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Researchers call for clear regulations on AI tools used for mental health interactions

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Published: December 5, 2025 11:44

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can converse, mirror emotions, and simulate human engagement. Publicly available large language models (LLMs)—often used as personalized chatbots or AI characters—are increasingly involved in mental health-related interactions.…

Memories are not static: How the brain stores and reshapes personal experiences over time

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Published: December 5, 2025 10:40

A study from the University of East Anglia is helping scientists better understand how our brains remember past events—and how those memories can change over time.

From field to lab: Study reveals how people with vision loss judge approaching vehicles

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Published: December 5, 2025 10:03

Patricia DeLucia has spent decades studying something many of us never think about: judgments about collisions that are crucial for safety. But the roots of her research stretch back to her childhood, long before she became a professor of psychological…

It's end-of-year concert season. Why do some kids struggle with performance anxiety?

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Published: December 5, 2025 08:28

End-of-year school concerts showcase children's talents and hard work, often filling performers with pride. But for some, the idea of performing live is terrifying.

How to host a meal if one of your guests has an eating disorder or is anxious around food

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-host-meal-guests-disorder-anxious.html

Published: December 5, 2025 07:08

As the festive season approaches, perhaps you're thinking of hosting friends and family.

Internet use may protect caregivers against loneliness

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Published: December 4, 2025 15:36

Staying connected through the internet can help older adults who care for their family or friends feel less lonely and cope better with the stress of caregiving, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and…

Friendship can be an important lifeline for older adults without children

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Published: December 4, 2025 13:19

Friendship can be one of the keys to staying healthier later in life—that was one of the key findings from new research at the University of New Hampshire that took a closer look into the growing public health concern of loneliness. The study found that…

Participant feedback offers insight into mental health treatment completion

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Published: December 4, 2025 12:34

Individuals within the criminal legal system, especially those with mental illness, face challenges completing mental health treatment, despite research exploring potential reasons. A recent study by Melissa Villodas incorporates a new perspective…

When anger hurts: How feeling wronged can intensify chronic pain

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Published: December 4, 2025 12:24

We all know stress can worsen pain, but new research shows that anger and a sense of injustice may be even more powerful triggers.

Psychosocial stress linked to early signs of heart inflammation in women

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Published: December 4, 2025 12:20

Women who report high levels of psychosocial stress, such as from caregiving and lack of emotional support, show signs of early heart tissue changes associated with cardiovascular disease—an association not observed in men, a new study reveals.

Skin-to-brain signal explains why warm hugs make us feel so good about ourselves

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Published: December 4, 2025 11:50

As winter closes in, you might start to notice your fingers and toes freezing when you go outside, or your face flushing hot when you go into a heated building. In these moments of changing temperature, we become more aware of our bodies.

Who are the loneliest Americans?

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Published: December 4, 2025 11:40

Middle-aged Americans are most likely to feel the pinch of loneliness in their lives these days, a new AARP survey has found.

Breathe in, breathe out: How respiration shapes remembering

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Published: December 4, 2025 11:40

First and foremost, we breathe in order to absorb oxygen—but this vital rhythm could also have other functions. Over the past few years, a range of studies have shown that respiration influences neural processes, including the processing of stimuli and…

How the brain prioritizes bodily signals in conscious awareness

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Published: December 4, 2025 11:04

A new study shows that visual and tactile impressions that are related to our own body are prioritized for reaching conscious awareness. This helps us understand how we develop the feeling that the body is our own—through the brain's integration of what we…

Research explores effect of parental depression symptoms on children's reward processing

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Published: December 4, 2025 09:13

In newly published research, Binghamton University doctoral student Elana Israel, MS '22, explores which depressive symptoms largely affect children's neural responses to feedback.

Animals may feel like us, but the way we think is different

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Published: December 4, 2025 08:47

Children universally believe animals experience emotions and feelings but are reluctant to say they have human-like thoughts, which can influence how we treat other species throughout life, according to a new study. Forrest Fellow Dr. Karri Neldner, from…

New tool can help concussion patients manage fear and improve recovery

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Published: December 4, 2025 05:00

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) have developed a new tool to evaluate fear avoidance behavior following a concussion.

