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This study reveals that psilocin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, reduces alcohol consumption in female mice by suppressing specific stress-related neurons in the brain. These findings offer new insight into the biological mechanisms that may allow psychedelic therapies to effectively treat alcohol use disorder.

Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are a core symptom of autism. The current diagnostic system separates RRBs into four domains. These findings suggest that, based on data driven methods, RRBs may be best understood as 3 domains in verbally-able individuals and 2 domains in non-verbal individuals.

To improve access to care, we are developing and testing First Approach Skills Training- Disordered Eating (FAST-DE), a brief intervention to treat disordered eating in primary care settings. In this study, we conducted focus groups with adolescents and caregivers from the Latino community who had lived experience with disordered eating...

This paper reported on a new screening tool for children that measures their risk for problematic substance use and other risky behaviors in adolescence. This screening allows children with high risk to receive prevention potentially years before they would otherwise begin problematic behavior.

We absolutely knocked it out of the park with fundraising this year for mental illness research through the Walk for Hope!!! With $21,108 raised and 172 participants/donors, we broke our own record by thousands! Thank you so much to all that promoted the event, fundrasied, donated and registered as a...

Dr. Adam Miller and his team are now trying to understand how early suicidal thoughts and behaviors emerge in kids. Their findings, published in the Journal of American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, show that 34% of children reported passive suicidal ideation (thoughts of dying), and 33% reported active...

This study conducted a qualitative analysis of individual interviews and focus groups with caregivers of young people experiencing psychosis to elucidate the challenges associated with navigating the mental healthcare system and providing effective support to their relative. Participants also provided perspectives on desired features and functionality of a digital support...

This scoping review synthesized all interventions that tested either the prevention or improvement of mental health for adolescents living with HIV. It provides valuable insights into improving the mental health of HIV-infected adolescents and can guide further research and practice in this area.

This paper provides the protocol for a pilot trial that will investigate the feasibility, acceptability, fidelity, and preliminary efficacy of a combined youth-friendly suicide prevention and problem-solving intervention in reducing suicidal ideation and behaviors in adolescents living with HIV (ALWH) in Malawi.

This study shows evidence that temporally resolved and functionally contextualized structural basis sets can accurately reflect dynamic functional processes and capture diagnostically relevant structure-functional coupling while detecting nuanced functionally driven structural components that cannot be captured with traditionally computed structural bases. Differential analysis of component stability across repeated scans from...