. Yet many of the ideas taught as universal principles of economics emerged from a narrow historical context and…
A clinician-led response model for people experiencing mental health crises will be rolled out after a man experiencing psychosis went on a stabbing rampage.
People who experience greater hardship throughout their lives may become more susceptible to conspiracy theories when those experiences lead them to see the world as fundamentally unfair, according to new research.
Researchers at New York University's Langone Health checked more than 12,000 people without dementia at 55, including some who have high blood pressure, some with type 2 diabetes and others who smoke ...
Psychology says staying home on weekends isn't antisocial. It may reflect healthy self-care, emotional recovery, stress management, and a personality that values balance over constant socializing.
A 12-week program requiring older adults to read out loud, write by hand, and solve basic math problems for 30 minutes a day resulted in measurable improvements on cognitive tests.
Four in 10 children who attend Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Scotland go on to attend specialist psychiatric services as adults, according to new research. This figure increases for teenagers…
English serves as a primary medium of instruction and a key form of academic capital in Somali higher education. However, students’ attitudes toward English learning are shaped by complex motivational and instructional…
BackgroundAutism intervention research has largely prioritized children and adolescents, with limited guidance for adults. Social virtual environments (SVEs; e.g., VRChat) are widely used by autistic adults for…
The locus coeruleus (LC) is the primary source of noradrenergic (NE) neurons in the central nervous system, with extensive neural projections throughout the brain, serving as a key ascending modulatory center for…
This study examined the effects of aging and bilingualism on neural speech perception in Spanish-English (SE) bilinguals and American English (AE) monolinguals. As the population of bilingual older adults continues to…
BackgroundThe integration of virtual reality (VR) technologies into clinical rehabilitation and diagnostics is rapidly expanding, yet the neurophysiological mechanisms of their influence on spinal motor circuits remain…
PurposeResearch has shown that augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has the potential to function not only as a compensatory communicative strategy, but also as a tool to facilitate language recovery for…
IntroductionMany studies have examined the neural bases of word translation based on the revised hierarchical model (RHM). However, the findings reported thus far, mostly focusing on advanced or elementary…
Graphical AbstractGraphical abstract–Neuroimaging in affective neuroscience.Infographic presenting four interconnected panels describing convergent affective neurocircuitry using brain diagrams, connectivity maps, and…
Disorders of consciousness (DoC) following severe brain injury remain difficult to treat, and effective non-invasive therapeutic options are still limited. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has…
IntroductionNarrow-band gamma (NBG) is an oscillatory activity in the gamma band (60–90 Hz) that has been observed in the subthalamic nucleus (STN), the motor cortex, and, more recently, the globus pallidus internus…
BackgroundSchizophrenia (SCH) or bipolar disorder (BD) patients exhibit a variety of abnormalities in brain network organization and function. More comprehensive characterization of both shared and disease-specific…
BackgroundChildhood emotional abuse (CEA) is a prevalent form of childhood maltreatment (CM) and has been consistently linked to psychological distress and sleep disturbances. However, objective sleep measures and heart…
IntroductionMany patients at risk for suicide do not initiate mental health treatment following referral by a primary care provider. The Collaborative Care Model, an evidence-based approach to integrating mental health…
BackgroundSevere challenging behaviors in autistic adults are difficult to manage in generic psychiatric settings and impose a heavy burden on individuals, families, and services. The Piedmont Region (Italy) established…
Depression remains a major health issue worldwide. Chronic treatment resistant depression, where there is a failure to respond to two or more antidepressant regimens, affects 2.5 percent of the adult population…
ObjectiveCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) has become the leading intervention for insomnia over the past two decades, with well-established efficacy. Yet, no systematic approach exists to rapidly capture…
BackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is highly prevalent during adolescence and is consistently associated with suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SA). Although numerous psychological, social, and…
BackgroundPsychosocial interventions for autistic adults remain limited. This study evaluated the implementation feasibility and potential clinical effectiveness of a manualized group psychotherapy program delivered…
BackgroundDepersonalization can be conceptualized as an emotion regulation mechanism that may emerge in response to prolonged stress and overstimulation. Individuals differ in their tendency to rely on this mechanism…
BackgroundClinical nurses are essential to healthcare, but they experience high rates of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. This study examined the relationships among occupational stressors, sleep problems…
BackgroundSleep disturbances affect 40–80% of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet their concurrent associations with neurobehavioral functioning, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and primary…
Anxiety and depressive disorders impose a heavy global burden. Although sleep disturbances have traditionally been regarded as secondary symptoms of these conditions, converging evidence now implicates circadian rhythm…
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