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Mary Shelley ya diagnosticó ese doble rasero por el cual al varón lo dotamos de un dolor trágico que a una mujer siempre le negaríamos

The emergence of humor so early in life suggests something important about human nature.

Where city dwellers see rectangles, people who live in round huts see circles

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represents a transcultural recurrent response to extreme events, documented across approximately four millennia of human history. Although formally codified in Di...

This narrative review explores the idea of understanding mental disorders according to homeostatic property clusters rather than through typical classification systems.

It starts innocently. A paper you’re proud of, the thrill of seeing your name on PubMed. Everyone is genuinely happy for you; you’re a threat to no one. Bu

Sycophantic AI distorts social judgments and behaviors

“My personal story has become part of my identity as a scientist,” this researcher writes

The continued use of schizoaffective disorder (SAD) as a diagnostic category remains puzzling, given its well-documented lack of validity, reliability…

The online encyclopedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem. Researchers should help to nourish it.

Why Neuroscience Needs the Humanities to Avoid Bad Science, False Certainty, and Real-World Harm

No se trata del cansancio ordinario, que se repara rápidamente, sino del burnout. Encima, los consejos para superarlo parecen una mala broma.

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

Schizophrenia is a complex and often long-lasting mental health condition that typically begins in late adolescence. In this Primer, Leucht and colleagues review the epidemiology of schizophrenia and ...

A new adaptation of the cautionary tale is an opportunity to reflect on scientific stewardship

Making the next DSM look less like a house of mirrors

Su papel como relatora especial de Naciones Unidas para los territorios palestinos ocupados ha cobrado relevancia a raíz de la masacre perpetrada por el ejército de Netanyahu en Gaza. Visitamos a la a...

Five editions on, the DSM shoulders more responsibilities than it was ever intended for. How did we get here?

DSM-III did not completely ignore the importance of social factors in psychiatric evaluation. It introduced the multiaxial diagnostic system (continued throu...

No nos moverán (México, 2025) y Ainda estou aqui (Brasil, 2024) guardan en sus historias una forma en la que podemos resistir al olvido, a la disolución de la memoria. A pesar de que su origen son luc...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was once thought to be solely a childhood condition. Now it is well established that it can persist into adulthood, with an estimated worldwide prevale....

Los políticos quieren mejorar nuestra cada vez peor salud mental con iniciativas psiquiátricas. El problema de este modelo, afirma la historiadora de la neurociencia Danielle Carr, es que ignora las b...

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“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions

Scenes from books, movies and games sometimes carry as much weight as events from people’s own lives. We’re finding out why

Ethics experts raise concerns over consent, study design

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The author had been using research “as a way of trying to control the uncontrollable”

Mental health is the leading cause of preventable perinatal maternal mortality. Studying perinatal intrusions can shed light on determinants of maternal mental health.

Researchers can recognize a reliable source of information, making them ideal contributors to the free global online encyclopaedia.

Utilizing heterogeneous results from the published studies on brain atrophy in schizophrenia, the authors identify a common brain network for schizophrenia that is stable with disease progression and ...

Mythopsychopharmacology: definition and differential diagnosis – Miscellaneous - Volume 225 Issue 6

Across five pre-registered studies, Koetke et al. find that perceptions of scientists’ intellectual humility positively affect the perceived trustworthiness of scientists and their research.

We tested a hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online, examining generalizability across multiple platforms, time periods, and classifications of misinformation. Outrage is high...

A breathtaking total eclipse, courageous penguins, volcanic smoke rings and more.

Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say

Rising concerns about social isolation and loneliness globally have highlighted the need for a greater understanding of their mental and physical health implications. Robust evidence documents social...

The neuromodulatory arousal system imbues the nervous system with the flexibility and robustness required to facilitate adaptive behaviour. While there are well understood mechanisms linking dopamine,...