Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry
April 15, 2026
Hasan Karataş, Emine Sevinç Tok
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, developed to prevent depression relapse in adults diagnosed with clinical depression, has attracted the attention of researchers in the current literature, and there is a growing interest in these applications. This growing interest has led to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy applications for children and adolescents. The current systematic review focuses...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
April 13, 2026
Craig F. Ferris
For the past half-century, psychiatric drug development has largely focused on tweaking neurotransmitter receptors and chemical pathways. Yet despite billions of dollars invested and major advances in neuroscience, truly innovative treatments for mental illness remain scarce. Disorders like depression, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) continue to be managed with drugs...
Molecular Psychiatry
April 8, 2026
Johannes G. Ramaekers, Kim P. C. Kuypers, Franz X. Vollenweider
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MDMA's history spans military experimentation, recreational use, and clinical trials for PTSD treatment, reflecting both promise and controversy. While studies in heavy users suggested possible neurotoxicity, evidence remains inconclusive. Clinical trials show that one to three sessions of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can alleviate PTSD symptoms, yet regulators have criticized inadequate...
African Journal of Stability and Development
April 7, 2026
John Philip Sele, Theodaline Ndifon Feh
Dissociation occupies a paradoxical position within psychology: widely recognised in clinical practice yet persistently marginal in theoretical discourse. This paper argues that dissociation is not merely a pathological anomaly but a phenomenon that exposes the fragility of psychology’s foundational assumptions. Through a historical analysis of the intellectual divergence between Pierre Janet’s...
Preprints.org
April 7, 2026
Luis Miguel Gallardo
preprint
Altered states of consciousness (ASC) represent a universal human capacity for accessing and transforming the subconscious mind, employed across cultures and millennia through diverse contemplative, somatic, pharmacological, ritual, and technological modalities. This comprehensive review synthesizes evidence from over 25 distinct disciplines spanning five clusters: (A) contemplative and...
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
April 6, 2026
Mahnoor Sheikh, Zaibunnisa Bilal, Syeda Habiba Fatima et al.
To the Editor, Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental state in which there are early emerging problems in social communication along with fixed behavior patterns. Social difficulties in ASD are characterized by difficulty in interpretation of interpersonal signals such as facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language. Individuals with ASD often present with social...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
April 6, 2026
Kirsten L Rock, Paul Rees, David Morgan et al.
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is being investigated as a new therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). With antidepressants as the first-line pharmacotherapy for PTSD, it is important to understand any drug-drug interactions between antidepressants and MDMA. This study aimed to investigate the association between antidepressant use and MDMA fatality using a drug-death...
Quality in Sport
April 5, 2026
Magdalena Ostaszewska, Milena Majchrzyk, Damian Zienkiewicz et al.
Introduction and aim of the study: 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a stimulant drug with widespread consumption. It is used mainly in recreational settings, due to its ability to induce various pleasurable, mood-enhancing effects. Prolonged and excessive MDMA misuse can lead to multiple negative outcomes ranging from cognitive dysfunction or emotional dysregulation to severe...
Journal of Sleep Research
April 1, 2026
Severin Ableidinger, Luigi De Gennaro, Sérgio Mota-Rolim et al.
During lucid dreaming (LD), dreamers are aware that they are dreaming and may be able to influence the oneiric content. There has been recent debate about the relative importance of the ability to influence the dream and having agency over the pure awareness of dreaming. To underline this, we examined the associations of lucid dreams without agency (LD-Ag) and lucid dreams with agency (LD + Ag)...
Applied nursing research : ANR
April 1, 2026
Elham Memar Haghighi Chianeh, Mohammad Ali Khoshnevis, Masoud Sirati Nir et al.
Given the high levels of occupational stress and compassion fatigue in psychiatric wards, this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation on the professional quality of life of nurses working in these settings in Tehran, Iran. The present study employed a two-group randomized clinical trial with a pretest-posttest design involving 52 nurses randomly assigned to...