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NYC Subway Crime Report Shows Random Assaults Outnumber Robberies

The New York Times -- Mental Health

While crime remains rare in the New York City subway, a surge in unpredictable attacks, not motivated by theft, signals a worrisome shift.

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How to Decide Whether Depressions Are Bipolar Depressions

Psychiatric Times

Although diagnostic criteria for a depressive episode are the same for unipolar major depression and bipolar depression, these episodes differ in their natural history.

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Time-irreversibility reveals hidden structure in neural dynamics

Department of Psychiatry News

Why do some memories last a lifetime while others fade away?

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Worse Weather Pushes People to Social Media

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

New Years Eve in New York City. Mardi Gras in New Orleans. These are days when people flock to social media to post their latest escapades. But new research has found that inclement weather, like freezing temperatures or lots of snow, as well as hot weather, can also push people to be more active on social media. In a new study published in Psychological Science , researchers investigated how social media use fluctuated with meteorological conditions.

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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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Addressing Challenges of Nonadherence Among Adults With Schizophrenia

Psychiatric Times

In this sponsored video series, review common challenges associated with the treatment of schizophrenia, such as treatment nonadherence and relapse.

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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

When Alternative Analyses of the Same Data Come to Different Conclusions: A Tutorial Using DeclareDesign With a Worked Real-World Example Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Charles Hulme Recent studies in psychology have documented how analytic flexibility can result in different results from the same data set. Here, we demonstrate a package in the R programming language, DeclareDesign, that uses simulated data to diagnose the ways in which different analytic designs can give different outcomes.

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What’s it Like Day-to-Day in Addiction Treatment Rehab?

Clear Behavioral Health

At Clear Behavioral Health, our addiction treatment rehab uses a multi-faceted approach, tailored to everyone’s needs. Every day is scheduled so you can learn how to maintain a daily routine in recovery. Knowing what to expect in substance abuse treatment can alleviate the overwhelm of decision fatigue. The structure also helps with consistency and provides stability, which can alleviate a lot of daily anxiety.

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Our Ethical Responsibilities to Each Other

Psychiatric Times

Are these the times that try psychiatrists souls?

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World Bipolar Day 2025: Breaking the Stigma

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Every year on March 30th, we observe World Bipolar Day, a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness, challenging stigma, and promoting understanding about bipolar disorder. Despite the millions affected worldwide, misconceptions and societal stigma often prevent individuals from seeking the treatment and support they need. World Bipolar Day 2025 is a call to action, an opportunity to educate, support, and empower those living with bipolar disorder.

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"The Killer"

Psychiatric Times

"I stood by her side, stunned when her breathing stopped.

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Tortured by the Mental Health System Due to Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia

Mad in America

M y name is Andrew Seefeldt and I have been a victim of horrific abuse by the mental health system of Australia for over a decade. I received a misdiagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia due to psychiatrists repeatedly mistaking my behaviours and actions that actually resulted from severe abuse and neglect (both as a child and adult) for “symptoms” of “paranoid schizophrenia.” They also mistook my claims of more recent sexual assault as “paranoid delusions” and &#