Forensic PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Stephenson County forms team to prevent lethal violence
Stephenson County launched a new team to review high risk domestic violence cases and prevent lethal assaults.
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NeuropsychologyJul 28, 2026
Dementia finally has a business model
The big takeaway from the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London is an economic message: Dementia finally has a business model, writes Jason Karlawish.
AI & TechnologyJul 28, 2026
AI-powered digital friends, the new threat to teenagers’ mental health
Psychologists warn that young people are increasingly turning to tools like ChatGPT for emotional support, a practice they consider highly dangerous ...
Positive PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Compassionate Capacity as a Salutogenic Resource: Psychological Mechanisms, Resilience, and Well-Being in Healthcare Systems
Compassion and self-compassion are increasingly recognized not only as trainable competencies but as psychological resources that actively promote health, ...
Mental HealthJul 28, 2026
Is academic stress overwhelming your child? How to spot red flags and offer real support
Experts warn that high academic pressure backfires on student learning, revealing key warning signs parents must watch for to protect their child's mental health.
Mental HealthJul 28, 2026
Data shows some psychiatric patients wait days in the ER for a hospital admission. Why?
A patient in Alberta waited 16 days in an emergency department for a psychiatric hospital admission last year. Another in British Columbia waited just over nine days. These cases are extreme outliers, ...
Child PsychologyJul 28, 2026
FDA Approves First-in-Class Triple Reuptake Inhibitor for ADHD
The U.S. FDA has approved centanafadine (Simtriyo), the first oral triple reuptake inhibitor for the treatment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The once-daily ...
Mental HealthJul 28, 2026
Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center Highlights Crisis Response Services
At the July 21 meeting of the Houston County Board of Commissioners, Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center (HVMHC) Mobile Crisis Response Program Lead Dina Robinson and Crisis Response Practitioner ...
Mental HealthJul 28, 2026
Grief goes global on screen as first-of-its-kind festival receives over 500 films from six continents
Grief Fest™, the first international film festival devoted entirely to stories of loss and healing, has received more than 500 film submissions from filmmakers in over 50 countries across six ...
Mental HealthJul 28, 2026
Mental healthcare in India: Expert explains why continuum of care matters more than one-time treatment
Mental healthcare is more than therapy or medication alone. Learn why a continuum of care i.e. combining psychiatry, psychotherapy, digital support, outpatient services, and long-term follow-up, plays ...
Mental HealthJul 28, 2026
Permanent supportive housing improves health outcomes
The study reveals that permanent supportive housing fosters long-term health improvements, addressing chronic illness and mental health in homeless populations.
Mental HealthJul 28, 2026
Cultural challenges Asian American families face with mental health
Researchers have found a concerning increase in suicide rates among Asian American and Pacific Islander youth.
AI & TechnologyJul 28, 2026
MedLink Global Announces Its AI-Assisted Measurement-Based Psychiatric Tool Is Now a Qualified Solution on Leading Healthcare Platform
MedLink Global, Inc. today announced that its MedLink Psychiatric tool has been qualified as a solution on Mayo Clinic Platform, making the company's AI-assisted, measurement-based mental healthcare ...
NeuropsychologyJul 28, 2026
Dementia may not begin in your brain at all: researchers now trace ten surprising ways diabetes could quietly set it off
Researchers uncover 10 ways diabetes may raise dementia risk, revealing how blood sugar can quietly affect brain health.
Health PsychologyJul 28, 2026
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men engage in intentional outdoor tanning
Nearly one-third of women and one-quarter of men engage in intentional outdoor tanning, with variation observed by age, race, physical activity level and alcohol use, according to a study published in JAMA Dermatology.
Health PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of women get morning-after pill via free pharmacy service
Since October, the morning-after pill has been made available free-of-charge at high street pharmacies under a new scheme in England.
Mental HealthJul 28, 2026
The debate on MAiD for mental illness
The Big Story discusses the push to expand MAiD eligibility to include those whose sole reason for application is mental illness.
Health PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes. Here's what they tell us
Sen. Rand Paul has released a tranche of Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci is set to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday on the origins of the coronavirus.
ResearchJul 28, 2026
How relationship doubts sway everyday conversations between couples
A laboratory study reveals how underlying relationship doubts and mutual support systems influence the emotional tone and conversational engagement of romantic couples during everyday logistics and problem-solving tasks.
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Neural and computational mechanisms of effort under the pressure of a deadline
Deadlines fundamentally shape motivation. Research examining effort-based choices finds effort is an avoided cost. However, this overlooks how making progress on longer-term goals to be reached before deadlines motivate…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Civilian threat reduces distance perceptions and officer punishment in police use-of-force encounters
People turn to video evidence to make judgments about the justifiability of an officerâs actions in use-of-force incidents. Despite beliefs that video offers an objective account of events, use-of-force footage elicits…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Adaptive learning path generation in virtual reality music education via deep reinforcement learning
To address the lack of personalization and dynamic adaptability of learning paths in virtual reality music education, this study applies a deep reinforcement learning framework based on PPO to generate adaptive learning…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Graduate students’ career aspirations: insights into influencing factors and expectations
Career decision-making represents a critical transition point for graduate students, particularly in contexts where misalignment between higher education outcomes and labor market opportunities persists. Despite…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Experts outperform novices under high attentional load in soccer referees: a multiple object tracking study
This study investigates the differences in visual attention between expert and novice soccer referees using a multiple object tracking (MOT) task, with a specific focus on how tracking speed modulates these differences…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
To what extent do GPT language models capture human sentence processing dynamics? Evidence from Korean subject honorification
The present study investigates how GPT language models approximate human sentence-processing dynamics in Korean subject honorification. Drawing upon four open-access datasets from prior psycholinguistic…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Potential of cross-task stylus-based drawing features for predicting psychological vulnerability in children
The present study examined whether behavioral features extracted from a digital Mandala coloring task could predict childrenâs stress-related vulnerability group status (stress-alert vs. non-alert), as independently…
PsychologyJul 28, 2026
Cross-validation and cross-cultural invariance of the 10-item athletic mental energy scale
Athletic mental energy is a multidimensional psychological resource associated with athletes’ performance and well-being. The present study examined the cross-validation and cross-cultural measurement invariance of the…
PersonalityJul 28, 2026
Potential psychological processes linking mindfulness to borderline personality disorder symptoms: a systematic review and thematic synthesis
Background Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by pervasive instability in affect regulation, impulse control, and interpersonal functioning. Mindfulness has been increasingly examined as a key…
PersonalityJul 28, 2026
Interpersonal emotion regulation and its relationship with the Big Five personality traits across two age groups: adolescents and adults
Interpersonal emotion regulation (IER) refers to the use of social interactions to manage emotional experiences and plays an important role in psychological functioning across the lifespan. Although personality traits…
AddictionJul 28, 2026
Perceived HIV-related stigma, mental health conditions and sexualized drug use among men who have sex with men living with HIV in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study
Background Sexualized drug use (SDU) has become a significant public health concern among men who have sex with men (MSM) worldwide. While much of the existing research has focused on the association of SDU with…