The following articles are from multiple resources:
BRAIN
1) Is Psychiatry Ready for Closed-Loop Invasive Neuromodulation?
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2840018?guestAccessKey=12c0db6a-6de3-4e13-874a-9fd975692ea8&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_content=etoc-tfl_&utm_term=120325
2) A high-fat diet severs the chemical link between gut and brain
https://www.psypost.org/a-high-fat-diet-severs-the-chemical-link-between-gut-and-brain/
3) This common snack enhanced memory and brain vascular function in a 16-week trial
https://www.psypost.org/this-common-snack-enhanced-memory-and-brain-vascular-function-in-a-16-week-trial/
4)
Brain folding patterns may predict ADHD treatment success in adults
https://www.psypost.org/brain-folding-patterns-may-predict-adhd-treatment-success-in-adults/
5) Early Schizophrenia Leaves a Fingerprint on Brain Structure
https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/early-schizophrenia-leaves-a-fingerprint-on-brain-structure-407522
6)
This common snack enhanced memory and brain vascular function in a 16-week trial
https://www.psypost.org/this-common-snack-enhanced-memory-and-brain-vascular-function-in-a-16-week-trial/
7)
Neuroscience explains why writing creates mental clarity
https://www.psypost.org/neuroscience-explains-why-writing-creates-mental-clarity/
8)
Brain researchers draw cellular blueprint for how we think and feel
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-brain-cellular-blueprint.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
9)
Why undisturbed sleep is important to brain injury recovery
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-undisturbed-important-brain-injury-recovery.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
10) Two Receptors in the Brain Control Amyloid Beta Breakdown
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/two-receptors-in-the-brain-control-amyloid-beta-breakdown-407536
11) New tool can help concussion patients manage fear and improve recovery
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-tool-concussion-patients-recovery.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
12) Distinct neural pathways allow the prefrontal cortex to fine-tune visual processing
https://www.psypost.org/distinct-neural-pathways-allow-the-prefrontal-cortex-to-fine-tune-visual-processing/
13)
How the brain prioritizes bodily signals in conscious awareness
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-brain-prioritizes-bodily-conscious-awareness.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
14) Brain enzyme that drives nicotine addiction and smoking dependence identified
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-brain-enzyme-nicotine-addiction.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
15)
Recommendations for Outpatient Care Following Traumatic Brain Injury
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2842581?guestAccessKey=07ac6741-56fc-4809-af03-2de351217f9e&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf-tfl_&utm_term=120525
16)
Neurodiverse youth may regulate overwhelming stimuli by turning brain activity inward
https://www.psypost.org/neurodiverse-youth-may-regulate-overwhelming-stimuli-by-turning-brain-activity-inward/
17)
Noninvasive brain stimulation increases idea generation and originality
https://www.psypost.org/noninvasive-brain-stimulation-increases-idea-generation-and-originality/
18) Five ways microplastics may harm your brain
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ways-microplastics-brain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
19) Study highlights underrecognized link between kidney disease and cognitive decline
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-highlights-underrecognized-link-kidney-disease.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
20) Essential tremor movement disorder linked to loss of Purkinje brain cells
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-essential-tremor-movement-disorder-linked.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
and
Purkinje Cell Loss in Essential Tremor: Collective Data From 215 Brains Over a 21-Year Period
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acn3.70204
21) Tricking the brain to make exercise feel easier
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-brain-easier.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
22) Memories are not static: How the brain stores and reshapes personal experiences over time
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-memories-static-brain-reshapes-personal.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
23) Mini brains, big questions: Science is racing ahead of ethics
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-mini-brains-big-science-ethics.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
24) How the cerebellum builds its connections with the rest of the brain during early development
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-cerebellum-rest-brain-early.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
25) Early childhood adversity can disrupt brain networks and result in lifelong health burden
