Child mental disorder diagnosis linked to higher parent mental disorder risk
Parents’ risk peaks around the child’s diagnosis, then eases but stays elevated. A nationwide register study in Finland and Denmark found that parents were more likely to receive a mental disorder diagnosis after their child was diagnosed with a mental disorder. The risk was highest in the six months after the child’s diagnosis, then declined […]
Emotional-literacy ESP lesson boosted communication and leadership skills
A design-based ESP lesson for psychology undergrads increased emotional vocabulary, engagement, and confident professional dialogue. An ESP lesson explicitly teaching emotional literacy produced stronger emotional engagement, clearer emotion vocabulary, and better interpersonal communication in psychology students. Qualitative evidence also pointed to increased communicative confidence and emerging leadership traits during role-play, including responsiveness, attentiveness, and emotional […]
Psychology hiring should broaden outputs and prioritize research quality
A German Psychological Society task force proposes a two-phase, quality-focused alternative to metric-driven evaluation. New guidance argues that impact factors and the h-index are poor tools for judging individual researchers and can intensify “publish or perish” incentives. A task force from the German Psychological Society proposes four principles for responsible research assessment in psychology, plus […]
Broader evaluation criteria raise rigor threshold for psychology hiring
A proposal shifts early-stage assessment from prestige metrics to methodological quality checks. Traditional metrics like journal impact factor and the h-index are criticized as invalid and as pushing quantity over quality. This paper proposes a practical alternative for academic hiring and promotion in psychology: broaden what counts as a research contribution and screen for minimum […]
Youth outdoor camps found four key psychological barriers to engagement
A sports-psychology strategy system targets motivation, self-control, competition, and social fit. This study identified four common psychological problems adolescents face in outdoor camp education: low willingness to participate, weak self-regulation, excessive competition, and difficult interpersonal adaptation. It then built a four-part optimization strategy system aimed at addressing those problems and proposed an integrated implementation model […]
Working memory links broadly to preadolescent psychopathology in network analysis
A large transdiagnostic model places working memory near the center of diverse symptoms. A network analysis in preadolescents found modest links between executive functions and psychopathology, with working memory emerging as a central connector. Working memory showed positive ties to attention problems, social problems, and rule-breaking behavior, and negative ties to anxious/depressed and somatic complaints. […]
Autistic adults report lasting mental health benefits from psychedelics
An online survey found high willingness to try psychedelics, common prior use, and reports of longer-lasting improvement linked to higher doses and meaningful experiences. Autistic adults in an online survey generally viewed psychedelics positively and many had already tried them. Reported higher doses and highly meaningful psychedelic experiences were associated with longer-lasting mental health improvements. […]
Self-centered reflection increased sense of agency; selfless reflection decreased it
A pilot experiment linked reflection style to agency and distinct EEG complexity patterns. In [Self-reflection, sense of agency, and underlying neural correlates: A pilot study], self-centered self-reflection increased an implicit measure of sense of agency, while selfless reflection reduced it. The researchers measured agency using intentional time binding, a timing-based method for assessing how people […]
Parents of autistic children reported heavy strain and relied on coping rituals
A small Nepal-based qualitative study maps the emotional, social, and financial load—and how parents try to stay afloat. Parents raising children with autism in Nepal described intense psychological strain, physical exhaustion, social isolation, career disruption, and financial pressure. They also reported coping through crying, religious music (bhajans), meditation, and positive thinking, with some reframing their […]
When ADHD Care Works, It’s Usually Because the System Finally Does
When a diagnosis isn’t the hard part—getting help is ADHD is often talked about as a personal challenge: trouble focusing, time slipping away, emotions running hot, motivation coming and going. But for many people, the most exhausting part is not the symptoms—it’s navigating care. Long waitlists, uneven provider knowledge, fragmented school supports, and conflicting advice […]