Mental HealthAug 18, 2026
How a Washington behavioral health plan fizzled
A state committee met for nearly two years to develop a report on Washington’s behavioral health system. The report seems to have sat on the shelf ever since.
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NeuropsychologyAug 18, 2026
Avoiding These Three Vascular Health Risk Factors in Midlife Can Help You Delay Dementia for About 13 Years, Study Suggests
High blood pressure, diabetes and smoking are three major modifiable risk factors of dementia. New research tracked more than 12,000 participants to quantify how many years of healthy cognitive functi ...
AddictionAug 18, 2026
Why gambling addictions are becoming a problem among younger adults
Smartphones are making gambling more accessible than ever. Here's how to recognize early warning signs of an addiction.
Cognitive PsychologyAug 18, 2026
AI Consciousness and the Cost of Being Wrong
On some questions, waiting for certainty is not caution. It is a bet, quietly placed, on the answer that happens to be cheapest.
Mental HealthAug 18, 2026
Can loneliness raise heart disease risk? Heart surgeon shares 5 habits that he avoids after performing 8,000 surgeries
Certain habits, like stress and loneliness, can affect your long-term health more than you realise. Dr London shares what he avoids after 25 years as a surgeon.
Social PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Psychology says adult loneliness is not always a failure to connect: Why having friends may still leave you feeling lonely and misunderstood
Psychology suggests adult loneliness is not simply about having fewer relationships. Even socially active people can feel lonely when their connections lack emotional closeness, trust or understanding ...
Mental HealthAug 18, 2026
Leal Therapeutics raises $30m to fund schizophrenia and ALS trials
Proceeds from the investment will enable Leal Therapeutics to proceed with an initial data readout from LTX-001.
Forensic PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Psychologist testifies about what Lindsay Clancy said in her call to then-husband from hospital bed. Follow live updates.
The defense began presenting its case by calling the Duxbury woman’s sister and mother to the stand as some of its first witnesses.
Mental HealthAug 18, 2026
Suicide prevention training scheduled for Saturday
Community of Christ Church in Jefferson City will host a suicide prevention training in partnership with Compass Health Network on Saturday.
AddictionAug 18, 2026
New study: Treating opioid misuse with mindfulness therapy could yield savings
A mindfulness treatment created at the University of Utah in recent years has proved to be effective at decreasing opioid misuse. Now, a new economic study found it could also save hundreds of ...
AddictionAug 18, 2026
How the Supreme Court Kicked Off America’s Sports Betting Addiction Crisis
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 made it unlawful to operate state-authorized gambling schemes on sporting events. The handful of states that already operated sports betting ...
Mental HealthAug 18, 2026
Why was depression once blamed on black bile? The 2,500-year-old theory explained
Long before modern psychiatry existed, doctors had a very different explanation for depression. They blamed a bodily fluid called black bile. For roughly 2,500 years, this idea shaped how mental ...
AI & TechnologyAug 18, 2026
Survey finds parents struggle with children’s digital, mental health needs; new centre offers help
Discover how Singapore's DigitallyUs@Marine Parade integrates digital wellness and mental health support to help youths and parents navigate online challenges. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...
Child PsychologyAug 18, 2026
I have ADHD – this is what The Great ADHD Myth gets so wrong
Unfortunately, Channel 4 has broadcast a documentary which I believe will make all these problems worse. The Great ADHD Myth? has psychiatrist and journalist Max Pemberton investigating whether ADHD ...