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-early-childhood-adversity-disrupt-brain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
26) Lab-grown neural circuits reveal thalamus's key role in cortex development
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-lab-grown-neural-circuits-reveal.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
27) Study reveals visual processing differences in dyslexia extend beyond reading
https://www.psypost.org/study-reveals-visual-processing-differences-in-dyslexia-extend-beyond-reading/
28) When it comes to language, context matters: How your brain deciphers sarcasm, metaphors and tone
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-language-context-brain-deciphers-sarcasm.html
29) Scientists Identify Five Distinct Eras of Human Brain Development
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-identify-five-distinct-eras-of-human-brain-aging/
30) Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids
https://theconversation.com/newly-discovered-link-between-traumatic-brain-injury-in-children-and-epigenetic-changes-could-help-personalize-treatment-for-recovering-kids-271453
31) Researchers detect early brain changes linked to future psychosis development
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-early-brain-linked-future-psychosis.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
32) Neuroscientists find evidence that brain plasticity peaks at the end of the day
https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-find-evidence-that-brain-plasticity-peaks-at-the-end-of-the-day/
33) A simple 15-second verbal fluency check could serve as a powerful tool for monitoring brain health
https://www.psypost.org/a-simple-15-second-verbal-fluency-check-could-serve-as-a-powerful-tool-for-monitoring-brain-health/
34) Neuroscientists discover that letting the mind wander may aid passive learning
https://www.psypost.org/neuroscientists-discover-that-letting-the-mind-wander-may-aid-passive-learning/
35) Children with better musical skills may benefit from a prolonged window of brain plasticity
https://www.psypost.org/children-with-better-musical-skills-may-benefit-from-a-prolonged-window-of-brain-plasticity/
36) Higher diet quality is associated with greater cognitive reserve in midlife
https://www.psypost.org/higher-diet-quality-is-associated-with-greater-cognitive-reserve-in-midlife/
ALZHEIMER’S / DEMENTIA
1) Switch Turns Brain's Defenses Into Protectors Against Alzheimer's
https://www.sciencealert.com/switch-turns-brains-defenses-into-protectors-against-alzheimers
2) Discovery about brain receptors may open the door to new Alzheimer's treatments
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-discovery-brain-receptors-door-alzheimer.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
3) Just 20 minutes of exercise twice a week may help slow dementia, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-minutes-week-dementia.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
4) Cognitive Intervention Does More Than Defend Against Dementia — Sleep, brain resilience, and blood flow improved with structured POINTER program
https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ctad/118835?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-12-04&mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-12-04&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition
GENERAL & MENTAL HEALTH
1)
Experts worry FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and ‘soap opera’ - In recent months, the agency has been beset by dismissals, policy reversals, and controversies
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/fda-in-disarray-expert-analysis-george-tidmarsh-scandal/?utm_campaign=topstories_november25&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9JSyM5XKLtOJTcoZuP-hzkBt6UpHiey2vdcQJb4Ba9f7qyo2tWg2F2KhYdCDUQ8VvFJ_Wd-LBs2-Fq1DXCbkpfCPDO1dUphI0j1TwOwcTvvhWMFqI&_hsmi=393172437&utm_content=topstories&utm_source=stat_plus_nns
2) The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-states-cdc-abandoned-science-advice.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
3) New NIH Policies Make It Easier to End Grants, Ignore Peer Review
— Also, long-time AIDS leader was reassigned
https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/118809?xid=nl_mpt_investigative2025-12-10&mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=InvestigativeMD_12102025&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_InvestigateMD_Active
4) New review challenges the idea that highly intelligent people are hyper-empathic
https://www.psypost.org/new-review-challenges-the-idea-that-highly-intelligent-people-are-hyper-empathic/
5) Biomedical authors often call a reference 'recent'—even when it is decades old, analysis shows
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-biomedical-authors-decades-analysis.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
6)
Tattoos Could Be a Risk Factor for Melanoma - A new epidemiological study from Lund University in Sweden suggests that tattoos could be a risk factor for melanoma.
