What’s New in Psychology?

Gender-Affirming Care Reduces Depression in Transgender Youth

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 Psilocybin Treatment for Major Depression May Be Effective for Up to a Year

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A New Youth Suicide Prevention Program   

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How Parents Can Help Kids Struggling with the Current Mental Health Crisis

 Jim Windell

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Are We Closer to Understanding What Causes Psychiatric Disorders?

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Depression in Mothers Linked to Anxiety and Depression in Kids?     

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Suicide Rates and the Pandemic     

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Depression and Cognitive Impairment in Later Life      

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Viewing Leisure Activities as Unproductive  

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Why Does Light Therapy Improve Mood?  

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Biological Markers for Stress and Depression?

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Long-term Effects of Concussion on Kids

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A Way to Cut the Risk of Depression

Jim Windell

Which Adolescents are Susceptible to Internet Addiction?

 Jim Windell

             How have you coped with life during the pandemic? Were you bored, lonely, depressed? To deal with negative emotions did you turn to surfing the internet? Reading? Drinking more wine? Interacting with others on social media? Compulsively watching Netflix?

Just Take a Pill to Stave Off Depression and Anxiety

By Jim Windell

The Loneliness of the Adolescent

 By Jim Windell

            Which teenagers are most likely to become addicted to the internet?

The Latest on the Effects of Antidepressants

By Jim Windell

Can Treating Depressed Mothers Affect the Brains of their Babies?

By Jim Windell

This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain When you are Lonely.

By Jim Windell

           This holiday season is going to be different for many people. I know that in our family there won’t be the large Christmas Eve party that we’ve enjoyed for the past 25 years. There will be no family gathering on Christmas morning to open gifts. And there will be no New Year’s Eve parties.

            Of course, there will be Zoom interactions, text messages about our gifts and an exchange of photos on our phones. But for many people, for instance the people we usually visit during the holidays at care facilities and prisons, there will be a feeling of special isolation and – likely – the desolation of loneliness.

Singing Eases Stress for Preterm Babies and Anxious Moms

By Jim Windell

            About one of every 10 infants born in the United States is premature – commonly referred to preemies. Babies who are born prior to the 37^th month of pregnancy usually weigh much less than full-term babies and because they did not have enough time in the womb to develop they are often beset by various health problems – breathing difficulties, feeding problems, hearing and vision problems and other developmental delays.