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Why a Stress Hormone May Be Scrambling Your Sense of Direction
A new imaging study finds that the stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's internal navigation system, raising questions about long-term links between chronic stress and cognitive health.
17 August 2026, 10:15 AM
A New Global Partnership to Expand Mental Health Care in Jordan and Nepal
The WHO and Lions Clubs International Foundation announced a three-year partnership to expand mental health services in Jordan and Nepal.
17 August 2026, 12:12 AM
Fifteen Years On: What Earthquake Survivors Reveal About Long-Term PTSD
A long-term study of survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake finds that early symptom patterns are linked to PTSD symptoms persisting 15 years later.
16 August 2026, 11:58 PM
Two Years Later, Online Anxiety Therapy for Kids Still Holds Up
A study following Finnish children for two years finds that therapist-supported internet-based CBT for anxiety produced lasting symptom reductions.
16 August 2026, 11:44 PM
Before Reaching for Medication: New Guidance on Dementia-Related Agitation
New professional guidance from psychiatric experts discusses evidence-based, often nonmedication-first approaches to behavioral symptoms of dementia.
16 August 2026, 11:30 PM
A Different Kind of Antipsychotic: Early Hospital Experience With Xanomeline/Trospium
Clinicians share early real-world experience using xanomeline/trospium, a nondopaminergic schizophrenia medication, in acute inpatient psychiatric settings.
16 August 2026, 11:16 PM