Psychology
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Books, Children, family, Health, Life and style, Mental health, Parents and parenting, Psychology, SocietyHow to become emotionally mature – at any age: ‘We often don’t realise the hurt we’re causing’
Around the time of the pandemic, a self-help book with a somewhat…
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Anxiety, depression, Digital media, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, meditation, Mental health, Mindfulness, Music, Psychology, Science, Social media, SocietySound baths are supposed to help relax and ‘soothe’ your nervous system. But do any of these claims ring true? | Antiviral
I, for one, am partial to a bath: what’s not to love…
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ageing, Death and dying, Hamlet, Mental health, placebo effect, Psychology, Road transport, The Guardian, UK news, William Shakespeare, WineHamlet knew about the nocebo effect | Brief letters
Nocebo awareness is nothing new (I made my husband ill with a…
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ADHD, atomoxetine, cheating behavior, cognitive enhancement, dishonesty, dopamine, Drugs, methylphenidate, Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine, Psychology, ritalin, smart drugs, Stimulants, strattera, striatal dopamineMethylphenidate Reduced Dishonesty and Cheating in 151 Adults; Atomoxetine Had No Effect
A 2026 double-blind randomized controlled trial by Kappes et al. in Psychopharmacology…
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adverse effects, antidepressants, depression, depression treatment, Drugs, global mental health, low- and middle-income countries, Pakistan, pharmacovigilance, prescribing patterns, Psychiatry, Psychology, side effects, ssris, tricyclicsAntidepressant Use in Pakistan (2026): SSRI Prescribing Patterns and Patient-Reported Side Effects
Most antidepressant pharmacovigilance data come from high-income countries, leaving prescribing patterns and…
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alpha-synuclein, ambroxol, biomarker, Brain, exenatide, exercise, GLP-1 agonist, Neurodegenerative Diseases, parkinson’s disease, Prevention, prodromal, Psychology, RBD, REM sleep behavior disorder, sleepParkinson’s Disease Prevention: Prodromal Symptoms, RBD, Early Intervention Trials
Parkinson’s disease has a years-to-decades prodromal stage where motor symptoms haven’t yet…
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adolescents, AISS-D, binge eating, Body image, ChEDE-Q, dietary restraint, eating disorders, emotional regulation, obesity, personality traits, Psychiatry, Psychology, sensation seeking, teensSensation Seeking Predicts Disordered Eating in Teens
Sensation seeking has long been linked to risky behaviors in teens, but…
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attention, Bayesian inference, betrayal, borderline personality disorder, cognition, computational psychiatry, hysteresis, personality disorders, Psychiatry, Psychology, PTSD, social inference, theory of mind, trustHow Betrayal Biases Trust: Selective Attention, Distrust, and Social Judgment
Betrayal does not just make people less trusting. It can also change…
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Rage workouts: the best way to exercise – or just infuriating?
Name: Rage workouts. Age: Would this be a good time to invoke…
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Anxiety, benzodiazepines, depression, Drugs, Iceland, older adults, psychiatric epidemiology, Psychiatry, Psychology, psychotropic prescribing, public-health, registry data, sleep, sleep disordersIceland Psychiatric Data: 21% Diagnosed, 34% on Psychotropics (2026)
Iceland is a registry-rich country with a small enough population that genuinely…
