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Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·July 25, 2026·6 min read

Recall-By-Genotype for Precision Psychiatry

A new study demonstrates the feasibility of recall-by-genotype research using the diverse BioMe biobank.

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Neuroscience

·July 24, 2026·9 min read

High Social Media Use Linked to Youth Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation

A new study links six or more hours of daily social media use to a two-fold increase in anxiety and a three-fold increase in suicidal ideation among youth.

Neuroscience

·July 23, 2026·8 min read

Study Maps Motor Abnormalities Across Mental Health Spectrums

A new study uses the HiToP framework to map motor symptoms to mental health dimensions in nearly 3,500 individuals.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 21, 2026·7 min read

Reduced Brain Network Flexibility Across Psychiatric Conditions

A new study reveals that individuals with psychiatric conditions exhibit reduced flexibility in their brain network dynamics.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·July 21, 2026·11 min read

Risk Genes for Borderline Personality Disorder Discovered

The findings demonstrate significant genetic overlaps between BPD and PTSD, depression, ADHD, self-harm, COPD, and diabetes, opening new avenues for transdiagnostic psychiatric research and targeted drug discovery.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 21, 2026·10 min read

Study Links Childhood Unpredictability to Mental Health

A new study establishes childhood unpredictability as a distinct risk factor for youth mental health.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·July 20, 2026·8 min read

How Closed-Loop BCIs Will Treat Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD

Expanding BCI technology beyond motor paralysis to psychiatric conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, and OCD requires shifting from static motor cortical decoding to dynamic, multi-region network tracking.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 16, 2026·13 min read

GLP-1’s Reduce Binge Eating Symptoms

A new study establishes that GLP-1 receptor agonists significantly reduce core behavioral markers of Binge Eating Disorder, including active binge episodes, loss-of-control eating, and emotional eating.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 16, 2026·11 min read

Widespread M1 Receptor Deficits in Schizophrenia Found

A new study utilizes a novel PET radiotracer to provide the first in vivo evidence of widespread muscarinic acetylcholine M1 receptor deficits in living schizophrenia patients.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 15, 2026·11 min read

Loneliness Directly Causes Poor Mental Health

By integrating observational analysis with sibling comparisons and Mendelian randomization, the cross-continental study isolates loneliness as an independent driver of systemic health decline and multi-condition physical frailty, establishing personal emotional disconnection as a high-priority public health emergency demanding integrated policy intervention.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 14, 2026·8 min read

Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD

A new study combines rodent circuitry mapping with ultra-high-field 7T human fMRI to investigate periaqueductal gray (PAG) regulation.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 14, 2026·10 min read

Brain Scans Reveal a Network Origin Point for Schizophrenia

The research reveals widespread synaptic loss across frontal, temporal, and emotional hubs, heavily favoring the brain's left hemisphere, independent of macro-structural MRI volume changes.