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TL;DR: Brain scans of 48 women with borderline personality disorder showed less gray matter in the insula and parts of the frontal lobe than in 54 women without it. Some of those frontal areas were more strongly in sync with other brain regions, and that synci…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that problematic sexual behaviour was associated with non-suicidal self-injury in a university cohort, with the strongest pattern in women. Key Findings 2,666 people were analyzed: The study included 2,189 university partic…
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TL;DR: A 2026 network analysis study in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience found that insomnia was present in 18.3% and childhood trauma in 49.5% of patients, while daytime dysfunction and sleep-related distress were central nodes, while…
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Childhood Trauma Made Teen Depression Networks More Random TL;DR: In 343 adolescents with major depression, childhood trauma was linked to less efficient brain-network organization, partial normalization after treatment, and an fMRI-based model that predicted…
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Researchers have uncovered concerning links between excessive exercise and psychiatric problems like depression, ADHD, and childhood trauma. This sheds new light on the concerning phenomenon of exercise addiction. Key Facts: Individuals at risk for exercise ad…
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A new study published in BMC Psychiatry has found associations between childhood maltreatment and lower resilience in Chinese adults with major depressive disorder (MDD). Key findings include: Adults with depression who experienced childhood maltreatment had l…
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