https://www.technologynetworks.com/cancer-research/news/tattoos-could-be-a-risk-factor-for-melanoma-407588
7)
Autistic individuals are more prosocial towards strangers and people they barely know
https://www.psypost.org/autistic-individuals-are-more-prosocial-towards-strangers-and-people-they-barely-know/
8)
We are hardwired to sing, and it's good for us, too
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-hardwired-good.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
9)
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Substance Use Disorder
A Randomized Clinical Trial
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2839605?guestAccessKey=ea19bd7c-90ea-440a-a63c-df2984ed7c6b&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_content=etoc-tfl_&utm_term=120325
10) Concern over harmful medical advice from social media influencers: Calls for coordinated action to protect the public
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-medical-advice-social-media-action.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
and
The social media influencers your patients are turning to before they get to your clinic
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2501.full?ijkey=22f74MFPMIEw.&keytype=ref&siteid=bmjjournals%253F&utm_source=adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%2520BMJ%2520curated%2520daily%2520email%2520alert%2520-%2520Version%25202&utm_content=daily&utm_term=text&nbd_source=adestra&nbd=7669a6aa04b03a9762bdf685583b6407b2de388f03ffcd1eb3541c4187730956&uaa_id=7669a6aa04b03a9762bdf685583b6407b2de388f03ffcd1eb3541c4187730956
11) The power of gut enzymes: Why healthy eating affects everyone differently
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-power-gut-enzymes-healthy-affects.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
12) Bedtime procrastination: introducing a new area of procrastination
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24994989/
13) Three to Four Cups of Coffee Linked to Slower Cellular Aging
https://www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/news/three-to-four-cups-of-coffee-linked-to-slower-cellular-aging-407452?utm_campaign=5450859-NEWSLETTER_TN_Omics%20Science&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8emxDYDAcJK3di641NMLObqMQVFqqquuF2y2xXlH74O1Cv1efiSQKGOAaSAk5Gg95T67EzAeChA6ekt10VjjeimJX7f5Va9g-0_XPm3CPd2tEyMjY&_hsmi=392817920&utm_content=392817920&utm_source=hs_email
14) Here are the top reasons doctors lose their patients: study
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/health/study-finds-top-reasons-doctors-lose-their-patients/
15) When anger hurts: How feeling wronged can intensify chronic pain
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-anger-wronged-chronic-pain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
16) Breathe in, breathe out: How respiration shapes remembering
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-respiration.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
17)
The racing mind of insomnia may stem from flattened circadian rhythms
https://www.psypost.org/the-racing-mind-of-insomnia-may-stem-from-flattened-circadian-rhythms/
18)
Rising temperatures linked to shorter, poorer sleep for US adults
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-temperatures-linked-shorter-poorer-adults.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
19) How does sleep help rewind the body's clock?
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-rewind-body-clock.html#google_vignette
20) Drinking bottled water is much worse for you than tap, scientists find
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/water-bottle-unhealthy-study
21) How stress hormones shape memories of fear and anxiety in humans
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422003906
22) Biofeedback for Motor and Cognitive Rehabilitation in Parkinson's Disease: A Comprehensive Review of Non-Invasive Interventions
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40722311/
23) Feeling Blue and Sleepless May Lower Natural Killer Cell Numbers
https://www.the-scientist.com/feeling-blue-and-sleepless-may-lower-natural-killer-cell-numbers-73839
24) Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09820-3
25) Synesthesia is several times more frequent in musicians than in nonmusicians
https://www.psypost.org/synesthesia-is-several-times-more-frequent-in-musicians-than-in-nonmusicians/
26) Large-scale U.S. study links water fluoridation to slightly improved cognitive development
https://www.psypost.org/large-scale-u-s-study-links-water-fluoridation-to-slightly-improved-cognitive-development/
27) Women with severe childhood trauma show unique stress hormone patterns
https://www.psypost.org/women-with-severe-childhood-trauma-show-unique-stress-hormone-patterns/
28) The underlying problems of electroconvulsive therapy patients are often ignored, global study suggests
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-underlying-problems-electroconvulsive-therapy-patients.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
29) Study finds microdosing can temporarily improve mood, creativity
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-microdosing-temporarily-mood-creativity.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
30) Ultra-processed foods: Leading cause of 'chronic disease pandemic,' scientists warn
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ultra-foods-chronic-disease-pandemic.html
31) Energy Drinks Blamed for Man's Severe High Blood Pressure, Stroke
— Eliminating high-caffeine beverages may reverse some harms, case report suggests
https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/generalprimarycare/118925?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-12-10&mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%20-%20Randomized%202025-12-10&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition
32) Purpose in life acts as a psychological shield against depression, new study indicates
https://www.psypost.org/purpose-in-life-acts-as-a-psychological-shield-against-depression-new-study-indicates/
33) The Push for Better Evidence on Microplastics and Health
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclick.mail.medscape.com%2F%3Fqs%3D604a27854a1ec98a68241dcf84c5438ce352c628c1daf785ff7e0a2c2d0f76618024e9d2cc58bd110b9608b9bf0d5e46476482f5b1181001fa642fb790d3d840&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca9c14d7123df4bded64908de303a8732%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639001225090007893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=adtuBe8yPzzGUEvPKAoGXxI%2Fx0tGqV2K%2BXCvy6KGUow%3D&reserved=0
and
‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. Most of Their Health Effects Are Unknown - Duke researchers hope to learn which ones are more toxic, and for whom – using tiny worms.
