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It’s #EarthDay 🌎
Eat smarter for your health & the planet. Improving school & community food environments is a step forward
Blais et al. evaluate the nutritional quality of Canadian #SchoolFoodPrograms & find room for improvement
Read it here 🔗 https://ow.ly/ImkL50YNcxb
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Why do some people develop hazardous #drinking patterns while others don’t? 🥃
#MachineLearning study validates a neuroclinical framework of #addiction and finds that reward “pull” & drinking to cope are the strongest drivers of #alcohol risk, outperforming impulsivity alone
https://ow.ly/hH8150YJ1sM

A 19-year-old with first-episode #psychosis wasn’t responding to treatment 💊
The reason?
An #AI chatbot he trusted—“the only one who understands me”—was telling him his medication was poison!
A striking case of how AI can unintentionally reinforce #delusions
https://ow.ly/BTcO50YJ11U

Can brain waves help detect #suicidal ideation in late-life #depression?
New research shows altered gamma-band #brain networks—especially in the orbitofrontal cortex—may act as potential biomarkers for suicide risk 🧠 ⚡
https://ow.ly/r0yc50YJ0H8

What if a key system that shapes the #brain during development is still quietly influencing #mentalhealth in adulthood?
New research dives into the Eph–ephrin signaling system—and its emerging role in disorders like #depression, #autism, and #schizophrenia 🧠
https://ow.ly/MIUy50YIYli

What if we stopped treating #brain connectivity as #static?
This #award-winning paper tracks how network importance shifts moment-to-moment during learning — revealing entropy & inflexibility in #schizophrenia.
A powerful new lens on #psychiatric illness. 🔍🧠
https://ow.ly/7kH650YpcyC

From #stem #cells to precision #psychiatry
#Award-winning study models clozapine exposure in patient-specific heart cells, revealing #immune & #stress-response pathways that may drive myocarditis risk 💊
Personalized risk prediction may be closer than we think 💭
https://ow.ly/UbOk50Ypcuq

Honouring a legacy of #excellence in #psychiatric research
Dr. Francis Wayne Quan Memorial Prize commemorates Francis Wayne Quan — #psychiatrist, founding #editor, and champion of #Canadian #mentalhealth #scholarship
Congratulations to our 2025 winners! 🇨🇦✨
https://ow.ly/2pCz50YpcFk

Cerebral small vessel #disease (CSVD) is a leading cause of white matter damage 🧠Understanding early #markers could help detect risk before symptoms appear. Could #blood #inflammation signals be the early warning? 🔬 #CognitiveHealth
https://ow.ly/xAKX50Yh9f0

🧠 Why do some people have a higher #genetic risk for #depression? New study dives into the brain’s “mood hub”—the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC)—to find out. #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
https://ow.ly/oyLR50Yh96U

⏱️ What does time have to do with #schizophrenia? New study suggests that the way the #brain integrates information over #time—its intrinsic neural timescales—is disrupted in schizophrenia, affecting the sense of #self 🧠 #Neuroscience
https://ow.ly/qH4N50Yh9lH

#Clozapine saves lives—but #myocarditis is a hidden #risk 🫀 Using patient #heart cells, researchers found #DNA methylation markers that could help predict who’s at risk. Toward safer personalized #psychiatry 🧠 #Schizophrenia #iPSC
https://ow.ly/XSgP50Yh82W

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Interested in working in #ScholarlyPublishing?

Canadian Science Publishing is hiring a Sales Operations & Customer Support Specialist to support our subscriptions, authors, and institutional partners: https://ow.ly/U6p950Yq97U

#SalesOperations #CustomerSupport #JobOpening

🧠 Brains are complicated. Brains with mild cognitive impairment AND depression? Even more complicated. New study peeks inside to see how #neurotransmitters & #brain networks interact #NeuroscienceIsCool #BrainTwist
https://ow.ly/6QWG50Yh8YB

🌞 #Happy #InternationalDayOfHappiness! Did you know your brain chemistry plays a key role in your mood—and there are ways to naturally boost it? 🧠 Let’s talk serotonin, happiness, and health. 🧵 #MentalHealth
https://ow.ly/8Rzj50Yh8RS