Adults who want children favor older-looking partners (but not for their money), study suggests

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Published: December 3, 2025 14:00

Participants in a study who self-reported a stronger desire to have children showed a weaker preference for younger faces compared to those with a weaker desire to have children, according to a study by Jingheng Li and colleagues from the University of…

One short quiz could help people stick to their weight loss plans

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Published: December 3, 2025 13:24

A new study, published in JMIR Formative Research, has found that people who answered a brief quiz to determine their "eating profile" were more likely to stick with their program and stay committed to their weight loss goals when offered personalized…

New study explores link between forgiveness, mental health among those leaving 'high-demand' religious groups

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Published: December 3, 2025 12:47

Forgiveness may play a crucial role in healing for people who have experienced harm from—and later abandoned—a fundamentalist religious group, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University.

Does mental illness have a silver lining? New paper says yes

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Published: December 3, 2025 12:46

An estimated one in five U.S. adults live with mental illnesses, conditions that are almost universally characterized by their negative consequences. But there are also positive attributes associated with psychological disorders— and acknowledging them can…

Mental health conditions may heighten liver cancer risk in veterans due to increased hepatitis C, study finds

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Published: December 3, 2025 12:30

Mental health conditions are common among veterans and may play a larger role than previously recognized in raising liver cancer risk for those with hepatitis C.

When schizophrenia meets a personality disorder: Why more research is urgently needed

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Published: December 3, 2025 11:22

A new study by a research team at Université de Montréal highlights a critical lack of knowledge about the cognitive profiles of people living with both schizophrenia and a personality disorder.

Family dogs boost adolescent mental health through the microbiome, study suggests

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Published: December 3, 2025 11:00

It's no surprise that dogs benefit people's mental health. In a paper published in iScience, researchers point to a reason as to why: dogs prompt changes in the collection of microbes that live in and on our bodies, resulting in an increase in mental…

People with dyspraxia are at high risk of falling—and it's too often overlooked

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-people-dyspraxia-high-falling-overlooked.html

Published: December 3, 2025 10:10

For many people with dyspraxia, falling is not an accident but a daily reality. It begins in childhood, shaping confidence and independence, and often continues throughout adult life.

Study reveals silent mental health crisis among new parents

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Published: December 3, 2025 09:45

Intrusive thoughts and psychotic-like experiences among new parents are far more common than previously thought—according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The study published today in the Community Mental Health Journal reveals the…

'Brainquake' phenomenon links psychotic states to chaotic information flow

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Published: December 3, 2025 07:00

Some psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BP), can prompt the emergence of so-called psychotic states, mental states characterized by distorted thinking patterns, altered perceptions and unusual beliefs. Detecting and…

Long-term antidepressant use surges in Australia, sparking warnings of overprescribing

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Published: December 3, 2025 04:50

Long-term antidepressant use in Australia has risen steadily over the past decade, with the largest increase seen in young people aged 10–24, where rates have more than doubled.

Q&A: How mindfulness may help people disconnect from their smartphones

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Published: December 2, 2025 15:55

With more than four billion people around the globe owning a smartphone, researchers are now looking at ways to reduce a growing public health concern—problematic smartphone use.

Hospital visits for hallucinogen use linked to six-fold higher risk of later mania

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Published: December 2, 2025 14:00

People who have received emergency or hospital care in Canada due to hallucinogen use have a six-fold increased risk of receiving care for mania in the next three years, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine by Daniel Myran from North York…

Owning a smartphone at age 12 linked to mental and physical health risks

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Published: December 2, 2025 13:31

In early adolescence, smartphone ownership is associated with depression, obesity, and insufficient sleep, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in Pediatrics.

Brain researchers draw cellular blueprint for how we think and feel

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Published: December 2, 2025 13:00

A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the brain's smallest components build the systems that shape thought, emotion and behavior.

Youth economic struggles linked to higher suicide risk

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Published: December 2, 2025 12:44

Youth from low-income families are at a higher risk of suicide than their more well-off peers. But targeted interventions focused on improving their sleep may help mitigate that risk, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

Childhood instability accelerates women's sexual strategies, study suggests

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Published: December 2, 2025 12:22

California State University, Sacramento, researchers traced how disordered childhood social worlds in women connected to faster life history traits and greater mating effort, with those traits explaining 22.2% of the association between childhood…

Beauty may be 'easy on the eyes' because it saves brain power

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Published: December 2, 2025 11:21

Humans may find images that take less energy to process aesthetically pleasing, suggesting that our attraction to beauty is at least partially an energy conservation strategy.

