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People who can't 'see with their mind's eye' have different wiring in the brain

People with aphantasia still generate brain activity when attempting to visualize, but that image may be getting lost in translation, a new study suggests.

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February 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

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What Makes Personalized Treatment Work? Mechanisms of Change in Personalized Treatment for Eating Disorders: A Proof-of-Concept Study
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What Makes Personalized Treatment Work? Mechanisms of Change in Personalized Treatment for Eating Disorders: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Eating disorders (EDs) are severe illnesses with high rates of mortality; however, evidence-based ED treatments only work for 50% of individuals. Part…

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February 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM

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Interoceptive Awareness Linked to Eating Disorder Symptoms

Recent findings underscore an intriguing intersection between self-reported interoceptive sensibility and various eating disorder symptoms. The research, led by Cobbaert and colleagues, delves deeply

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January 27, 2026 at 3:07 AM

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Being and doing anorexia nervosa: An autoethnography of diagnostic identity and performance of illness

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January 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

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Moving from recognising to responding to oral health needs in eating disorders: matters arising from Gidlund et al., 2025 - Journal of Eating Disorders

Gidlund and colleagues’ recent study highlights the profound unmet dental care needs of people with eating disorders, extending earlier work that showed oral health can remain a visible scar long afte...

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January 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

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How neurodivergent households design ‘a home that knows your brain’

From dark, sound-proofed rooms to clever storage solutions, families with autism and ADHD are finding inspired ways to adjust their environments

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December 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

@sidequestpsychotherapy.com

PANS/PANDAS: Scientific Research Investigating The Roles of Neuroimmune and Epigenetic Factors in Children
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PANS/PANDAS: Scientific Research Investigating The Roles of Neuroimmune and Epigenetic Factors in Children

This webinar explores the latest research on PANS and PANDAS. The session examines the roles of neuroimmune and epigenetic factors in children, and discusses whether these conditions are best

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December 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism

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“Framing autism as some kind of disease that needs to be eradicated is harmful. It hurts autistic people living their lives right now.” In @theguardian.com:

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‘It becomes my whole job’: autism advocates fight RFK Jr’s barrage of misinformation

Advocates demand public health officials ‘listen to autistic voices’ after health secretary’s debunked vaccine claims

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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

@sidequestpsychotherapy.com

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Why Autism and ADHD May Share the Same Brain Signature

A study shows that autism symptom severity, rather than diagnostic category, maps onto distinct brain connectivity and gene-expression patterns shared across autism and ADHD. The findings suggest thes...

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December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

@sidequestpsychotherapy.com

Benefits and harms of ADHD interventions: umbrella review and platform for shared decision making - PubMed

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Benefits and harms of ADHD interventions: umbrella review and platform for shared decision making - PubMed

Open Science Framework https://osf.io/ugqy6/.

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November 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM

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Eric Michael Garcia

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Do you have a relative who keeps talking about how "RFK Jr. has a point about vaccines and autism?" Good news. My book We're Not Broken is on sale and Harper Collins has free shipping in the continental U.S. until December 8. Buy it here.
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We're Not Broken

“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...

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November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

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A comprehensive parent training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance: The Paradigm Shift Program® Pilot Study

The Paradigm Shift Program, a comprehensive training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance (PDA), was feasible and acceptable, and there were significant i...

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November 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

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Is I-CBT Just Exposure by Another Name? Why It’s Not, and Why That Matters

Every so often, a question appears that seems straightforward but reveals a deeper misunderstanding: “If Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) helps people face situations they’ve been ...

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November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

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Stimming as Thinking: a Critical Reevaluation of Self-Stimulatory Behavior as an Epistemic Resource for Inclusive Education - Educational Psychology Review

Peripheral sensorimotor stimming activity, such as rocking and fidgeting, is widely considered irrelevant to and even distracting from learning. In this critical-pedagogy conceptual paper, we argue th...

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November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

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It’s ridiculous that we can’t diagnose both ARFID and AN as it’s not uncommon to see both.

Course of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: Emergence of overvaluation of shape/weight
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Course of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: Emergence of overvaluation of shape/weight - Journal of Eating Disorders

Background Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a feeding/eating disorder characterized by avoidance/restriction of food intake by volume and/or variety. The emergence of shape/weight-...

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November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Jenna Stone, LCSW-C

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A living experience proposal for the co-occurring diagnosis of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and other eating disorders
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A living experience proposal for the co-occurring diagnosis of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and other eating disorders - Journal of Eating Disorders

The eating and feeding disorder section of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) is organized by a diagnostic algorithm that limits the contemporaneous a...

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November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM