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Understanding Life Chapters and Transitions

The Online Therapist

I like to look at life in terms of life chapters and life transitions. Life chapters are phases in our life where things are stable, we are settled and things are running fine. There is no need for change and the thoughts around changing those circumstances are minimal.

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The Psychiatric Pipeline in Review: Quarter 2, 2025

Psychiatric Times

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Therapy Shorts 11: Navigating the Post-Breakup Journey: Key Insights 4 to 6

The Online Therapist

Discover "Therapy Shorts," a collection of quick insights and gentle nudges to help you along your healing journey. This week is about Break-Ups. These posts, published twice per week with a short audio, provide bite-sized wisdom to help you grow and discover yourself. Join me as we investigate the small ways we can bring peace, clarity, and connection into our lives.

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WPA Medical Students Essay Competition 2025 Winners Announced

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

World Psychiatric Association announces the winners of their 2025 Medical Student Essay Competition who will receive a Travel Award to attend the 25th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry in Prague, Czech RepublicThe World Psychiatric Association (WPA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 4th Annual Medical Student Essay Competition.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Ketamine Safe for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders: In Conversation With Elizabeth Wassenaar, MD, MS, DFAPA, CEDS-C

Psychiatric Times

New research reveals ketamine's safe use for treating eating disorders, offering hope for patients with comorbid treatment-resistant depression.

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Your beaker, my beaker: Understanding why they’re different

Chipur

Stress capacity: I refer to mine as a beaker. "Not right now, the beaker's overflowing." or "Let me pour a little out of the beaker first." Monitoring stress load and capacity is huge. Understanding why each of our beakers are different is crucial.

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Thinking outside the box: alternatives to standard inpatient mental health care

The Mental Elf

Amber Jarvis summarises a new typology of alternatives to standard inpatient care produced by the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health, which suggests there are multiple alternatives to 'traditional' inpatient mental health care, which planners and commissioners should consider. The post Thinking outside the box: alternatives to standard inpatient mental health care appeared first on National Elf Service.

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Scientists discovered how a scent can change your mind

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the brain draw powerful indirect connections. Disabling this circuit erased the links, hinting that similar pathways in humans could underlie disorders like PTSD and psychosis, and might be tuned with future brain-modulation therapies.

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Your beaker is full: 19 coping tips

Chipur

You have an important task to handle before the end of the day - but you're tired. Not only that, your depression and anxiety have flared up. Looks to me like your beaker is full. Now what are you going to do?

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“Why I Swear By High-Intensity Interval Tasking”

ADDitude

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a popular form of exercise that involves alternating between short, intense bursts of movement and brief periods of rest. As an ADHD coach, I’ve always considered the HIIT method to be well-suited for people with ADHD outside of fitness. The short intervals of work and rest are manageable and work to sustain focus and mental engagement.

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Searching, unpacking and naming research into subjective experiences: the SUNRISE study. A new dawn for subjective experiences research

The Mental Elf

How do we include people’s real experiences of depression, anxiety and psychosis in research? The SUNRISE project explores why subjective experiences remain undervalued, how we might integrate them more fully, and what this means for mental health science. Join the conversation and complete the survey. The post Searching, unpacking and naming research into subjective experiences: the SUNRISE study.

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Young Researchers Featured at Conference of Society for Digital Mental Health

Psychiatric Times

An interdisciplinary gathering at the 2025 virtual conference of the Society for Digital Mental Health heard presentations and panel discussions on digital therapeutics, along with reports of studies on the technology and outcomes by student and young researchers.

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CBS Mornings: Keep Your Kids Busy While Building Healthy Habits

Child Mind Intitute

In this CBS Mornings interview, Dr. Harold Koplewicz, President of the Child Mind Institute, highlights the importance of keeping a consistent routine during the summer to support children’s mental well-being, especially for those facing mental health challenges. He explains that structure helps children feel more organized and less anxious, suggesting parents establish regular schedules for activities like playtime and bedtime.

