Psychology & Psychiatry

Dads with poor mental health may be impacting the development of their kids, with Australian research linking mental distress in fathers to poorer social-emotional, cognitive, language, and physical development in their kids. The review, which pooled together the results from 84 studies across 48 groups of people, found that these impacts were generally stronger for mental distress after birth than before birth, suggesting that a father’s mental state may exert a more direct influence on the developing child after birth.

Nearly one in four U.S. adults over the age of 65 have diabetes. Older veterans are highly impacted by this disease, due in part to risk factors incurred during their military service, such as exposure to Agent Orange and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Diabetes requires active and ongoing daily self-management and increases the risk of developing other chronic health conditions, which negatively impact functioning and disability.

New results from a clinical trial reveal that a single dose of psilocybin—a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in mushrooms—can provide sustained reductions in depression and anxiety in individuals with cancer suffering from major depressive disorder. The findings are published in Cancer.

Although psychosomatic medicine is regarded as a branch of psychiatry in many countries, some of its diagnostic concepts are not fully encompassed by mainstream psychiatric diagnostic systems. When these two systems are integrated, the interrelationships among various diagnoses and their associations with psychopathologies remain to be elucidated.

The architecture and processes underlying visual word recognition represent some of the most intricate systems in human cognition. The seemingly simple act of reading a word involves not only a complex interplay between cognitive layers but also relationships between the word’s spelling, phonology, and meaning.

The word “crisis” is used frequently and, I would argue, inaccurately, to depict the psychological well-being of today’s college students.

About 1 in 10 women worldwide have endometriosis. This common condition causes tissue similar to the lining of the uterus to grow in other parts of the body. This can result in painful periods, chronic pain and even infertility.

A study published in PLOS Mental Health has explored whether having a sibling born preterm (before 37 weeks of gestation) affects the behavior of children born at term.

Post-9/11 veterans often face visible challenges like finding gainful employment or recovering from physical injuries, but some of their struggles are invisible. Veterans may carry a sense of isolation and the painful belief that their presence is a burden to those around them. When these thoughts persist over time, they could contribute to an increased risk of suicide, according to a new study by researchers at the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State (Clearinghouse).

A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology reveals that cue saliency significantly outperforms episodic future thinking (EFT) in improving prospective memory (PM) in school-age children, offering practical strategies to enhance their self-regulation and daily task management.