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Significant rise in psychotherapy use seen among adults, but gains are uneven across socioeconomic groups

Significant rise in psychotherapy use seen among adults, but gains are uneven across socioeconomic groups

byColumbia University's Mailman School of Public HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAccess to psychotherapy has risen substantially among U.S. adults with mild to moderate distress sinc

Significant rise in psychotherapy use seen among adults, but gains are uneven across socioeconomic groups

byColumbia University's Mailman School of Public HealthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAccess to psychotherapy has risen substantially among U.S. adults with mild to moderate distress sinc
App helps alleviate mental health symptoms in bereaved parents

App helps alleviate mental health symptoms in bereaved parents

byUppsala UniversitySelf-help app "Min sorg" (my grief), in Swedish. Credit: Josefin SveenA new study shows that an app can help parents who are mourning the loss of a child. Parents w

App helps alleviate mental health symptoms in bereaved parents

byUppsala UniversitySelf-help app "Min sorg" (my grief), in Swedish. Credit: Josefin SveenA new study shows that an app can help parents who are mourning the loss of a child. Parents w
Genetic changes linked to social behavior differences in autism and schizophrenia

Genetic changes linked to social behavior differences in autism and schizophrenia

by Claire Kowalick,University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioVolumetric analysis. Credit:Molecular Psychiatry(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02797-xA studypublish

Genetic changes linked to social behavior differences in autism and schizophrenia

by Claire Kowalick,University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioVolumetric analysis. Credit:Molecular Psychiatry(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02797-xA studypublish
Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media. Here's the evidence

Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media. Here's the evidence

by Roland Paulsen,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThanks to bestselling authors like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, the public has become increasingly aware of the rapid rise

Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media. Here's the evidence

by Roland Paulsen,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThanks to bestselling authors like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, the public has become increasingly aware of the rapid rise
Study: Parents who experience intimate partner violence show higher potential for stress, child maltreatment

Study: Parents who experience intimate partner violence show higher potential for stress, child maltreatment

byUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainParents who recently experienced intimate partner violence reported more parenting stress and higher potent

Study: Parents who experience intimate partner violence show higher potential for stress, child maltreatment

byUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainParents who recently experienced intimate partner violence reported more parenting stress and higher potent
A new school year can see friendships change—this is tough on kids, but parents can help

A new school year can see friendships change—this is tough on kids, but parents can help

by Karyn Healy,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe start of the school year means new classes, routines, after-school activities and sometimes even a new school.This can be a r

A new school year can see friendships change—this is tough on kids, but parents can help

by Karyn Healy,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe start of the school year means new classes, routines, after-school activities and sometimes even a new school.This can be a r
Ease seasonal affective disorder with exercise routine

Ease seasonal affective disorder with exercise routine

by Homa Shalchi,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainAs the days start getting shorter and darker, people might feel impacted by seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The downturn in

Ease seasonal affective disorder with exercise routine

by Homa Shalchi,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: CC0 Public DomainAs the days start getting shorter and darker, people might feel impacted by seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The downturn in
Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress, study finds

Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress, study finds

byUniversity of BirminghamCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body's vasculature against stress even after eating high-f

Cocoa or green tea could protect you from the negative effects of fatty foods during mental stress, study finds

byUniversity of BirminghamCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research has found that a flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body's vasculature against stress even after eating high-f
Transgender, gender-diverse preteens less physically active than peers

Transgender, gender-diverse preteens less physically active than peers

byUniversity of TorontoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainTransgender and gender-diverse preteens are about 15% less physically active than their cisgender peers, new research finds.Transgender 1

Transgender, gender-diverse preteens less physically active than peers

byUniversity of TorontoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainTransgender and gender-diverse preteens are about 15% less physically active than their cisgender peers, new research finds.Transgender 1
Researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others

Researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others

by Amy McCaig,Rice UniversityHolistic view of hierarchical processing in episodic memory. A) Proposed hierarchy of episodic memory content processing from neocortex to hippocampus, incorporating

Researchers examine why people remember certain things and not others

by Amy McCaig,Rice UniversityHolistic view of hierarchical processing in episodic memory. A) Proposed hierarchy of episodic memory content processing from neocortex to hippocampus, incorporating
Music makes us move even when we don't like it, according to psychologists

Music makes us move even when we don't like it, according to psychologists

by Patrick Lejtenyi,Concordia UniversityExample of the musical notation of a stimulus with a medium rhythmic complexity (son clave) and a medium harmonic complexity (four-note (major) chords wit

Music makes us move even when we don't like it, according to psychologists

by Patrick Lejtenyi,Concordia UniversityExample of the musical notation of a stimulus with a medium rhythmic complexity (son clave) and a medium harmonic complexity (four-note (major) chords wit
Brain mapping advances understanding of human speech and hallucinations in schizophrenia

Brain mapping advances understanding of human speech and hallucinations in schizophrenia

byNYU Langone HealthAuditory corollary discharge in the human starts in the bottom, or ventral, part of the motor cortex, a subregion called the precentral gyrus (red), and then moves down acros

Brain mapping advances understanding of human speech and hallucinations in schizophrenia

byNYU Langone HealthAuditory corollary discharge in the human starts in the bottom, or ventral, part of the motor cortex, a subregion called the precentral gyrus (red), and then moves down acros