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What Is High-Functioning Depression and Are You Missing the Signs?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Not all depression looks the same. Some people appear successful, outgoing, and productive, yet silently struggle with persistent feelings of sadness, emptiness, or self-doubt. This is often referred to as high-functioning depression , a form of depression that flies under the radar because those experiencing it can still manage daily responsibilities.

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7 surprising strengths of people who’ve had childhood trauma

Dr. Christianheim Preventative Mental Health

As a psychiatrist working with people who have experienced childhood trauma, I often focus on a person’s strengths. Trauma, because it happened in the past, can’t be ‘fixed’ but it can be processed and laid to rest. The brain adapts to find an advantage, a useful edge from almost every experience. It learns to be better. Overcoming adversity is the mechanism of survival.

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Immersive virtual reality for the treatment of mental health disorders: anxiety leads the way

The Mental Elf

Rena Gatzounis blogs about a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality treatments for mental health disorders. The post Immersive virtual reality for the treatment of mental health disorders: anxiety leads the way appeared first on National Elf Service.

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sNDA Submitted: Lumateperone for the Prevention of Relapse in Schizophrenia

Psychiatric Times

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Child Mind Institute Launches Curious, a Mental Health Research Platform

Child Mind Intitute

The Child Mind Institute is proud to announce the launch of Curious , a newly reimagined digital platform designed to advance mental health research and improve outcomes for children, adolescents, and their families. Formerly known as MindLogger, Curious was built to help researchers and clinicians better understand how patients’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors unfold in everyday life.

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5 Mental Mistakes That Keep You Anxious (And How to Break Free)

The Anxiety Guy

Anxiety is relentless not just in how it feels, but in how it thinks. That is why I felt I needed to make this podcast today on the mental mistakes that keep you anxious. Enjoy, and I hope it provides relief for you and those that need it: So many anxiety sufferers tell me, “Dennis, I know I want to get better, but I keep falling into the same patterns.

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Eldest Daughter Syndrome: How Being the Oldest Affects Mental Health

Zencare

Published on July 7, 2025 by Zencare Team. What is eldest daughter syndrome? It’s the quiet, relentless pressure that builds when you're the oldest girl in the family, the one who always has to hold it together. Eldest daughter syndrome isn’t an official diagnosis, but it describes a real, often invisible emotional load. These daughters become the go-to fixers, caregivers, and peacemakers from a young age.

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10 Powerful Breathwork Exercises for Instant Calm and Focus

Lightwork

The Power of Breathwork for Mental Well-being Your breath is a powerful tool that’s always available, completely free, and remarkably effective at transforming your mental state. Breathwork has emerged as a cornerstone practice for mental wellness, gaining recognition from mental health professionals and wellness enthusiasts alike. The beauty of breathing techniques lies in their simplicity and immediate impact on your nervous system.

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The surprising link between hearing loss, loneliness, and lifespan

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

People who treat hearing loss with hearing aids or cochlear implants regain rich conversations, escape isolation, and may even protect their brains and lifespans—proof that better hearing translates into fuller living.

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Supporting Black Survivors in This Moment

Therapy for Black Girls

Written in collaboration with Dr. Shena Young As news continues to unfold around the Diddy trial, many in our community—especially Black women and femmes—are sitting with a complicated, painful mix of emotions. For many survivors, this moment is more than a headline. It’s personal. It brings up deep wounds, ancestral pain, and the ever-present reminder of how violence against Black bodies—especially Black women’s bodies—too often goes ignored, silenced, or justified.

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What Do Parents of Students With ADHD or Learning Disorders Need to Know Before Their Kids Go to College?

Child Mind Intitute

The transition from high school to college is among the most challenging transitions for many students, but it’s even harder for those with ADHD and learning disorders. And it can be particularly hard for their parents — who may have spent years helping them, shuttling them to appointments, reminding them to take their meds, and advocating on their behalf — to let them go.

