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Times Topics – Psychology & Psychologists

• Your Bosses Could Have a File on You, and They May Misinterpret It
• How Many Close Friends Do You Need in Adulthood?
• Can Business Schools Help to ‘Reimagine Capitalism’?
• ‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
• Climate Change Despair Has a ‘Life-Affirming’ Remedy

Science Daily – Mental Health

• Director’s Innovation Speaker Series: How Looking at Genetics and Networks Led to Solving a Quantum Gravity Problem
• Study Shows REACH VET Program Effective for Veterans at High Risk for Suicide
• Center for Global Mental Health Research Webinar Series: Grants Management: Pre-Award
• Mindful Mood Balance Effective for Treating Residual Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation
• Director’s Innovation Speaker Series: Implementing Radical Healing Strategies to Promote Health Equity

Science Daily – Alcoholism

• Four-year college students drink more, use marijuana less than community college peers, study finds
• Deaths from alcohol use disorder surged during pandemic, study finds
• Study finds increased risk of dementia after hospitalization for major TBI
• A 'factory reset' for the brain may cure anxiety, drinking behavior, study suggests
• How alcohol cravings get stronger after drinking during withdrawal

Science Daily – Bipolar Disorder

• Multiple diagnoses are the norm for mental illness; A new genetic analysis helps explain why
• Evidence of brain changes in those at risk of bipolar disorder captured with MRI scans
• Lithium may decrease risk of developing dementia
• People with serious mental illness may have increased heart disease risk at younger ages
• Clues to treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder found in recently evolved region of the ‘dark genome’

GradPsych – Food for Thought for Psychology Students

• Scary Statistics: Resources to Help Reduce Fear and Get on with Your Research
• Transgender in Science: The Power of Mesearch
• When You Said You See Me
• CARED Perspectives: Impact of COVID-19 and Vaccines on Underserved Communities and Graduate Students
• Submit Your Convention Proposal to APAGS!

Science Daily – Smoking Addiction

• Major uptick reported in cannabis vaping for all adolescents
• More than a million smokers likely to quit after U.S. bans menthol cigarettes
• Smoking increased in those trying to quit during COVID-19, study shows
• Drinking alcohol to stay healthy? That might not work, says new study
• E-cigarettes don't help smokers stay off cigarettes, study suggests

Science Daily – ADD and ADHD

• Diet plays key role in ADHD symptoms in children
• Micronutrients (vitamins + minerals) show benefit for children with ADHD and emotional dysregulation
• Maladaptive daydreaming may be a better diagnosis for some than ADHD, study finds
• Human gene variant produces attention deficit disorder-like problems in mice
• Attention! Brain scans can tell if you are paying it

Science Daily – Anxiety

• Women who embraced their partner subsequently had lower stress-induced cortisol response
• Statins may provide protection against depression
• Humans may have evolved to show signs of stress to evoke support from others
• How sleep helps to process emotions
• Multiple diagnoses are the norm for mental illness; A new genetic analysis helps explain why

Science Daily – Social Psychology

• Children with same-sex parents are socially well-adjusted
• Music alleviates collective grief
• Women who embraced their partner subsequently had lower stress-induced cortisol response
• Childhood circumstances and personality traits are associated with loneliness in older age
• Both nature and nurture contribute to signatures of socioeconomic status in the brain

Science Daily – Schizophrenia

• Study links thalamus inhibition in adolescence to long-lasting cortical abnormalities
• Risk of psychotic-like experiences can start in childhood
• Mental illness associated with increased death from cardiovascular disease
• Landmark study implicates specific genes in schizophrenia
• Genetically determined levels of inflammation linked to neuropsychiatric illness

Science Daily – Addiction

• Major uptick reported in cannabis vaping for all adolescents
• Four-year college students drink more, use marijuana less than community college peers, study finds
• Dopamine makes you feel happy, but we probably still have to rewrite the textbooks
• Deaths from alcohol use disorder surged during pandemic, study finds
• Treatment minimizes infants' opioid-related brain abnormalities

Science Daily – Borderline Personality Disorder

• Childhood cognitive problems could lead to mental health issues in later life
• Borderline personality disorder: Don't ignore it
• Infant sleep problems can signal mental disorders in adolescents
• Personality traits of patients with social anxiety disorder
• Many psychiatric disorders have heightened impulsivity

Science Daily – Eating Disorders

• Multiple diagnoses are the norm for mental illness; A new genetic analysis helps explain why
• Researcher looks into little known 'purging disorder'
• The hidden issue of anorexia in pregnancy
• Brain differences in children with binge eating disorder
• Diminished activation of specific prefrontal brain region may directly contribute to binge eating in bulimia nervosa

Science Daily – Psychology

• Study discovers an underlying cause for infantile spasms and points to a novel therapy
• New research shows no evidence of structural brain change with short-term mindfulness training
• Study links thalamus inhibition in adolescence to long-lasting cortical abnormalities
• Novel preclinical drug could have potential to combat depression, brain injury and cognitive disorders
• Uncovering new details of the brain's first line of defense

Science Daily – Child Psychology

• Study discovers an underlying cause for infantile spasms and points to a novel therapy
• Children with same-sex parents are socially well-adjusted
• Music alleviates collective grief
• Diet plays key role in ADHD symptoms in children
• Major uptick reported in cannabis vaping for all adolescents