End-of-life care for the devout Jewish patient.

RATIONALE: The Joint Commission emphasizes the importance of cultural competence and effective communication in quality medical care, particularly during end-of-life (EOL), when decisions are influenc…

Neurosciences des Croyances
Eitingon, J., Doberman, D., Berger, Z., & Tapper, C. X. (2025). End-of-life care for the devout Jewish patient.. J Eval Clin Pract, 31(1), e14109. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.14109

A Case Report of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor (NMDAR) Encephalitis.

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor NMDAR) encephalitis is a relatively recent condition, classified as an immune-mediated disorder characterized by a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome and the p…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Mahomed, M. a. t. e. u. s. . S., Ferreira, d. a. . S. i. l. v. a. . D., Sampaio, B., Coelho, C., & Aliberti, R. (2025). A Case Report of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor (NMDAR) Encephalitis.. Cureus, 17(2), e78377. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.78377

Voice hearing as a social barometer: Benevolent persuasion, ancestral spirits, and politics in the voices of psychosis in Shanghai, China.

The comparative study of voice hearing is in its early stages. This approach is important due to the observation that the content of voices differs across different settings, which suggests that voice…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Ng, E., Chen, F., Zhao, X., & Marie, L. u. h. r. m. a. n. n. . T. (2025). Voice hearing as a social barometer: Benevolent persuasion, ancestral spirits, and politics in the voices of psychosis in Shanghai, China.. Transcult Psychiatry, 62(1), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634615231202090

Hearing voices among Russian patients with schizophrenia.

There has been relatively little work which systematically examines whether the content of hallucinations in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia varies by cultural context. The work that exists f…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Altman, M. G. G., Kuzmina, S. V., Irkabaeva, A. B., Mason, D. P., & Luhrmann, T. M. (2025). Hearing voices among Russian patients with schizophrenia.. Transcult Psychiatry, 62(1), 78-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634615231191980

Is it time for India to set social media age limits for adolescents?

The rapid integration of social media into the lives of Indian adolescents presents a complex mix of benefits and challenges, particularly in the realms of mental health, online safety, and digital li…

Soutien par les pairs en ligne et transitions religieuses chez les adolescents
Prakash, O. (2025). Is it time for India to set social media age limits for adolescents?. Indian J Psychiatry, 67(2), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_1012_24

Human herpesvirus-associated transposable element activation in human aging brains with Alzheimer's disease.

INTRODUCTION: Human herpesvirus (HHV) has been linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown.METHODS: We leveraged functional genomics data from Religious Orders Stu…

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Feng, Y., Cao, S. Q., Shi, Y., Sun, A., Flanagan, M. E., Leverenz, J. B., Pieper, A. A., Jung, J. U., Cummings, J., Fang, E. F., Zhang, P., & Cheng, F. (2025). Human herpesvirus-associated transposable element activation in human aging brains with Alzheimer's disease.. Alzheimers Dement, 21(2), e14595. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14595

Gene module-trait network analysis uncovers cell type specific systems and genes relevant to Alzheimer's Disease.

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is marked by the accumulation of pathology, neuronal loss, and gliosis and frequently accompanied by cognitive decline. Understanding brain cell interactions is key to identif…

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de, P. a. i. v. a. . L. o. p. e. s. . K., Vialle, R. A., Green, G., Fujita, M., Gaiteri, C., Menon, V., Schneider, J. A., Wang, Y., De, J. a. g. e. r. . P. L., Habib, N., Tasaki, S., & Bennett, D. A. (2025). Gene module-trait network analysis uncovers cell type specific systems and genes relevant to Alzheimer's Disease.. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.31.635970

Validation of a brief food parenting measure for fathers: A test of factorial validity, measurement invariance, internal reliability, and concurrent validity.

Fathers are underrepresented in food parenting research partly due to the lack of succinct, theory-informed, and father-mother equivalent food parenting measurement tools. To address this, we 1) teste…

Enfance et Adolescence
Lo, B. K., Park, I. Y., McTernan, M., Wang, Y., Cantu-Aldana, A., McBride, B. A., Bauer, K. W., Haines, J., & Davison, K. K. (2025). Validation of a brief food parenting measure for fathers: A test of factorial validity, measurement invariance, internal reliability, and concurrent validity.. Appetite, 206, 107815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107815

Neurotheology: Practical Applications with Regard to Integrative Psychiatry.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Neurotheology is a nascent field of research and scholarship that seeks to understand the relationship between the brain and religious and spiritual phenomena. In the context of int…

Neurosciences des Croyances
Newberg, A. B. (2025). Neurotheology: Practical Applications with Regard to Integrative Psychiatry.. Curr Psychiatry Rep, 27(2), 105-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-024-01584-3

Association of ten VEGF family genes with Alzheimer's disease endophenotypes at single cell resolution.

INTRODUCTION: Using a single-nucleus transcriptome derived from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of 424 Religious Orders Study and the Rush Memory and Aging Project (ROS/MAP) participants, we invest…

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Wu, Y., Libby, J. B., Dumitrescu, L., De, J. a. g. e. r. . P. L., Menon, V., Schneider, J. A., Bennett, D. A., & Hohman, T. J. (2025). Association of ten VEGF family genes with Alzheimer's disease endophenotypes at single cell resolution.. Alzheimers Dement, 21(2), e14419. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14419

A video case vignette: Persignation or sign of the cross as an ictal manifestation in a woman with temporal lobe epilepsy.

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Daza-Restrepo, A., Matus-Mayorga, R., Pino, S., Cámpora, N., Nasimbera, A., Villanueva, M., Rivas, L., Gómez, V., Oddo, S., Kochen, S., & Giagante, B. (2025). A video case vignette: Persignation or sign of the cross as an ictal manifestation in a woman with temporal lobe epilepsy.. Epileptic Disord, 27(1), 117-120. https://doi.org/10.1002/epd2.20307

First-episode psychosis in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish population.

Few if any methodologically robust studies of first-episode psychosis have been carried out in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish population. The opening of an inpatient psychiatry department within an ultra-O…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Serfaty, D. R., Biran-Ovadia, A., & Strous, R. D. (2025). First-episode psychosis in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish population.. Transcult Psychiatry, 62(1), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634615211001706