Abstract In many universities, both at the master’s and Ph.D. levels, it has become commonplace for students to fulfill a graduation requirement by publishing an article in an international scientific journal. The study sought to investigate the potential benefits of Read More …
Personalised video recommendation system and its potential role as a trigger of addiction- commentary on manuscript
Commentary This article addresses a timely and increasingly important issue at the intersection of technology, psychology, and society: the psychological implications of personalised video recommendation systems, particularly their potential role in triggering or exacerbating addictive behaviours. By situating personalised search Read More …
You will be better soon: Manipulating Patients to Continue Psychotherapy Treatment
Commentary on “You will be better soon: Manipulating Patients to Continue Psychotherapy Treatment” This Letter to the Editor by Kadir Uludag, published in Med Discoveries, raises a pointed and ethically significant critique of psychotherapy practice, particularly within private clinical settings. Read More …
The relationship between complex PTSD and dissociation Longitudinal findings across Western and South Asian female samples
abstract:Purpose: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociation are common responses to trauma, especially interpersonal and betrayal trauma. Dissociation has been proposed to be a core concept in understanding PTSD. However, little is known about the bidirectional relationship between dissociation and Read More …
commentary on Hyperparameters and Tuning Methods for Random Forest Using Python Sklearn Package Relevant to Psychology Studies book chapter
This chapter excerpt addresses a critical and often underappreciated nexus in computational psychiatry and psychology: the gap between the potential of machine learning (ML) and the reproducible, rigorous application of these methods in research. The passage rightly shifts focus from Read More …
Coronary Blindness: desensitization after excessive exposure to Coronavirus-related Information- commentary
This commentary critically examines how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped academic publishing practices, highlighting unintended consequences for research quality, researcher behavior, and reader engagement. While the rapid prioritization of coronavirus-related studies was initially justified by the urgent global health crisis, the Read More …
Potential use of neuroimaging as a tool to monitor brain imaging changes in politicians related to unethical decision making interpretation of the paper
he author speculates that neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI, EEG) has the potential to be developed into a tool for the political arena, primarily to monitor and improve the psychological stability and decision-making of politicians, with a specific interest in detecting or Read More …
Psychometric Evaluation of the Preference to Avoid Self-Experiences (PASE) Scale: Cross-Cultural Validity and Its Associations with Complex PTSD and Dissociation in an International Female Sample
Abstract Objectives This study aimed to validate the English version of the Preference to Avoid Self-Experiences (PASE) scale, which assesses the tendency and preference to disengage from internal states (e.g., emotions, thoughts, and memories)—a cognitive process hypothesized to play a Read More …
Expression of Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors in the Offspring of Mothers Experiencing Chronic Stress during Pregnancy
Introduction: Glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) and mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs) are distributed in the brain, and they are particularly dense in the hippocampus. The two receptors are implicated in stress-related psychiatric diseases, such as anxiety, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and depression. This Read More …
Is low self-compassion characteristic of ICD-11 complex PTSD? Further investigation using cross-cultural samples
Complex PTSD is a prevalent, persistent, and disabling trauma disorder newly recognized in ICD-11. Some recent studies suggested that complex PTSD symptoms are negatively associated with self-compassion. This study further examined whether low self-compassion would be characteristic of individuals with Read More …
