Understanding neurodivergence
Articles based on published research: ADHD, autism, dyslexia, mood, sleep, and what actually helps.
Screen Time and Youth Mental Health: What a Study of 21,000 Twins Shows
A Karolinska Institutet study of 21,797 Swedish twins, published in Nature Human Behaviour, found that links between heavy screen use and depression or anxiety weakened sharply when twins were compared with each other. Screens are not harmless, but the usual figures may overstate their role. What the study shows, and what it cannot.
Treating Insomnia to Ease Depression: What a New CBT-I Study Shows
A University of Western Australia study of 88 adults suggests that insomnia therapy (CBT-I) may lift mood partly by calming worry and getting people active again. What it found, why it has no control group, and what stronger trials already show.
Sleep, Body Clock and Mental Health in Autism and ADHD: What Research Says
Insomnia, a late body clock and poor sleep quality are common in autistic people and people with ADHD, and they are tied to anxiety and depression. A 2026 paper in SLEEP, written from lived experience, maps what we know and what research should ask next.
Food and Mood: What Is Actually Proven in Humans
Social media is full of claims that a food causes anxiety or cures depression, often based on mouse studies. Here is what trials in people really show: a real but modest effect of diet on depression, no clear effect on anxiety, and weak evidence for supplements.
ADHD, Anxiety and Depression: What the 2026 Research Really Shows
New research confirms that ADHD traits are a stronger predictor of anxiety and depression than autistic traits. Here is what that means for your mental health and what you can do about it.
Chronic Stress and the Brain: Can Lifestyle Changes Protect Your Myelin?
Chronic stress is a risk factor for depression and anxiety, partly because it damages myelin - the brain's insulation. Here is what the research says about sleep, movement and even intermittent fasting.
How Socioeconomic Status Shapes a Child's Brain (And Why It Is Not Genetics)
A 2026 study of thousands of children found that socioeconomic factors - not genes - were the single strongest influence on brain organization, acting through sleep, stress and arousal. Here is what it means.
The ACE Test: What Your Adverse Childhood Experiences Score Really Means
The ACE test measures adverse childhood experiences - abuse, neglect and household dysfunction - and links them to adult health. Here is what your ACE score means, and why it is not your destiny.
How to Build Self-Esteem: An Evidence-Informed Guide
Self-esteem can be rebuilt. Learn what it really is, why neurodivergent people often have lower self-esteem, and practical, evidence-informed ways to grow it.
Complex PTSD (CPTSD): Signs, How It Differs From PTSD, and Recovery
Complex PTSD comes from prolonged trauma. Learn the signs, how CPTSD differs from PTSD, and why recovery is genuinely possible. Read with care.
Mental Health
A new map of PTSD: what the 2026 Nature Primer tells us
Nature Reviews Disease Primers published a comprehensive update on post-traumatic stress disorder in May 2026, written by the field's senior researchers. It is a state-of-knowledge document, not a breakthrough, and that is exactly what makes it useful. Here is what it says about who develops PTSD, why, and what actually treats it now.
Mental Health
A New Schizophrenia Biomarker: Real Progress, Real Caution
Reuters reported that Northwestern researchers identified Cacna2d1, a brain protein that could become a biomarker for schizophrenia and a target for the cognitive symptoms current drugs do not treat. The finding is real. The hype around it is the part that needs careful reading.
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