Explore innovations in mental health, from emerging therapies and psychedelic research to scientific advances transforming the treatment of psychological disorders.
Certain athletes arrive fully prepared on race day, and yet something holds them back. When traditional psychological skills training fails to produce results, the root cause may lie within memory, lodged in an experience that the brain never fully consolidated. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evidence based psychotherapy originally developed to treat psychological…
Between technological promises and clinical reality, artificial intelligence claims to heal psychological suffering. Still, from transference to the unconscious, human speech structurally resists algorithmic optimization. We are currently navigating an era of fundamental clinical and scientific amnesia. While computational psychiatry, neuroengineering, and the massive deployment of large language models claim to revolutionize mental healthcare, we…
Once confined to cultural fringes, psychedelics are now re-emerging in leading research institutions. By temporarily reshaping brain dynamics, they may unlock new therapeutic pathways for treatment-resistant disorders. What do these substances truly reveal about the brain and psychological transformation? For nearly half a century, psychedelics were associated with cultural excesses, fringe experimentation or mystical accounts…
What if thinking alone could help the body move again? By translating intention into action, BCIs reactivate dormant neural circuits. Every year, more than sixteen million people around the world experience a stroke. For almost one third of them, the consequences are lasting: paralysis, language impairments, memory difficulties, or depression. Although traditional rehabilitation such as…
Once banned, psychedelics are re-emerging in medical research. They may offer solutions where conventional treatments fall short. For decades, psychedelics were pushed into the shadows branded as dangerous, unpredictable substances tied to counterculture and moral panic. However, behind the curtain of prohibition, certain compounds like LSD and psilocybin are making an unexpected comeback at the…
In Parkinson’s disease, treatments relieve but do not repair. A new approach now aims to directly replace lost neurons. Parkinson’s disease affects nearly 1% of people over the age of 60. It results from the gradual degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, a deep brain region involved in motor control. This neuronal loss…
In depression, treatments often remain partial. Brain stimulation technologies offer a new approach, still under clinical evaluation. Depression is a complex psychiatric disorder that affects a significant portion of the global population. It manifests as a disturbance in mood, profoundly influencing affective and cognitive processes, as well as the capacity to manage everyday tasks. Owing…