PolicyDec 11, 2025
The High Cost Of Low Funding For Behavioral Healthcare
Treating mental health concerns and substance use disorders is a high-value investment that yields tangible returns in healthcare ...
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Prescribing PsychologyDec 11, 2025
Prescribing Psychology Is Undergoing Rapid Expansion
Source: Mohamed Hassan/Pixabay In the past two years, prescribing psychology (also known as clinical psychopharmacology or ...
Cancellation policiesDec 11, 2025
Amid Cancellations and Legal Fights, Trump Admin. Awards New Mental Health Grants
The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday announced 65 new grant awards to boost school mental health services, the latest ...
Prevention researchDec 11, 2025
Is This Mental Health Prevention or Treatment?
As the number of people who struggle with clinical levels of mental health problems continues to rise, many experts and policy ...
Social PsychologyDec 11, 2025
New research reveals how everyday cues secretly shape your habits
Researchers uncovered how shifting levels of a brain protein called KCC2 can reshape the way cues become linked with rewards, sometimes making habits form more quickly or more powerfully than expected. When this protein…
Child PsychologyDec 11, 2025
Child Psychology and Screen Time: Understanding Digital Effects on Kids
A Lancet model says confidential drugmaker deals could erase 71% to nearly 80% of projected Medicare savings from foreign drug ...
Community researchDec 10, 2025
Tackling inequities in healthcare through psychology and research
What is your background and your current role? I’ve been working in psychology for almost 20 years now – most of that time as ...
Workers’ compensationDec 10, 2025
Workers’ compensation changes to slash number of psychological injury claims across NSW
Labor and Coalition cut deal which unions argue will deny income support to people who can’t work Follow our Australia news ...
NeuropsychologyDec 10, 2025
Blood tests reveal obesity rapidly accelerates Alzheimer’s progression
Obesity accelerates the rise of Alzheimer’s-related blood biomarkers far more rapidly than previously recognized. Long-term imaging and plasma data show that obese individuals experience much faster increases in proteins…
Career transitionDec 10, 2025
Talking Mental Health With Your Primary Care Doctor
Each year, Americans make an estimated 500 million visits to primary care doctors. In fact, the CDC found just over 85% of ...
Racial and ethnic communitiesDec 10, 2025
Consumer Debt, Race, And Health: Can Debt Relief Be A Solution For Reducing Racial Health Disparities?
Black Americans have been systematically excluded from wealth accumulation through policies and practices that increase debt ...
NeuropsychologyDec 10, 2025
MSc Clinical Neuropsychology
This professional programme is designed for practicing clinical psychologists who work in the UK. It is delivered in partnership ...
Consulting expertDec 10, 2025
Bayou Behavioral Health Counseling & Consulting
I have 12 certifications and 1 license. I specialize in addictions counseling, Harm Reduction Coaching, MAT counseling, MRT ...
Family & RelationshipsDec 10, 2025
Why ultra-processed foods make teens eat more when they aren’t hungry
A Virginia Tech study shows that ultra-processed foods may influence adolescents differently from slightly older young adults. Participants aged 18 to 21 ate more at a buffet and snacked even when not hungry after two…
Mental HealthDec 10, 2025
A Mental Health First Aid Training Helps Address Growing Rural Mental Health Crisis
Crop farmer Bob Worth, left, prays with his pastor and fellow church council members. Worth is a third-generation farmer who ...
Family & RelationshipsDec 10, 2025
New Technology Helps Treat Erectile Dysfunction At Home
** Note: This post is sponsored by Firmtech. ** Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the most common sexual health issues experienced by men. [1] It becomes increasingly prevalent as men age, and is typically defined as…
WorkplaceDec 10, 2025
From Burnout to Belonging
Burnout recently hit a 10-year high in the United States, with a report from Glassdoor revealing a 32% year over year increase in ...
Family & RelationshipsDec 10, 2025
4 signs of anxious attachment in kids—backed by psychology
Kids with an anxious attachment can be clingy, sensitive, and have low-esteem. Anxious attachment requires healing—parents ...
Mental HealthDec 10, 2025
CDC's Rapid Response Helps Solve First Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Formula
The CDC has released an update on the ongoing investigation of infant botulism cases
PolicyDec 10, 2025
Harvard’s mental health policies under legal scrutiny as students claim harmful, discriminatory treatment
University responses to student mental health crises have become one of the most contested issues in U.S. higher education.
Positive PsychologyDec 10, 2025
Simple supplement mix shows remarkable results in brain cancer
New research is challenging one of medicine’s oldest assumptions: that cancer must be attacked to be cured. By treating glioblastoma patients with a simple combination of resveratrol and copper, the researchers found…
Problematic internet useDec 10, 2025
Breaking Bad: Understanding Problematic Pornography Use
Over the past two decades, internet usage has transformed many aspects of our lives. Today, we go online to shop, access music ...
Athletic performanceDec 10, 2025
Why Athletes Continue to Die by Suicide
As a clinician working in sport and performance psychology, I routinely hear leadership say, “We take mental health seriously.” ...
Social PsychologyDec 10, 2025
Human brains light up for chimp voices in a way no one expected
Humans don’t just recognize each other’s voices—our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives. Researchers found a specialized…
Cognitive PsychologyDec 10, 2025
Quantum clues to consciousness: New research suggests the brain may harness the zero-point field
What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the hum of the universe?
Insurance contractingDec 10, 2025
Clinical Psychological Therapy Now Covered by Insurance
From spring 2026, clinical-psychological therapy will become a health insurance benefit. The ÖGK and other social insurance ...
Renal and dialysis psychologyDec 10, 2025
Strengthening Mental Health Literacy Enhances Job Well-Being in Palliative Care
[I]nterventions aimed at boosting nurses’ positive mental health literacy, while simultaneously cultivating job crafting ...
Family & RelationshipsDec 10, 2025
Rising temperatures are slowing early childhood development
Researchers discovered that unusually high temperatures can hinder early childhood development. Children living in hotter conditions were less likely to reach key learning milestones, especially in reading and basic math…
Cognitive PsychologyDec 10, 2025
Scientists reveal a tiny brain chip that streams thoughts in real time
BISC is an ultra-thin neural implant that creates a high-bandwidth wireless link between the brain and computers. Its tiny single-chip design packs tens of thousands of electrodes and supports advanced AI models for…
Child-abuse reportingDec 10, 2025
High-risk child abuse cases rise by 14.5% to 2,303 in 2024: MSF report
SINGAPORE: The number of new high-risk child abuse cases in 2024 rose by 14.5 per cent from the year before, according to a ...