NeuropsychologyAug 18, 2026
Urban environmental exposure as a factor in adaptive neuromodulation: a conceptual framework
Urban neuromodulation and neurofeedback systems have become increasingly adaptive and closed-loop. However, they still focus primarily on brain signals and often ignore the urban areas where these signals happen. The…
NeuropsychologyAug 18, 2026
When somatic attention creates sensation: a new class of bodily experience
Attention is typically regarded as a modulatory process that amplifies or suppresses existing sensory input. Here we tested whether inward-directed (somatic) attention can instead generate bodily sensations. In a…
NeuropsychologyAug 18, 2026
Functional reorganization of the visual cortex in blindness: a connectivity perspective
Visual deprivation provides a critical model for understanding how sensory experience and developmental constraints shape cortical organization. In blindness, the occipital cortex is recruited for tactile and auditory…
Clinical PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Perceived temporal reorganization during psychiatric hospitalization among people with schizophrenia: a qualitative interview study
BackgroundSchizophrenia involves not only disturbances in thought, perception, and self-experience, but also disruptions in subjective temporality. During psychiatric hospitalization, recovery experiences may involve not…
Clinical PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Adaptation and field testing of an observational assessment tool for autism diagnosis in Western Kenya
BackgroundThe development and implementation of culturally appropriate, easy-to-administer, open-source assessment tools are critical for advancing autism detection and research in low- and middle-income…
Clinical PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Association between perinatal mood and anxiety disorder diagnosis and primary cesarean delivery among national Medicaid enrollees, 2017-2022
BackgroundCesarean deliveries can have an association with adverse maternal health outcomes, yet the relationship between perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD) and cesarean rates among publicly insured populations…
Clinical PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Toward a transdiagnostic modifier for clinically significant loneliness in psychiatry: a conceptual mini review
Loneliness, the feeling that arises from the subjective perception of inadequate social connection, is increasingly recognized as a significant and modifiable determinant of health with effects spanning mental…
Clinical PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Beyond traditional sleeping pills: safety, efficacy and multidisease potential of three approved orexin receptor antagonists
This is a narrative review aiming to summarize the latest research progress of orexin receptor antagonists in insomnia treatment. To review the latest research progress on orexin receptor antagonists in the treatment of…
Clinical PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Administrative criteria in the relapse of depressive disorder: a critical appraisal
BackgroundMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability globally, with high relapse rates. Currently, there is no standardized consensus on administrative criteria for defining relapses in MDD.MethodsA…
Clinical PsychologyAug 18, 2026
Diagnostic classification of children and adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder based on brain functional network characteristics of the dense individualized and common connectivity-based cortical landmark model
ObjectiveTo investigate whether structure-informed functional connectivity patterns derived from the Dense Individualized and Common Connectivity-based Cortical Landmarks (DICCCOL) framework can distinguish children and…
ResearchAug 18, 2026
Measurement properties of Arabic-validated sleep quality instruments: a COSMIN-based systematic review from the BRIDGE Project
BackgroundSleep quality is a multidimensional and inherently subjective construct that plays a fundamental role in physical and mental health. Numerous self-report instruments have been developed to assess subjective…
ResearchAug 18, 2026
The influence of cognitive value and role perception on community residents’ willingness to participate in age-friendly renovations
ObjectiveThis study aims to examine how cognitive value and role perception influence residents’ willingness to participate in age-friendly community renovations, and to test a dual mediation model in which community…
ResearchAug 18, 2026
Building psychological resources for green organizational citizenship behavior: a broaden-and-build perspective on empowerment, environmental passion, and leaders’ emotional intelligence
Green organizational citizenship behavior is essential for translating corporate sustainability strategies into everyday work practices. Although green transformational leadership has been widely examined as an…
ResearchAug 18, 2026
Supervised tele-mental health training in Ecuador during COVID-19: stress and coping among psychology students
ObjectiveTo evaluate perceived stress among senior psychology students delivering supervised tele-mental health services during the COVID-19 emergency in Ecuador, and to identify the coping strategies and contextual…
ResearchAug 18, 2026
Design and implementation of #Talking about School Transitions 5-7; a longitudinal skills-based primary-secondary school transitions curriculum
Primary-secondary school transitions are emotionally demanding, critical periods for two-thirds of children, who report stress and anxiety up to 2 years before and after starting secondary school. Maladjustment is…
ResearchAug 18, 2026
Fear of cancer recurrence among young breast cancer patients: a qualitative study guided by social ecological systems theory
ObjectiveTo explore the experiences and needs related to fear of cancer recurrence among young breast cancer patients from the perspective of Social Ecological Systems Theory.MethodsA descriptive qualitative study design…