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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This study investigated the effectiveness of an 8-week, structured picturebook narrative intervention on emotional understanding among 5–6-year-old children in eastern China. A total of 97 children were randomly assigned…
Algorithmic evaluation plays a pivotal role in regulating gig workers’ job performance; however, extant studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding its effects. Although prior research has examined the…
Deceptive actions are prevalent in combat sports, yet existing research is limited by a focus on ball sports, fragmented single-level explanations, and a lack of cross-level integration. This paper introduces “Shi” (势)–a…
Academic success in higher education is influenced by both psychological competencies and contextual conditions, particularly in environments characterized by unequal access to digital resources. Although previous…
This study, based on Biggs’s Presage-Process-Product model, examined the direct and indirect paths of the relationship between information literacy, environmental factors, online knowledge sharing process, and innovation…
Researchers are increasingly studying cognitive and psychological constructs using automated online tools due to advantages in scalability, repeatability, accessibility and affordability. The online assessment of sleep…
Fo Mentality is a culturally embedded psychological orientation rooted in the Chinese sociocultural context and prevalent among contemporary young adults. Although labeled with the term “Fo” (Buddha), the construct…
BackgroundPhysical activity is consistently associated with reduced anxiety in adolescents, yet the psychological mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. This study examined whether resilience and…
ObjectiveThis study examined the association between integrated physical education course experience and exercise adherence tendency among undergraduates in Sichuan Province, China. It focused on indirect associations…
This retrospective study quantified between-class variation in university students' physical fitness and examined individual- and class-level correlates, using annual surveillance records collected from 2020 to 2024 at…