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The Abused Brain

Neural Adaptation, Resilience, and Compensation in Childhood Maltreatment

What happens to the brain of a child who is abused, neglected, or otherwise maltreated?
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Grief vs. Depression

Psychiatry Grapples with Defining the Lines Between ‘Typical’ Grieving, ‘Complicated’ Grief, and Clinical Depression

The interrelationships between grief and depression are multifaceted–they share common features and can co-occur. How do we differentiate between these similar but different mental states?
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Toward a Medical Model of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Discovery of Divergent Neural Signatures in ADHD Paves Way for Precision Medicine

New findings have helped affirm the long-postulated idea that even mental disorders have a physical basis.
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The Truth About Research on Screen Time

There’s no shortage of articles warning of the negative effects of screen time on kids’ development, but what does the research actually say?

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When is the Brain “Mature”?

Though most people in the US consider 18 to be the age maturity is reached, developmental neuroscientists say there isn’t a one-size-fits-all age, nor a one-size-fits-all method to measure it.

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Incorporating Sex Influences into Today’s Brain Research

The need to incorporate sex influences in brain research is becoming more widely accepted, but how the research community should address sex as a biological variable remains hotly debated.
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Parsing the Puzzle of Parkinson’s Genetics

Recent Findings Reveal Autophagy Malfunction as Common Pathway; Suggest a Roadmap for Early Diagnosis and Intervention

Research into the heritability of Parkinson’s has uncovered novel pathways that could help explain the progressive neuronal degeneration associated with the disease.
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Holiday Blues: Getting the Facts, Forgetting the Myth

Statistics refute a common myth that suicides increase during the winter holidays, but that doesn’t mean that holiday depression or sadness isn’t real for some people. Experts weigh in on what factors may contribute to these “holiday blues” and offer ways to cope with stress.
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fMRI: Not a Mind Reader (Yet?)

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Laboratory demonstrations of “mind reading” with functional MRI have been increasingly impressive, but significant real-world applications are still years away.
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