Corticolimbic Glutamate-Functional Connectivity Associations Found in Antipsychotic-Naive CHR-P Individuals
Could early brain changes in psychosis risk be linked to specific chemical connections?
An observational study of antipsychotic-naive clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR-P) participants (n=22), healthy controls (n=23), and fir…
People at high risk for psychosis show weaker brain chemical connections before symptoms appear, unlike those who have already developed the…
Children with SLD-R showed worse phonemic awareness than controls in Malayalam
Children with reading disorders showed weaker phonemic awareness skills in Malayalam compared to peers
This observational study compared phonemic awareness in 30 children with Specific Learning Disorder-Reading (SLD-R) and 29 typically develop…
Children with reading disorders struggled more with sound blending in Malayalam than peers, especially when guessing new words without pictu…
Qualitative interviews with 26 participants reveal a five-stage dynamic model of accepting anxiety
Researchers describe a five-stage model of how people accept anxiety through interviews
This qualitative study interviewed 26 non-clinical participants with prior mindfulness-based anxiety intervention experience to explore acce…
A new five-stage model shows how people learn to accept anxiety by observing bodily signals, validating feelings, and staying present withou…
Normative latent cognitive structure metrics delineate cognitive heterogeneity across schizophrenia liability spectrum in healthy controls, siblings, and patients
Study finds cognitive changes in schizophrenia siblings before clinical symptoms appear
This observational study evaluated cognitive heterogeneity using a normative latent cognitive structure (N-LCS) in healthy controls, unaffec…
Cognitive changes in reasoning and processing speed appear in schizophrenia siblings before clinical symptoms show, offering early warning s…
Autonomic arousal moderates network switching-cognition link in healthy controls but not schizophrenia
Does your brain's switching speed change with stress? New data suggests it might in schizophrenia
An observational study of 105 participants (39 healthy controls, 27 psychiatric controls, 39 with schizophrenia spectrum disorders) found au…
In people with schizophrenia, stress no longer affects how brain switching connects to thinking skills, unlike in healthy individuals.
Meta-analysis finds moderate negative correlation between meaning in life and depression
Large review finds link between sense of meaning in life and lower depression
A three-level meta-analysis of 278 studies (n=252,254) found meaning in life was moderately negatively correlated with depression (r = -0.33…
People with a stronger sense of meaning or purpose in life tend to report lower levels of depression, according to a large review of hundred…
Aripiprazole linked to less insight improvement than dopamine antagonists in schizophrenia trial
Can reducing symptoms help people with schizophrenia gain insight into their illness?
A 6-week RCT of 144 schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients found symptom reduction was associated with improved clinical insight.
Reducing symptoms helps people with schizophrenia gain insight into their illness, but early improvement in hallucinations and delusions mat…
MPNFS-based psychological intervention linked to reduced anxiety in adolescents with anxiety disorders
Psychological intervention shows promise for reducing anxiety in adolescents
A retrospective cohort study of 196 adolescents with anxiety disorders found that a 6-week MPNFS-based integrative psychological interventio…
Teenagers with anxiety disorders showed significantly greater improvement after a six-week psychological intervention compared to standard c…
Adults with ADHD show higher emotional eating and lower cognitive flexibility in case-control study
Adults with ADHD show more emotional eating and less mental flexibility in study
A case-control study of 76 adults with ADHD and 69 healthy controls found the ADHD group had significantly higher emotional eating scores (t…
Adults with ADHD eat more when stressed and struggle to shift their thinking compared to those without the condition, according to new findi…
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction improves quality of life and pain catastrophising in fibromyalgia patients
Mindfulness training helps quality of life and pain thinking for fibromyalgia patients
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in 1153 people with fibromyalgia.
Mindfulness training improves quality of life and pain thinking for fibromyalgia patients, offering relief from widespread pain and exhausti…
Meta-analysis of Stellate Ganglion Block shows improved sleep metrics in patients with sleep disturbances
Could a simple nerve block help you sleep longer and deeper?
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated seven studies involving patients who received a Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) compared to…
Patients receiving a nerve block in the neck slept longer, fell asleep faster, and enjoyed deeper rest compared to those who did not receive…
Animated video reduces pain and improves satisfaction during transperineal prostate biopsy in RCT
Animated video information reduced pain and improved satisfaction during prostate biopsy
In a randomized trial of 103 men undergoing transperineal prostate biopsy under local anesthesia, adding an animated video to standard infor…
Watching a short animated video before a prostate biopsy significantly reduced pain and improved satisfaction for men undergoing the procedu…