Contraceptive pills may affect women's mental health

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Published: December 2, 2025 10:56

The contraceptive pill has been hailed as one of the most revolutionary health technologies of the 20th century—a tool that gave women control over their fertility and paved the way for education and careers. But a new study suggests that this freedom may…

Navigating grief in the aged care system

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Published: December 2, 2025 09:34

Grief for families in the aged care system begins long before the death of their loved ones, new research has found, highlighting the need for a systemic rethink of how grief is understood and supported.

Crowdsourced recommendations for harm reduction during first psychedelic experience

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Published: December 2, 2025 08:30

As interest in psychedelics surges across the United States, a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan and the University at Buffalo offers critical harm-reduction guidance for individuals considering their first psychedelic experience.

Early childhood patterns of picky eating can ripple through development for some

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Published: December 2, 2025 06:50

At the University of Oslo, psychologists and collaborators following Norwegian families identified a sizable group of children whose eating patterns centered on avoidant and restrictive intake and whose difficulties stretched across development with some…

Recognizing the need for more precise community investments to support youth mental health

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Published: December 2, 2025 05:10

Parks, libraries, recreation centers, and sidewalks, ideally, would serve to improve the quality of living for residents, but it is not that simple, especially for youth. Research by Melissa Villodas, whose work focuses on understanding how social…

Intimate partner violence injury patterns linked with suicidal behavior

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Published: December 2, 2025 05:00

Victims of intimate partner violence with suicidal behavior have characteristic injury patterns on medical imaging, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The findings open the door to…

Losing sleep over money: Study reveals how financial stress follows workers to bed

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Published: December 2, 2025 04:59

Long before the alarm sounds, many Americans lose quality rest to the quiet worries that surface after dark—whether about bills, the next paycheck or job stability.

Study finds persistent gaps in mental health, alcohol use between sexual minorities and heterosexuals

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Published: December 1, 2025 16:52

A study conducted by scientists at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, shows that sexual minority individuals continue to report higher levels of mental health symptoms compared to the rest of the population.

Why strange cures made sense in mysterious times

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Published: December 1, 2025 15:00

Feeding bread to a donkey to treat whooping cough, rubbing a black snail on a wart and impaling it on a thorn are two of the hundreds of remarkable rural Irish remedies once believed to cure ailments.

New study of 500 combat soldiers finds computerized attention training can significantly reduce PTSD risk

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Published: December 1, 2025 14:47

A joint study by Tel Aviv University, the IDF Medical Corps, and the U.S. Department of Defense has found that a series of specialized computer-based training exercises can significantly reduce the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among IDF…

Certain social media apps linked to teen body image issues

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Published: December 1, 2025 13:38

Social media usage among teens is more prevalent than ever before. In recent years, researchers have begun investigating how much social media affects teen weight concerns and body image issues. A new study from the University of Minnesota College of…

Study reveals shift in pharmacy students' perceptions of patients with mental illness

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Published: December 1, 2025 13:27

Tammie Lee Demler, PharmD, a board-certified psychiatric pharmacist who works at a Buffalo inpatient psychiatric practice site, is all too familiar with the stigmas and misconceptions facing people with mental illness. And it's an issue she's doing her…

Childhood trauma may lead to more difficult births

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Published: December 1, 2025 11:40

Women who have been exposed to multiple traumatic experiences during childhood have more difficult births than others. They are much more likely to need emergency cesarean sections, suffer major hemorrhages or pre-eclampsia, and need more antibiotics.…

Youth workers are spreading health messages on social media: How to support what they do in South Africa

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Published: December 1, 2025 09:48

Mental health messaging on platforms like TikTok and WhatsApp is becoming common in the digital age. Globally, digital media technologies have become integral to how young people get and use health and well-being information.

Why dating your therapist is never OK

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Published: December 1, 2025 09:29

In the Netflix show "Nobody Wants This," Morgan begins a relationship with her therapist Dr. Andy.

Australia ban offers test on social media harm

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Published: December 1, 2025 05:10

Australia's under-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology's impact on young people, experts say.

Why doing good also makes us feel good, during the holidays and beyond

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Published: December 1, 2025 04:52

The holiday season is a time for giving thanks, giving gifts—and for many, a time for giving back.

Clinical use of nitrous oxide could help treat depression, major study shows

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Published: November 30, 2025 18:30

Patients with major depressive disorder, including those who have not responded to first-line antidepressants, may benefit from short-term nitrous oxide treatment, a major meta-analysis led by the University of Birmingham has found.

For many people with acute mental illness, 'hospital in the home' means living well in the community

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Published: November 30, 2025 15:40

A regional New South Wales public hospital will soon close its mental health inpatient facility, in favor of a home-based service.