2+ week, 6+ day ago  (335+ words) A new study is dampening some of the hype surrounding psychedelic therapy. It found that drugs like LSD and psilocybin are only as good as " but no better than " antidepressants when it comes to treating major depression. Previous studies have…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (318+ words) With an innovative approach, scientists try to get around the problem of participant expectation in tests of psychedelics Previous studies have suggested that psychedelics may be more powerful than standard antidepressants for conditions like depression. But the new analysis concluded…...

49+ min ago  (137+ words) You're lying in bed, eyes open, mind racing. Tomorrow matters " but instead of resting, your thoughts keep looping: What if I mess this up? What if I'm not good enough? You tell yourself to stop. To relax. To let it…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago  (948+ words) A UCLA pilot study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience put nine healthy adults into an f MRI scanner and exposed them to three different experiences: AI-generated art, sweeping nature footage, and cosmic imagery designed to prompt meditation on universal…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1236+ words) Some sun, but a mostly cloudy and breezy day overall; much warmer with highs in the mid 70s. A shower is possible around noon and thereafter for a bit, but most of the day stays dry. . Partly cloudy skies and mild…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1074+ words) Posted April 12, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) was originally described as a subtype of autism in which anxiety is the primary driver of extreme demand avoidance. Currently, however, PDA is understood to be present among other mental…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1086+ words) I remember the moment the realization hit me. I was sitting on my kitchen floor at almost midnight, laptop open, trying to fix a problem I had absolutely no idea how to solve. Something had gone wrong with a project…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (808+ words) Yuval Hadash, Carnegie Mellon University and J. David Creswell, Carnegie Mellon University (THE CONVERSATION) Imagine being asked to sit alone in a quiet room for 15 minutes with nothing to do " no phone, no music, no external distraction. In a well-known 2014 study,…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (305+ words) Anxiety in adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years is moderately associated with more negative cognitions and poorer quality of life (QOL), with stronger relationships seen in clinical samples and in studies with a higher proportion of girls. These study findings were…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (558+ words) Women with breast cancer who also have major depressive disorder (MDD) have an increased risk of cancer recurrence compared to those who do not have MDD, according to research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Among breast cancer…...