https://today.duke.edu/2025/04/forever-chemicals-are-everywhere-most-their-health-effects-are-unknown
and
Hormone-disrupting chemicals from plastics shown to promote a chronic inflammatory skin condition
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-plastics-shown.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
and
A Hidden Health Crisis Following Natural Disasters: Mold Growth in Homes
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/hidden-health-crisis-following-natural-disasters-mold-growth-2025a1000wnb?ecd=mkm_ret_251130_mscpmrk_allergy_top-content_etid7908203&uac=528002PJ&impID=7908203
34) Psychotic delusions are evolving to incorporate smartphones and social media algorithms
https://www.psypost.org/psychotic-delusions-are-evolving-to-incorporate-smartphones-and-social-media-algorithms/
35) Is All Screen Time Harmful? — It's not about how much time people spend on devices -- but what they do while
they're there
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118713?mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-11-30&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D
36) Childhood trauma may lead to more difficult births
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-childhood-trauma-difficult-births.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
37) Genetic overlap of 14 psychiatric disorders explains why patients often have multiple diagnoses
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-genetic-overlap-psychiatric-disorders-patients.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter#google_vignette
38)
Researchers uncover a distinct narrative pattern in autistic people and their siblings
https://www.psypost.org/researchers-uncover-a-distinct-narrative-pattern-in-autistic-people-and-their-siblings/
39) One Critical Factor Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Says
https://www.sciencealert.com/one-critical-factor-predicts-longevity-better-than-diet-or-exercise-study-says
SARS-CoV-2
1) Strange Structures Found Lurking in The Blood of People With Long COVID
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-structures-found-lurking-in-the-blood-of-people-with-long-covid
YOUTH
1) Most children identified as gifted at age 7 do not maintain high cognitive ability by adolescence
https://www.psypost.org/most-children-identified-as-gifted-at-age-7-do-not-maintain-high-cognitive-ability-by-adolescence/
2) One in eight adolescents shows signs of hearing damage by age 18
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-adolescents-age.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
3) Certain social media apps linked to teen body image issues
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-social-media-apps-linked-teen.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
and
Social Media Use Trajectories and Cognitive Performance in Adolescents
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2839941?guestAccessKey=a0697683-1140-43f5-b9b9-83c97281a179&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=etoc-tfl_&utm_term=120225
4) Young people underestimate their exposure to misinformation, new research shows
https://www.psypost.org/young-people-underestimate-their-exposure-to-misinformation-new-research-shows/
5) Owning a smartphone at age 12 linked to mental and physical health risks
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-smartphone-age-linked-mental-physical.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
6)
Hypertension Among Children Has Increased Significantly
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2842583?guestAccessKey=af429864-fe5d-449c-abda-79b96523bc74&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postup_jn&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf-tfl_&utm_term=120525
7)
Childhood trauma linked to worse outcomes in mindfulness therapy for depression
https://www.psypost.org/childhood-trauma-linked-to-worse-outcomes-in-mindfulness-therapy-for-depression/
8) New research differentiates cognitive disengagement syndrome from ADHD in youth
https://www.psypost.org/new-research-differentiates-cognitive-disengagement-syndrome-from-adhd-in-youth/
9) Parenting styles play a key role in shaping teen mental health
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-parenting-styles-play-key-role.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
10) Social media use linked to gradual decline in children's attention span
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-social-media-linked-gradual-decline.html
11) Teen video game addiction is rising—here's what families should know
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-teen-video-game-addiction-families.html
12) Extreme heat linked to lower literacy and numeracy skills in young children
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-extreme-linked-literacy-numeracy-skills.html#google_vignette
13) Teens with social anxiety rely heavily on these unhelpful mental habits
https://www.psypost.org/teens-with-social-anxiety-rely-heavily-on-these-unhelpful-mental-habits/
THC CBD PSYCHEDELICS
1) More People Are Addicted to Marijuana, but Fewer Are Seeking Help, Experts Say — Expanded availability and
more tolerant attitudes may be reasons treatment is overlooked
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/addictions/118712?mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2025-11-30&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D
2) Crowdsourced recommendations for harm reduction during first psychedelic experience
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-crowdsourced-reduction-psychedelic.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
3) Evidence lacking for medical cannabis in most conditions, researchers find
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-evidence-lacking-medical-cannabis-conditions.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
4)
Psychedelics can disrupt normal link between
brain's neuronal activity and blood flow
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/psychedelics-can-disrupt-normal-link-between-brains-neuronal-activity-and-blood-flow/ar-AA1S1m3i?ocid=BingNewsSerp
5) Study maps how psilocybin reshapes brain circuits linked to depression
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-psilocybin-reshapes-brain-circuits-linked.html#:~:text=Key%20findings%20from%20the%20brain%20mapping&text=The%20fluorescent%20tagging%20revealed%20that,person%20fixates%20on%20negative%20thoughts.
