Month: <span>October 2025</span>
Month: October 2025

Thalamic regulation of reinforcement learning strategies across prefrontal-striatal networks

Nat Commun. 2025 Oct 16;16(1):9095. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63995-x. ABSTRACT Human decision-making involves model-free and model-based reinforcement learning (RL) strategies, largely implemented by prefrontal-striatal circuits. Combining human …

Type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomised controlled trial to address intergenerational impact of war trauma and resilience among second-generation refugee children in the USA: Resettled Refugee Families for Healing (RRF4H) study protocol

BMJ Open. 2025 Oct 16;15(10):e108824. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108824. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Children from refugee families resettled in the USA face higher risks of serious mental health challenges …

‘We feel better here now’: traditional practices, sanitation, and dialog with the biomedical system to restore spiritual harmony in an Indigenous community in Colombia

Rural Remote Health. 2025 Oct;25(4):9126. doi: 10.22605/RRH9126. Epub 2025 Oct 16. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Suicidal behavior has increased in the past decade, particularly among Indigenous children …

Introducing the University of California, Irvine Corneal Cystine Crystal Score: A Novel Tool for Assessing Corneal Crystal Deposition in Cystinosis Patients

Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 16;15(1):36262. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-20108-4. ABSTRACT This study aimed to develop and validate the University of California Irvine Corneal Cystine Crystal Score (UCI …

Prevalence and predictors of depression and other mental health disorders in Brazilian adults with intellectual disabilities: a population-based secondary analysis

BMJ Open. 2025 Oct 16;15(10):e104089. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104089. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To investigate the occurrence of depression and mental health disorders other than depression among Brazilian people …