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The Best Online Resources for ADHD, According to a Therapist

Very Well Mind

We reviewed the best online resources for ADHD support and treatment based on cost, platforms, services offered, and more.

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Ode to Foresight

Psychiatric Times

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Can OCD Cause Psychosis?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often misunderstood as a condition of quirks or excessive cleanliness. In reality, it’s a chronic mental health disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions). But what happens when OCD takes a more severe form, blurring the line between irrational fears and fixed delusions?

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'Love Island USA' producers ask fans to stop cyberbullying the show's contestants

NPR - Mental Health

The producers of the dating reality series "Love Island USA" have called on fans to stop cyberbullying contestants on the show. When does fandom cross the line into abuse?

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Mirror: A Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Teens

Child Mind Intitute

For many LGBTQ+ teens, growing up isn’t just about figuring out who they are, it’s about surviving environments that may not fully see, support, or accept them. In these moments, having a tool that provides safety, space, and self-reflection isn’t just helpful, it’s essential. That’s where Mirror comes in. Inspired by the real experiences of youth and grounded in research on mental health, Mirror offers more than just a place to write.

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How the OBBBA Bill Could Change Medicaid Therapy Coverage: What You Need to Know

Zencare

Published on July 7, 2025 by Zencare Team. Here’s what’s happening The OBBBA (Omnibus Budget Bill for Balanced Appropriations), also known as the “Big Beautiful Bill”, is making deep cuts to Medicaid funding at the federal level. States will now have more control but less money to run their Medicaid programs. That shift could mean: Therapy benefits are reduced or eliminated Fewer therapy sessions are covered Stricter rules to qualify for Medicaid Fewer providers accepting Medicaid If you’re curr

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What Long COVID Can Teach Psychiatry—and Its Critics

Psychiatric Times

Long COVID presents complex symptoms without clear diagnostic criteria, challenging traditional medical understanding and emphasizing the need for compassionate care.

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Feeling mental exhaustion? These two areas of the brain may control whether people give up or persevere

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

When you're mentally exhausted, your brain might be doing more behind the scenes than you think. In a new study using functional MRI, researchers uncovered two key brain regions that activate when people feel cognitively fatigued—regions that appear to weigh the cost of continuing mental effort versus giving up. Surprisingly, participants needed high financial incentives to push through challenging memory tasks, hinting that motivation can override mental fatigue.

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ChatGPT Weakens Your Ability to Think, MIT Study Finds

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: Peter Simons did not use an LLM or any other AI in the creation of this article, either to summarize the study or to generate the text of this piece. A new study out of MIT has found that those who used large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to write an essay had significantly lower brain activation than those who didn’t. They were also unable to remember anything they had “written” just minutes ago.

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Child Mind Institute Joins Rare Impact Fund’s Capacity-Building Workshop

Child Mind Intitute

Last week, the Child Mind Institute joined nonprofit leaders from around the world for the Rare Impact Fund’s first-ever “Capacity-Building Workshop.” The two-day event took place at Google’s Pier 57 headquarters in New York City. Hayley Mead, Jorge Alvarez, and Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD, discuss the current mental health landscape with Dr. Harold S.

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“I Thought I Sucked at Life. But I Was High-Masking Autism All Along.”

ADDitude

I thought I sucked at life. On the outside, I was positive and upbeat, a married mom of three, a business owner. I had a mortgage, an investment property, a postgraduate degree in psychology. I had friends, prospects, blonde highlights. On the inside, I felt broken. I faked enthusiasm for most conversations. I was either painfully uninterested in the small talk of the other school moms, or wishing I could mitigate my ever-present fatigue with a nap by midday.

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Patient Education and Shared Decision-Making in Narcolepsy

Psychiatric Times

Panelists discuss the importance of shared decision-making in narcolepsy care, emphasizing structured conversations that explore patient goals, treatment preferences, and concerns—while navigating practical barriers like insurance—so that therapy selection is personalized and collaborative, often requiring a multimodal approach for optimal outcomes.