6) Psilocybin helps the brain unlearn fear by silencing specific neural pathways
https://www.psypost.org/psilocybin-helps-the-brain-unlearn-fear-by-silencing-specific-neural-pathways/
7) Medical cannabis linked to reduced opioid use in adults with chronic pain
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-medical-cannabis-linked-opioid-adults.html
and
Medical Cannabis and Opioid Receipt Among Adults With Chronic Pain
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2842414?guestAccessKey=04e330e1-432b-486a-b368-7fa6a40a1dd8
8) Developing Medical Cannabis Competencies: A Consensus Statement
https://dgme.docguide.com/article/developing-medical-cannabis-competencies-a-consensus-statement-1
9) Cannabis edibles pose major crash risk
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-cannabis-edibles-pose-major.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
10) Examining hidden risks of cannabis use among older adults
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-hidden-cannabis-older-adults.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
AI
1) Scientists observe “striking” link between social AI chatbots and psychological distress
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-observe-striking-link-between-social-ai-chatbots-and-psychological-distress/
2) Digital health M&A picks up, driven by AI and private equity
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/08/digital-health-mergers-acquisitions-ai-private-equity/
3) Humans and artificial neural networks exhibit some similar patterns during learning
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-humans-artificial-neural-networks-similar.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
4)
Researchers call for clear regulations on AI tools used for mental health interactions
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ai-tools-mental-health-interactions.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
5) AI brain scan model identifies stroke, brain tumors and aneurysms
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ai-brain-scan-tumors-aneurysms.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
6) US health department unveils strategy to expand its adoption of AI technology
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-health-department-unveils-strategy-ai.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
7)
Scientists just uncovered a major limitation in how AI models understand truth and belief
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-just-uncovered-a-major-limitation-in-how-ai-models-understand-truth-and-belief/
8) Mental Health Professionals Urged to Do Their Own Evaluations of AI-Based Tools
https://www.newswise.com/articles/mental-health-professionals-urged-to-do-their-own-evaluations-of-ai-based-tools
9) Among psychologists, AI use is up, but so are concerns
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2025/12/psychologists-ai-use-concerns
10) Harrowing case report details a psychotic “resurrection” delusion fueled by a sycophantic AI
https://www.psypost.org/harrowing-case-report-details-a-psychotic-resurrection-delusion-fueled-by-a-sycophantic-ai/
11) AI's errors may be impossible to eliminate. What that means for its use in health care
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ai-errors-impossible-health.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
12) Growing use of AI chatbots to stave off loneliness prompts calls for new mental health strategies and safeguards
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-biomedical-authors-decades-analysis.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
13) AI aids in creation of generated music for therapy and mental-health support
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ai-aids-creation-generated-music.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
14) AI Isn't the Solution for Every Problem — Health organizations should step back and understand what communities want
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/118893?mh=b472702379519ab6c5a3eb368b1e37ec&xid=nl_secondopinion_2025-12-09&zdee=gAAAAABm4vkSlHpatgJA9AhGC93ytnmIdH-i7GN6G83LoYaCXzzN3GR13pz08dfUAsGcfRwkA6zRU5qff2DB2Sn7gqSHqv0DW1XSfoM8sHdL5vtF6nsNhwI%3D
15) Harrowing case report details a psychotic “resurrection” delusion fueled by a sycophantic AI
https://www.psypost.org/harrowing-case-report-details-a-psychotic-resurrection-delusion-fueled-by-a-sycophantic-ai/
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