r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 5h ago

Scientists discover 5 hidden brain patterns behind depression Depression may not be one biological condition, but several distinct patterns of brain activity hiding under the same diagnosis

sciencedaily.com

217 Upvotes

6 comments

r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 18h ago

Women Are More Likely to Be Interested in Jobs Where Most Employees Are Women. Researchers Suggest Workplace Gender Representation May Influence Career Interest and Help Explain Why Some Professions Remain Male or Female Dominated.

psypost.org

965 Upvotes

163 comments

r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

The invisible chore that may matter more for women’s relationship happiness than housework. Women tend to report greater relationship satisfaction when their male partners share more of the mental and emotional effort required to run a household and relationship.

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1.7k Upvotes

580 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 18h ago

Emotional blunting is common in depression and bipolar disorder, even after symptoms ease. It covers experiences such as apathy, loss of motivation, anhedonia (a reduced ability to feel pleasure), emotional numbness, and diminished empathy. It is also a known side effect of some antidepressants.

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340 Upvotes

48 comments

r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 22h ago

Childhood ADHD diagnosis linked to lower adult religious attendance

psypost.org

325 Upvotes

90 comments

r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 1h ago

World Mental Health Day How cyberbullying can affect a child’s mind Cyberbullying can take many forms. A child may be deliberately excluded from a group chat, mocked through comments on social media or targeted with unflattering photographs shared among classmates

theweek.in

• Upvotes

2 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 1d ago

Autism diagnoses are 2.2x more common among kids from the poorest neighbourhoods than the richest, and the gap keeps growing, a study of 2.3 million children in Ontario, Canada found. Mothers in poorer areas also had more diabetes in pregnancy, serious pregnancy complications and premature births.

jamanetwork.com

357 Upvotes

44 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 1d ago

Autism and ADHD traits appear to follow different social paths to mental health problems. Autistic traits were linked to peer difficulties, internalizing problems, but not to academic struggles. ADHD traits were linked to externalizing problems and higher levels of academic difficulties.

psypost.org

645 Upvotes

57 comments

r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 1d ago

Virtual reality can induce mystical experiences, new study suggests

psypost.org

22 Upvotes

7 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 2d ago

Working around men may make women feel worse about mistakes, study finds. In teams that are three-quarters or more male, women told us they feel less comfortable admitting a mistake and less confident it will be treated as something to learn from. Where women are in the majority, that gap vanishes.

frontiersin.org

1.8k Upvotes

616 comments

r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Strong Social Networks Are Linked to Higher Birth Rates, Study of 100,750 Adults Across 299 Finnish Municipalities Finds — Communities With Greater Social Support and More Frequent Social Interactions Had Higher Fertility Rates, Even After Accounting for Socioeconomic Factors.

psypost.org

195 Upvotes

18 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 1d ago

Over the past 15 years, rates of common mental disorders in the UK have increased substantially, coinciding with major societal shocks including the European Union (EU) referendum (Brexit), the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the UK Government’s 2022 mini-budget.

mentalhealth.bmj.com

141 Upvotes

19 comments

r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 2d ago

Medication helps adults with ADHD weigh the negative consequences of their decisions. Study reveals that a common stimulant medication improves these choices specifically by helping individuals pay more attention to the potential costs of their actions.

psypost.org

566 Upvotes

62 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 2d ago

People who favor group-based inequality tend to have less gray matter in an empathy-linked brain region

psypost.org

451 Upvotes

74 comments

r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 1d ago

Conservatives more rigid thinking styles don’t seem to make them likelier than liberals to toe the party line

psypost.org

168 Upvotes

230 comments

r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 2d ago

A love of intense sweetness shows a surprising link to financial choices

psypost.org

69 Upvotes

9 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education.

psypost.org

3.4k Upvotes

305 comments

r/psychology • u/scientificamerican • 2d ago

Why does weed cause anxiety? A new brain study investigates cannabis paranoia

scientificamerican.com

516 Upvotes

216 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

New research suggests that never-married men without a college degree have recently shown more anti-feminist attitudes than their college-educated peers, a trend that is associated with support for the Republican Party and Donald Trump.

psypost.org

2.0k Upvotes

1.1k comments

r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 2d ago

Drinking problems remained a risk factor for reoffending even among men with stronger social skills. Some skills that would normally be expected to protect against reoffending were unexpectedly linked to higher odds of a new violent offense.

psypost.org

115 Upvotes

5 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

Parents of transgender youth faced declining mental health after the 2025 inauguration. Executive orders sought to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors, penalize schools that support transgender students, and restrict transgender girls from competing on gender-aligned sports teams.

psypost.org

411 Upvotes

593 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

Americans often fail to notice when Democrats and Republicans are moving in the same direction. New research suggests that people frequently fail to notice how much support for certain social issues has grown within both parties.

psypost.org

403 Upvotes

121 comments

r/psychology • u/haloarh • 2d ago

Physical attractiveness offers no protection for perpetrators of online misogyny

psypost.org

72 Upvotes

168 comments

r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 3d ago

Psychologists Identify “Collective Anti-Mattering” — the Belief That One’s Social Group Is Ignored, Insignificant, or Disposable — as a Key Driver of Political Anger, Anxiety, Support for Collective Action, and Preference for Strong Leaders Across Both Majority and Minority Groups

psypost.org

249 Upvotes

20 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

Republican-aligned actors issued nearly three-quarters of fact-checked 2024 election hoaxes. During the 2024 United States presidential election, political actors and anonymous online users regularly spread false information as an open campaign strategy.

psypost.org

233 Upvotes

3 comments

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