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Personality measures suggest Donald Trump exerts a cult of personality over his followers, people who are psychologically susceptible to his appeal.

Pregnant and postpartum people who died by suicide more likely to experience intimate partner problems, depression, substance abuse, health problems Suicide is a leading cause of death during pregnan

New research to uncover the brain areas that bias mood and the brain's response in bipolar disorder could one day lead to better treatments, writes Dr Hestia Moningka (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) in The Conversation.

Vegan festival study shows collective experience can motivate people to pursue social change Festivals and mass gatherings can empower and inspire people making lifestyle changes for a sustainable fu

Making tough decisions that conflict with your values can result in what psychologists call 'moral injuries'.

As politicians in the US, France and other countries begin introducing legislation banning the free use of social media by young people, new research has found that these bans do not address youth mental health problems - and could actually cause more harm than good. Recent months have seen increased discussions of the impact of social media on youth mental health after the publication of a book by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, and the new ban on social media use for people under 14 enacted by Florida governor Ron DeSantis.

Courtney's research focused on understanding the neural basis of higher cognitive function, and she was especially interested in how brain structure was affected by aging or disease World-renowned sc

Co-hosted by the McGovern Institute, MIT Open Learning, and others, the symposium stressed emerging technologies in advancing understanding of mental health and neurological conditions.

Depressive symptoms are linked to subsequent memory decline in older people, while poorer memory is also linked to an increase in depressive symptoms later on, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The study, published in JAMA Network Open , looked at 16 years of longitudinal data from 8,268 adults in England with an average age of 64.

A Western professor is launching a new mindfulness study as a tool to create connection, heighten resilience and lower high-risk activity within a population facing many new cases of HIV.

Large Language Models behind popular generative AI platforms like ChatGPT gave different answers when asked to respond to the same reasoning test and didn't improve when given additional context, finds a new study from researchers at UCL. The study, published in Royal Society Open Science , tested the most advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) using cognitive psychology tests to gauge their capacity for reasoning.

As the longest day of the year approaches on June 20th, researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh are looking ahead to the mental and physical challenges that people in Scotland can face as light diminishes after the summer solstice.

Study (PDF): The Mental Health of Detroiters Has Improved Since the COVID-19 Pandemic Detroiters' mental health-related symptoms have improved and largely stabilized since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a University of Michigan report. While the negative impacts of the pandemic on people's mental health are well documented , less is known about the persistence of mental health problems after the lockdowns ended and the economy reopened.

Research from the Universitat de València has shown that mobbing in the workplace increases alcohol intake, smoking, the use of medication as a consequence of psychological or psychosomatic disorders, and the need to seek specialist support to overcome some work-related personal crisis.

A study by the University of Valencia (UV) has shown that psychological harassment at work increases the consumption of alcohol and tobacco, the use of medication due to psychological or psychosomatic health issues and the need to seek specialist support to overcome work-related personal crises.

Every patient has an opportunity to improve the outcome for the next young person to walk in the front door There's an audible series of clicks, and once the electromagnetic coil is dialed in to deliver the perfect amount of stimulation to the brain, an involuntary twitch of the finger.

Loneliness is not a disease. And yet it is a significant health problem. Depression, heart disease or dementia - people who are permanently lonely have a higher risk of becoming ill. The team led by Jana Lieberz from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), who also conducts research at the University of Bonn, and Dirk Scheele (Ruhr University Bochum) have investigated how loneliness can be specifically combated.

Nearly 40% of adults who had four or more adverse childhood experiences reported an unmet need for treatment Health + Behavior Nearly 40% of adults who had four or more adverse childhood experiences r

On behalf of the federal government, Swiss TPH conducted the first nationally representative population survey in Switzerland about heat and its effects on health.

Online intervention helps to promote social skills and reduce mental health problems Mental health problems, loneliness already among the youngest and polarization are rapidly increasing, especially after the Covid19 pandemic.

A Simon Fraser University (SFU) researcher is using virtual reality (VR) to help teens regulate their emotions and is using their feedback to help design and develop better technologies for psychologists.

Do you really want to know what we were doing on April 19' Listening to Taylor Swift's double-album release, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology , of course.

Cambridge researchers lay out the need for design safety protocols that prevent the emerging "digital afterlife industry" causing social and psychological harm.

A UdeM researcher is launching a study to test whether virtual reality can relieve anxiety and pain in palliative care.

Whenever a child behaves aggressively at school, a lack of parenting is often assumed. This overlooks the possibility of underlying mental health problems.

Researchers from the universities of Valencia (UV), Miguel Hernández (UMH), Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) and ESIC have published a study confirming the benefits of implementing an online intervention progra

According to the  Statista website, 5.5 billion malware (malicious software) incursions were detected around the world in 2022.

In the early years of Dr. Carly McMorris's career, when she was completing her graduate degree to become a practising clinical psychologist, she worked with neurodivergent youth and their families and saw, first-hand, how the system fails them.

Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report sets out an evidence-based plan to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children through schools to support the 1 in 5 children with a probable mental health condition.

What is happiness, and why do we strive for it? Can we become happier? Should we? Is happiness a good thing?  These are the questions Dr. Megan McCarthy (PhD '16) asks her first-year students as they explore the meaning and concept of happiness.

In attempting to capture the brain imagery of art-making, Brittany Harker Martin aims to spotlight a powerful tool for building mental health capacity in schools "Art smashes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

There is an urgent need to "bring back the village" post-pandemic to support teens and foster a sense of community belonging for young people, says a Simon Fraser University researcher.

Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Published: Drugs will not solve any problems - as simple as this realization sounds, many people find it difficult to embrace.

Some children are particularly brave, others very compassionate. And then there are the temperamental ones - all with their own unique strengths.