Month: <span>August 2025</span>
Month: August 2025

The impact of loneliness on alexithymia among Chinese adolescents: the mediating role of problematic smartphone use and the moderating effect of fear of negative evaluation

BMC Public Health. 2025 Aug 16;25(1):2812. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23721-0. ABSTRACT This research investigates how loneliness influences alexithymia among Chinese adolescents, drawing on Internet Compensation Theory and …

Prefrontal contribution to passive coping behaviour in chronic stress and treatment by fast-acting antidepressant

Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Aug 16. doi: 10.1038/s41386-025-02200-5. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Persistent passive coping (p-coping) behaviour is a hallmark feature in major depression and is …

The role of reward-related brain activity in response to treatment and later depression severity: data from a randomized controlled trial in early adolescents with anxiety disorders

Transl Psychiatry. 2025 Aug 16;15(1):286. doi: 10.1038/s41398-025-03388-2. ABSTRACT Alterations in reward-related brain activity have been linked to response to psychological treatment in adolescents with anxiety …

Food insecurity and adolescents psychosocial health problems globally: observations based on school going adolescents from 59 countries

Psychiatry Res. 2025 Aug 11;352:116687. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116687. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Food insecurity is linked to a higher risk of psychosocial health problems …