Samsung smart fridge ad for Pluribus allegedly triggered a psychotic episode
TV advertisements are literally driving people crazy. A UK woman named Carol checked herself into the emergency room…
Therapy Culture: Do we live in an age of over-diagnosis?
Has our increasingly therapeutic culture impacted upon our understanding of suffering, and our ability to withstand it? At…
Genome-wide association study of delay discounting identifies 11 loci and reveals transdiagnostic associations across mental and physical health
Kirby KN, Petry NM, Bickel WK. Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.…
Learning to connect: feasibility, acceptability and experiences in the social domain intervention for eating disorders | Journal of Eating Disorders
Volpe, U., et al., Eating disorders: What age at onset? Psychiatry Res, 2016. 238: p. 225–227. Solmi M,…
Smoking status and the onset of suicidal ideation among adults in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic | Annals of General Psychiatry
Lawrence D, Mitrou F, Zubrick SR. Smoking and mental illness: results from population surveys in Australia and the…
Parental monitoring can offset genetic risks for conduct problems in adolescents
Parents may have more influence than they realize when it comes to shaping their children’s behavior, especially for…
Stereotactic lesioning combined with long-term Risperidone maintenance for life-threatening refractory suicidal command hallucinations in major depressive episode with psychotic features: a case report | BMC Psychiatry
Background Refractory suicidal command hallucinations in major depressive episode with psychotic features constitute an acute clinical emergency, often…
Higher autism risk tied to parental postpartum depression
A massive population study reveals that postpartum depression in either parent, especially in both, may signal a substantially…
Dominant depressive temperament and psychological resilience in obsessive-compulsive disorder | BMC Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2013. Google Scholar Ruscio…
PRIME fiber-optic device can manipulate neural activity deep in the brain
Fiber-optic technology revolutionized the telecommunications industry and may soon do the same for brain research. A group of…
How ChatGPT is driving hundreds of thousands into ‘AI psychosis’ – The South First
Some users start believing the AI “understands” or “cares” for them. Others ascribe supernatural meanings to its words…
Why India Is Falling Behind Global Mental Health Standards
The WHO’s 2025 rights-based guidelines call for dignity and inclusion in mental health care, but India’s system traps…