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New role at Canadian Science Publishing: Peer Review Coordinator

Work closely with authors, reviewers, and editors to support the peer review process for our journals. #Hiring

▶️ https://ow.ly/zC1z50YqgVU

#PeerReview #SciencePublishing #AcademicJobs

🧠 New hope for borderline #personality disorder (BPD)! New study explores how #brain stimulation + cognitive training may improve #thinking, #emotion regulation & daily functioning in #BPD #MentalHealth #Neuroscience
https://ow.ly/Q7N150Yh8xA

🍼 Benzodiazepine use in the #third #trimester of #pregnancy is linked to higher risks of preterm birth and small-for-gestational-age babies—but early pregnancy exposure shows no such association🤰 #MaternalHealth #PregnancyResearch
https://ow.ly/z9Nh50Yh8rB

Canadian Science Publishing seeking Chief of Business Operations to lead strategic business functions.

We're excited to announce that Canadian Science Publishing is #hiring a Chief of Business Operations to lead finance, HR, IT, business development, and governance. Discover more and apply today: https://ow.ly/zMRo50YmzVC

#BusinessOperations #AcademicPublishing.

The brain is dynamic — constantly rewiring as we learn.
A prize-winning study introduces “Centrality Dynamics” to show how #brain networks adapt… and how this #flexibility is altered in #schizophrenia. 🧠
https://ow.ly/bk2m50YpccZ

💊 Case study found switching from risperidone to aripiprazole unexpectedly restored sexual drive in patient with #schizophrenia, signaling broader #emotional and motivational recovery 🧠 #Psychiatry #Schizophrenia #SexualHealth
https://ow.ly/juuN50Yh8iq

What makes #prize-winning #research?
✔️ Mechanistic insight
✔️ Innovation
✔️ Novel findings
✔️ Real impact
The 2025 #Quan Prize papers in the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience deliver on all fronts. 🧠🔬
https://ow.ly/4PrS50YpchX

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Canadian Science Publishing is #hiring.

💻 Digital Publishing Specialist

Help support the systems and workflows behind our scholarly journals. Read more▶️ https://ow.ly/MeoO50YqaZA

#DigitalPublishing #PublishingJobs #ScholarlyPublishing

#Clozapine can be life-changing for treatment-resistant #schizophrenia — but rare #heart inflammation limits its use.
New #prize-winning research uncovers epigenetic differences that may explain why some #patients are at risk. 🫀🧬
https://ow.ly/jYX150Ypc94

Your #words in the #clinic matter. 🗣️ Quantitative semiology reads the teaching signals in #speech & #gesture, blending human insight with #AI to see, hear, and feel psychiatric states like never before 🧠 #Psychiatry #AIinMedicine #HumanInTheCore
https://ow.ly/ZPAt50Yh7V5

We’re proud to announce the 2025 Dr. Francis Wayne Quan Memorial Prize @winners! 🏆
Presented by the Journal of #Psychiatry and #Neuroscience & the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada recognizing outstanding mechanistic insight in psychiatric #research.
https://ow.ly/SyFN50Ypc35

🧬 New research shows #DNA methylation patterns could help track #depression severity—but #psychotherapy itself may change methylation, too. Future studies need to account for therapy’s impact to untangle biology from treatment effects 🧠 #MentalHealth #Epigenetics
https://ow.ly/86Jm50Yh7sK

🚨 #Suicide risk is hard to detect early. New research shows EEG #brain patterns can help distinguish between suicidal #thoughts and #attempts, offering potential objective markers to support timely #interventions 🧠 #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #EEG
https://ow.ly/xXTR50Yh7oQ

#Schizophrenia #brains show disrupted task-driven network dynamics 🧠 Using Centrality Dynamics, reserachers found learning-evoked sub-networks were less adaptable and more stochastic—linked to worse symptoms & task performance #Neuroscience #Schizophrenia
https://ow.ly/Qek250Yh7ce

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Our most read 2025 article explores AI-generated teaching signals in psychiatry, helping clinicians sharpen clinical sense-making. Read it now ▶️ https://ow.ly/I57u50XWp65

👥 Lena Palaniyappan, Priyadharshini Sabesan

#BestofCSP