When Food Gets Quieter: What Patients Say Liraglutide Changed About Hunger, Emotions, and Control
When Eating Isn’t Just About Food For many people living with obesity and Binge Eating Disorder (BED), eating is less about hunger and more about soothing feelings—calming anxiety, filling loneliness, or easing stress. This can lead to painful cycles of loss of control, intense guilt, and social withdrawal. The stakes are high: obesity worsens health […]
A Clearer Window into Mentalizing: Validating a French Tool for Clinics and Everyday Life
Why Seeing Others Clearly Begins with You Misunderstandings derail teams, strain families, and make therapy harder than it needs to be. At the heart of many of these struggles is mentalization—the capacity to make sense of our own thoughts and feelings and to grasp what might be going on in someone else’s mind. It’s a […]
Calmer Minds at the Bedside: How Mindfulness Reduced “Showing Up But Not Fully There” Among ICU Nurses
When Showing Up Isn’t the Same as Being There: ICU Nursing and the Hidden Cost of Presenteeism In intensive care units, nurses carry the weight of life-and-death decisions while navigating alarms, complex protocols, and rotating shifts. In this setting, simply coming to work is not the same as being fully present. Psychologists call this gap […]
From Coaching to Connection: How a Hong Kong Parent Program Transformed Caregivers and Relationships
When Helping Turns Into Connecting: Why This Study Matters Autism support often focuses on a child’s behavior—more words, fewer meltdowns, better eye contact. But behind every goal sheet is a parent trying to make daily life calmer and more connected. The research paper Caregiver transformation and relational growth in a parent-mediated intervention for autism in […]
Belonging to Breathe: How Group Identity Shapes NHS Staff Engagement with Mindfulness
When Mindfulness Becomes a Badge We Wear at Work Mindfulness isn’t just a personal habit; in busy healthcare settings, it can feel like a badge of who you are. Are you one of the “mindful people”? Do you belong with them? This question sits at the heart of the research paper A qualitative exploration of […]
When Parent Mental Health Echoes Across Generations: Insights from a Swedish Twin Family Study
Why Family Mental Health Patterns Are Not Just About DNA or Parenting Many parents who have struggled with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or substance use ask a painful, practical question: What does this mean for my child? Mental health problems often cluster in families, but it has been hard to tell how much of that […]
When Psychologists Need Support Too
When Healers Face the Same Storm They Treat Psychologists spent the COVID-19 crisis helping others manage fear, grief, and relentless uncertainty. But who was looking after them? The research paper Depression, anxiety, and stress levels during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study among Indonesian psychologists turns the lens onto the healers themselves. It follows a […]
Screens That Calm, Screens That Worry: What Parents of Autistic Children Say About Digital Media
Screens as Soothers and Stressors: What Parents of Autistic Children Are Telling Us Digital devices are now woven into childhood—part reward, part tool, part escape hatch. For families raising children on the autism spectrum, screens can be a lifeline for calming, communication, and structure. They can also be a source of late-night battles, skipped meals, […]
Why Some Mental Health Apps Stick While Others Don’t: Lessons from People Using PolarUs for Bipolar Self‑Management
When Help Fits in Your Pocket but Life Gets in the Way Mobile apps promise support for people living with bipolar disorder—tools to track mood, spot early warning signs, and practice coping strategies. Yet many of us download an app, try it for a week, and then forget it exists. That drop-off matters. For bipolar […]
Less Pain, More Trust: How a Simpler Penicillin Shot Helps Māori and Pacific Families Stay Healthy
When Fewer Injections Mean More Life: Easing the Load for Māori and Pacific Families Acute rheumatic fever can leave a lifelong mark, especially when it leads to rheumatic heart disease. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori and Pacific Peoples carry a disproportionate share of this burden. Protecting the heart requires months to years of regular penicillin […]