Ethan Parker is a crime journalist covering breaking crime news across the United States for Project Diada. His beat spans homicide investigations, police manhunts, court trials and public safety stories — from small-town sheriff’s offices to big-city courtrooms. Every story is verified against police statements, court records and reputable newsroom sources before publication. When he is not tracking a developing case, he is digging through crime data and court filings for the next one.
“A ‘no’ shouldn’t need a footnote,” says one therapist who works with clients on communication patterns. “But for a lot of people, it does, and they…
Going to a gallery or watching a play isn't the same as making art — but a review of evidence suggests it works on mental health through mechanisms of its own.
Two lab experiments found men and women performed equally well at multitasking—except when required to talk while doing other tasks. Men ignored questions more than twice as often, though their answers were just as good when they did respond.
A study of college students found that those with higher inflammation markers were more likely to choose social media over face-to-face interaction, especially if they were introverted or neurotic.
While classic psychedelics like psilocybin appear to work through profound mystical experiences, MDMA therapy for trauma follows a different path, a secondary analysis of clinical trial data suggests.
A six-year study of 222 mothers found that the care they received as children predicted not only their current mental health, but also how they parented their own children.
Researchers tracking 603 twin pairs from early teens to young adulthood found that higher body weight went hand in hand with more aggressive and rule-breaking behaviour — and that genes appear to contribute to both.
In a study of Asian and Latino teenagers in New York, those who reported more support from immigrant parents showed lower levels of depression and anxiety, though the relationship varied by ethnicity.
A study of 557 adolescents and young adults who self-harm found two distinct psychological profiles that differ significantly in severity and treatment needs.
